Biography Category
1858–1933, English lexicographer, b. Devon, educated at Oxford. Both he and his brother, Francis G. Fowler (1870–1918), had been teachers before t...
(ou´g st f k) (KEY) , 1833–1916, German philologist. Fick compiled the first comparative etymological dictionary of the Indo-European languages (18...
(py r f shär´) (KEY) , 1678–1761, French dentist, a founder of modern dentistry. He practiced in Paris from c.1715 and was influential in raising ...
1805–94, American lawyer and law reformer, b. Haddam, Conn.; brother of Cyrus W. Field and Stephen J. Field. He was graduated from Williams (1825), ...
(j rô´läm fräkästô´r ) (KEY) , 1483–1553, Italian physician and poet. He was born in Verona, where he practiced after studying at Padua. He ...
(z k r ´ s fräng´k l) (KEY) , 1801–75, Jewish theologian, b. Prague. Frankel believed that only through an appreciation of the historical develop...