Biography Category
(f l p´p br n l-l s´k ) (KEY) , 1377–1446, first great architect of the Italian Renaissance, a Florentine by birth. Trained as sculptor and golds...
(mär´d k) (KEY) , ancient god of Babylonia and chief god of the city of Babylon. His cult rose to prominence in the reign of Hammurabi, and Marduk b...
1815–52, American horticulturist, rural architect, and landscape gardener, b. Newburgh, N.Y. With his brother Charles Downing he took over the opera...
( l´vär äl´t ) (KEY) , 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer. Aalto is considered one of the foremost architects of the 20th cent....
1821–88, American archaeologist and journalist, b. Bethlehem, Albany co., N.Y. He is noted for his study of the prehistoric Mound Builders of the Mi...
1901–2002, British social anthropologist, b. Auckland, New Zealand. He was educated at Auckland Univ. and studied with Bronislaw Malinowski at the L...