Biography Category
1785–1850, English chemist and physician. Prout’s hypothesis, advanced in 1815–16, suggested that atomic weights of elements are multiples of th...
(p st r´, Fr. lw pästör´) (KEY) , 1822–95, French chemist. He taught at Dijon, Strasbourg, and Lille, and in Paris at the École normale supér...
(pô´l ng) (KEY) , 1901–94, American chemist, b. Portland, Oreg. He was one of the few recipients of two Nobel Prizes, winning the chemistry award ...
(pr g´ j n) (KEY) , 1917–2003, Belgian chemist, b. Moscow. He was raised and educated in Belgium, receiving his doctorate in 1941 and joining the f...
(p ´bäd , –b d ), 1795–1869, American financier and philanthropist, b. South Danvers (now Peabody), Mass. At the age of 11 he was apprenticed to...
(äl´br kht pf s´t r) (KEY) , c.1420–c.1470, printer, of Bamberg, Bavaria. He is believed to have been the first to print illustrated books (c.146...