Biography Category
(Pablo Ruiz y Picasso) (pä´bl p kä´s ; r th´ ) (KEY) , 1881–1973, Spanish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and ceramist, who worked in Fra...
fund established (1934) by automobile executive Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. as a philanthropic institution supporting research in various areas. In its early...
(ä´dr än vän ô´städ ) (KEY) , 1610–85, Dutch genre painter, b. Haarlem. Trained in the studio of Frans Hals, he was strongly influenced by hi...
1860–1947, English evangelist, originally named Rodney Smith, b. Wanstead. His father, a Gypsy, was also an evangelist. When Rodney was still a yout...
in Russian history, an agrarian party founded by various Populist groups in 1901. Its program, adopted in 1906, called for the overthrow of the autocr...
(Emmitt J. Smith 3d), 1969–, U.S. football player, b. Pensacola, Fla. An All-America running back at the Univ. of Florida, Smith spent nearly his en...