Biography Category
(y hä´n s f n mül´ r) (KEY) , 1752–1809, Swiss historian. He spent much of his life in Germany, where he held political posts under the elector ...
(m ´ ) (KEY) , 1865–1939, American surgeon, b. Rochester, Minn., M.D. Northwestern Univ., 1888. He specialized in goiter and cataract operations. H...
(äbrä-äm´d mwä´vr ) (KEY) , 1667–1754, French-English mathematician. He fled to England after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He was c...
(zhäk môn ´) (KEY) , 1910–76, French biologist, educated at the Univ. of Paris (D.Sc., 1941). He was a leader of the French resistance in World W...
1844–1922, English parasitologist. After receiving his medical degree (1866) from the university at Aberdeen, Scotland, Manson left for China where ...
1888–1923, British author, b. New Zealand, regarded as one of the masters of the short story. Her original name was Kathleen Beauchamp. A talented c...