Biography Category
town (1991 pop. 15,539), S Ont., Canada, on the Lynn River SW of Hamilton. It is a market center for a region producing fruit, vegetables, and tobacco...
1883–1933, American art historian. Interested primarily in medieval and ancient art, Porter revolutionized the understanding of the chronology and d...
(j r ´läm m tsyä´n ) (KEY) , c.1528–1592, Italian mannerist painter, also known as Girolamo Bressano. His large painting, The Resurrection of L...
(lw ôskär´ rôt ´) (KEY) , 1846–1911, French medalist and engraver, one of the greatest medalists of the 19th cent. His best-known commemorativ...
(s zh ´ d bräbäN´) (KEY) , fl. 1260–77, French theologian, head of the movement known as Latin Averroism. At the Univ. of Paris he taught that ...
1769–1839, English geologist. Through direct observation as a canal-site surveyor, Smith made a systematic study of the geological strata of England...