Biography Category
(Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell), 1913–, English radio astronomer, b. Oldland Common, Gloucestershire, England, Ph.D. Univ. of Bristol, 1936. He ...
(zhôz f´ zh r m´ l fräNs ´ d läläNd´) (KEY) , 1732–1807, French astronomer. Under the direction of the French Academy of Science, he went t...
(ô´t l ´ly ntäl) (KEY) , 1848–96, German aeronautical engineer, a pioneer in his experiments with gliders. He made major developments in the gl...
(l m nt´) (KEY) , 1870–1948, American banker, b. Claverack, N.Y., grad. Harvard, 1892. Lamont entered (1903) the banking business in New York City ...
1883–1947, American penologist, b. Elmira, N.Y. As warden (1920–41) of Sing Sing Prison, a New York state prison located at Ossining, N.Y., he car...
1922–, American dancer and choreographer, b. Chicago. Lang was a soloist with Martha Graham’s company (1942–52) before forming her own company i...