Biography Category
(ä´dôlf f rt´v ng-l r) (KEY) , 1853–1907, German archaeologist, authority on ancient vases and gems. He made important excavations at Olympia, A...
(Francesco di Giorgio Martini) (fränch s´k d jôr´j ) (KEY) , 1439–1502, also called Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Italian engineer, architect,...
(özh n´ fr s n ´) (KEY) , 1879–1962, French engineer. Freyssinet was noted as a designer of bridges and industrial buildings. He was the inventor...
1786–1857, American politician, b. Southbridge, Mass. He settled in Troy, N.Y., where he practiced law and, after serving in the War of 1812, held l...
(kl d l ´v -strous) (KEY) , 1908–, French anthropologist, b. Brussels, Belgium. He carried out research in Brazil from 1935 to 1939. From 1942 to 1...
(gr n´f l) (KEY) , 1869–1926, English classical scholar and Egyptologist. With Arthur Surridge Hunt he discovered at Oxyrhynchus the Logia of Jesus...