Biography Category
(r dôl´f ämäd ´ länchä´n ) (KEY) , 1847?–1929, Italian archaeologist. He was an authority on the ancient topography of Ostia and Rome and ...
(ä´l sh hûrd´l chkä) (KEY) , 1869–1943, American anthropologist, b. Humpolec (now in Czech Republic). He received his medical education in the ...
(k s´´ v ´b , kä´s –) (KEY) , 1917?–1969, African political leader, president of the Republic of the Congo (1960–65, now the Democratic Rep...
(käs ´) (KEY) , former province, c.124,000 sq mi (321,160 sq km), S central Congo (Kinshasa). Luluabourg (present Kananga) was the capital. Between ...
(l ´sy kô´st ) (KEY) , 1902–98, As the principal designer of the city of Brasília (1957), Costa is known for his use of reinforced concrete in ...
(g ly l´m märk ´z märkô´n ) (KEY) , 1874–1937, Italian physicist, celebrated for his development of wireless telegraphy (see radio). In the ...