Biography Category
(b r´närt vän ôr´l ) (KEY) , or Barend van Orley (bä´r nt) (KEY) , c.1491–1542, Flemish painter. In 1515 he was settled in Brussels, where he...
(âr´´ st t´ l s k´r t z n s´ s) (KEY) , 1906?–75, Greek shipowner and financier, b. Turkey. Leaving Turkey after the Turkish defeat of Greek ...
1859–1926, American prison reformer, b. Auburn, N.Y., grad. Harvard, 1884. As chairman (1913) of the state commission on prison reform he became a v...
(v l´h lm ôst´vält) (KEY) , 1853–1932, German physical chemist and natural philosopher, b. Riga, Latvia. He was professor of chemistry and direc...
( th r´ ) (KEY) , fl. 880, Norse explorer. His account of his voyage around the North Cape, along Lapland, and into the White Sea was incorporated by...
(älfr d´ g y m´ gäbr l´, dôrs ´) (KEY) , 1801–52, French dandy. The son of a Bonapartist general, he went to England in 1821, where he met M...