Biography Category
(sh p´l ) (KEY) , 1885–1972, American astronomer, b. Nashville, Mo., grad. Univ. of Missouri, 1910, Ph.D. Princeton, 1913. He was astronomer at Mt....
Cintra (both: s n´tr ) (KEY) , town (1991 pop. 20,750), Lisboa dist., W Portugal, in Estremadura. The region has orange groves and vineyards as well ...
(Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of Leicester), 1905–80, English author and physicist. Snow had an active, varied career, including several important...
(y l´y sh slôväts´k ) (KEY) , 1809–49, Polish writer, one of the foremost Polish romantic poets. A revolutionist, he joined the Polish expatriat...
1894–1937, American singer, b. Chattanooga, Tenn. About 1910 Smith became the protégée of Gertrude (Ma) Rainey, one of the earliest blues singers....
(mät-t ´ä pr ´t ) (KEY) , 1613–99, Italian baroque painter, called Il Calabrese for his birthplace. Preti went to Rome c.1630 and studied with L...