Biography Category
(Robert James Fischer) (f sh´ r) (KEY) , 1943–, American chess player, b. Chicago. In 1958, he became a grandmaster, the youngest to that time. In ...
1906–71, American inventor, b. Beaver, Utah, grad. Brigham Young Univ., 1925. He demonstrated (1927) a working model of a television system. His “...
1586–1635, English explorer. As a master mariner, he set forth in 1631 to hunt for the Northwest Passage. He explored the southern shore of Hudson B...
(n v´ n f n´ m n) (KEY) , 1865–1945, American geologist, geographer, and teacher, b. Lima, Ohio; B.A. (1883) Heidelberg College, Ohio; M.A. (1900)...
1774–1814, English naval captain and hydrographer, noted for his charting and coast surveys of Australia and Tasmania. From 1795 to 1799 and again f...
(f k´ nthôl) (KEY) , 1883–1968, American educator, b. Hellertown, Pa., grad. Columbia, 1906. He served Columbia as chief clerk (1906–10), secret...