Biography Category
1919–, American economist, b. Murfreesboro, Tenn., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1948. A professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1969–83) and Georg...
(James Buchanan Brady), 1856–1917, American financier and philanthropist, b. New York City. He was a bellboy and messenger and then worked for the N...
(zhäN bät st´ zhôz f´ dyödôn ´ b s Ng ´) (KEY) , 1802–87, French agricultural chemist. He was professor of chemistry at Lyons and later pro...
(p ´n boush) (KEY) , 1940–, German dancer and choreographer. After training with Kurt Jooss, she studied in New York with Antony Tudor, Paul Taylo...
1627–91, Anglo-Irish physicist and chemist. The seventh son of the 1st earl of Cork, he was educated at Eton and on the Continent and conducted most...
1728–99, Scottish chemist and physician, b. France. He was professor of chemistry at Glasgow (1756–66) and from 1766 at Edinburgh. He is best know...