Biography Category
(gästôN´ käm ´y shärl mäsp r ´) (KEY) , 1846–1916, French Egyptologist. He taught at the Collège de France and was director of archaeology...
5,344 ft (1,629 m) high, NE N.Y., in the Adirondack Mts.; highest peak in the state. Lake Tear of the Clouds, on its southern slope, is the source of ...
1927–2001, American anthropologist, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (A.B., 1949; Ph.D., 1953). A member of the faculty of Columbia (1952–80), he ...
(kär´l f ntä´nä) (KEY) , 1634–1714, Italian architect. During his early years he worked for three of the most important architects of the high...
1814–93, English archaeologist and army engineer; son of Allan Cunningham. He retired (1861) as a major general after 30 years of service with the B...
(k râr´) (KEY) , 1858–1911, American architect, b. Rio de Janeiro. After graduating from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, he worked under McKim, ...