Biography Category
(pôl älb r´ b när´) (KEY) , 1849–1934, French painter, studied with Legros and Cabanel and in Italy. He enjoyed many official honors and was th...
( kt n´ m) (KEY) [Gr.,=like a ray], radioactive chemical element; symbol Ac; at. no. 89; at. wt. 227.0278; m.p. about 1,050°C; b.p. 3,200°C±300Â...
(m k´ nt sh´´) (KEY) , 1868–1928, Scottish architect, artist, and furniture designer. Probably the greatest architect and designer Scotland has p...
( kr ´st k) (KEY) , arrangement of words or lines in which a series of initial, final, or other corresponding letters, when taken together, stand in ...
in law, formal declaration or admission by a person who executed an instrument (e.g., a will or a deed) that the instrument is his. The acknowledgment...
culture changes resulting from contact among various societies over time. Contact may have distinct results, such as the borrowing of certain traits b...