Biography Category
(lw mäl) (KEY) , 1932–95, French film director, b. Thumeries, France. Malle’s motion pictures are noted for their nonjudgmental approach to ofte...
(b n d t´t krô´ch ) (KEY) , 1866–1952, Italian philosopher, historian, and critic. He lived mostly in Naples, devoting himself to studying and w...
(Abu Yusuf Yakub ibn Ishak al-Kindi) (ä´b y s f´ yäk b´ b´ n shäk´ l-k n´d ) (KEY) , 9th cent. Arab philosopher, b. Basra, Iraq. He studi...
(hy s´t n) (KEY) , 1906–87, American motion picture director, writer, and actor, b. Nevada, Mo. In many of his films, such as The Treasure of the S...
1883–1939, American movie actor, b. Denver. From 1901 to 1914, Fairbanks appeared on stage in light comedies. In 1915 he began making movies, becomi...
(kärl yäs´p rs) (KEY) , 1883–1969, German philosopher and psychopathologist, b. Oldenburg. After receiving his medical degree (1909) he became (1...