Biography Category
cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1873. In 1869 the Louisiana legislature granted a 25-year monopoly to a slaughterhouse concern in New Orlea...
scientific study of human social behavior. As the study of humans in their collective aspect, sociology is concerned with all group activities—econo...
utilitarian objects and works of art created from silver. Silverwork includes ecclesiastical and domestic plate, flatware, jewelry, buttons, buckles, ...
(zhäN-märk näty ´) (KEY) , 1685–1766, French painter; son of the painter Marc Nattier and the miniaturist Marie Courtois. His early works includ...
1863–1941, American astronomer, b. Dover, Del. In 1897 she became an assistant in the Harvard College Observatory, where (1911–38) she was astrono...
1872–1949, English woodcut artist, illustrator, and painter. The striking contrasts of black and white of his woodcutting technique were used to gre...