Biography Category
1799–1873, American industrialist, b. Temple, N.H. He moved to Georgia at the age of 20, and after he had become a partner in a cotton gin he went (...
(märyüs´ p t pä´) (KEY) , 1822–1910, French dancer and choreographer, b. Marseilles. Petipa rose to prominence at the Imperial Theatre in St. P...
1737–1823, American merchant, b. Ireland. He arrived in America at the age of 23 and became a successful merchant. After moving to New Orleans, Poll...
1929–, Canadian chemist. Raised and educated in England, he worked as a researcher in Canada before taking a teaching position at the Univ. of Toron...
(mä´yä pl s ts´käyä) (KEY) , 1925–, Russian dancer. Pliesetskaya became a soloist with the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow on graduating from its sc...
(f rnouN´ m n´d sh p n´t ) (KEY) , c.1509–1583, Portuguese traveler. For some 20 years he traveled in Africa and Asia, journeying to far places a...