Biography Category
(kä´´stäm n ´) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 52,363), capital of Kastamonu prov., N Turkey. It is a manufacturing center, noted for its textiles and co...
1885–1963, American archaeologist, b. Marquette, Mich., grad. Harvard (B.A. 1908; Ph.D. 1914). From 1915 to 1929 he conducted excavations at Pecos, ...
(Abu Yusuf Yakub ibn Ishak al-Kindi) (ä´b y s f´ yäk b´ b´ n shäk´ l-k n´d ) (KEY) , 9th cent. Arab philosopher, b. Basra, Iraq. He studi...
(Abu Yusuf Yakub ibn Ishak al-Kindi) (ä´b y s f´ yäk b´ b´ n shäk´ l-k n´d ) (KEY) , 9th cent. Arab philosopher, b. Basra, Iraq. He studi...
(äk ´rä k r ´säwä) (KEY) , 1910–98, Japanese film director, scriptwriter, and producer, b. Tokyo. He is regarded as one of the world’s great...
(k ´br k, ky ´–) (KEY) , 1928–99, American film director, writer, and producer, b. New York City. His visually stunning, thematically daring, bo...