Biography Category
(b n´s n, Ger. r ´b rt v l´h lm b n´z n) (KEY) , 1811–99, German scientist, educated at the Univ. of Göttingen, where he received his doctorate...
1870–1927, American chemist and physicist, b. Amherst, Mass., grad. Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, 1892. After graduate study at Leipzig and Yal...
(jämbät-t ´stä b d ´n ) (KEY) , 1740–1813, Italian printer b. Piedmont. He was the son of a printer and worked for a time at the press of the V...
(äNtwän´ äl ksäN´dr bärby ´) (KEY) , 1765–1825, French bibliographer and government librarian. Barbier was one of a committee appointed to ...
( güst´ b rnôNv l´) (KEY) , 1805–79, Danish dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Bournonville studied in Copenhagen with his father Antoine, the ...
1903–85, American cooking teacher, b. Portland Oregon. His interest in food was encouraged by his mother, who had been a hotel proprietor. He was a ...