Biography Category
( s´ t n) (KEY) , dimethyl ketone (d m th´ l k ´t n) (KEY) , or 2-propanone (pr ´p n n) (KEY) , CH3COCH3, colorless, flammable liquid. Acetone mel...
( b´s nth) (KEY) , an emerald-green liqueur distilled from wormwood and other aromatics, including angelica root, sweet-flag root, star anise, and di...
(äl zhäd ´ny ) (KEY) [Port.,=little cripple], 1730–1814, Brazilian sculptor. His real name was Antônio Francisco Lisboa. Although he was maimed...
(märyôt´t älb rt n l´l ) (KEY) , 1474–1515, Italian painter. A product of the Florentine school of the High Renaissance, Albertinelli was infl...
(ä´b bäk´ r) (KEY) , 573–634, 1st caliph, friend, father-in-law, and successor of Muhammad. He was probably Muhammad’s first convert outside ...
(ä´b lkä´s s) (KEY) or Abu Khasim (ä´b kä´s m) (KEY) , Arab physician, d. c.1013, b. near Córdoba, Spain. His chief work, a detailed accoun...