Biography Category
(y ´hän h n´r kh läm´b rt) (KEY) , 1728–77, German-French philosopher and scientist, b. Alsace. He developed many basic concepts in mathematics...
1815–78, American physician, b. Danielsville, Ga., M.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1839. He practiced in Jefferson, Ga. In 1842 he excised a tumor of th...
(zhôz f´ lw kôNt lägräNzh´) (KEY) , 1736–1813, French mathematician and astronomer, b. Turin, of French and Italian descent. Before the age o...
(l ng´d l) (KEY) , 1826–1906, American teacher of law, b. New Boston, N.H. He practiced in New York City from 1854 to 1870, when he was appointed D...
(mä´r s s ´f s l ) (KEY) , 1842–99, Norwegian mathematician. He is noted for his contributions to the theories of differential equations and con...
(mäks m ly N´ p l m l´ l tr ´) (KEY) , 1801–81, French lexicographer. Known as a positivist philosopher and as professor of history and geograp...