Biography Category
expulsion of the products of conception before the embryo or fetus is viable. Any interruption of human pregnancy prior to the 28th week is known as a...
(häns bäl´d ng,–gr n) (KEY) , c.1484–1545, German painter and printmaker, active mainly at Strasbourg. He was surnamed Grien or Grün because o...
people of ancient Greece, of unknown origin. In Homer, the Achaeans are specifically a Greek-speaking people of S Thessaly. Historically, they seem to...
(m k ´l sänm k ´l ) (KEY) , c.1484–1559, Italian architect and engineer. He was influenced by Bramante’s works in Rome, and after 1527 worked ...
( ch´ s n) (KEY) , 1893–1971, U.S. Secretary of State (1949–52), b. Middletown, Conn. He was (1919–21) private secretary to Louis D. Brandeis, ...
(fr d r k´ güst´ bärt ld ´) (KEY) , 1834–1904, French sculptor, b. Colmar, Alsace. He studied painting under Ary Scheffer but turned to sculpt...