Biography Category
(gul l´m s dy r n´d s) (KEY) , 1237?–1296, French canon jurist and theologian. Educated at the Univ. of Bologna, he served several 13th-century p...
(h n´r k däm) (KEY) , 1895–1976, Danish biochemist. He identified vitamin K in 1934 and later investigated the role of vitamin E in nutrition. The...
(b t´ ) (KEY) , 1908–89, American film actress, b. Lowell, Mass., as Ruth Elizabeth Davis. One of the most durable stars of the American screen, sh...
1847–1914, American army officer and jurist, b. Ware, Mass., grad. West Point, 1871. His early military service was divided between duty on the West...
1857–1938, American lawyer, b. Kinsman, Ohio. He first practiced law in Ashtabula, Ohio. In 1888 he moved to Chicago, where he was corporation couns...
1881–1959, American movie director and producer, b. Ashfield, Mass. In 1913, together with Samuel Goldwyn, he made the first feature-length film in ...