Biography Category
1828–1916, American educator, b. Norwich, Conn., grad. Yale, 1849; grandson of Timothy Dwight (1752–1817). Appointed professor of sacred literatur...
1540?–1596, English navigator and admiral, first Englishman to circumnavigate the world (1577–80).
Early Career
He was born in Devonshire, the s...
(d l´ rd) (KEY) , 1856–1940, American educator, b. Nansemond co., Va., grad. Washington and Lee Univ., 1876. Professor (1891–1907) of Latin at Tu...
(g y m´ d l l´) (KEY) , 1675–1726, French geographer and cartographer. His most important work is a world map (1700), as accurate as the data avai...
1550?–1605, English navigator. He made his first voyage in search of the Northwest Passage in 1585, continuing the work of Martin Frobisher. On this...
(d l räN´t , r n´t ) (KEY) , 1932–, French fashion designer, b. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He studied in Madrid and began a career in f...