Biography Category
1745–1826, American grammarian, b. Pennsylvania. Murray practiced law until the Revolution, during which he acquired a fortune, and in 1784 went to ...
(b nwä´ m n´d lbr ´´, Fr. mäNd lbrô´) (KEY) , 1924–, French mathematician, b. Warsaw, Poland. Largely self-taught and considered a maverick ...
(py r lw môr ´ d m p rtü ´) (KEY) , 1698–1759, French mathematician and astronomer. For his skillful support of Newton’s theory he was admit...
1892–1987, American physician, b. Stoughton, Wis., M.D. Harvard, 1920. He taught at Harvard from 1923 and was associated with the Peter Bent Brigham...
1849–1905, Egyptian Muslim religious reformer. His encounter in 1872 with Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani, in the Cairo mosque-university of al-Azhar, led t...
1815–86, English constitutional jurist and historian. A period of long service to Parliament, including his tenure (1871–86) as clerk of the House...