Biography Category
(s v t´sk b´z g) (KEY) , 1920–98, U.S. politician, b. New York City. She helped found Women Strike for Peace (1961) and the reformist New Democr...
(äd lf´ shärl´ ädäN´) (KEY) , 1803–56, French composer of the popular song Cantique de Noël. He composed more than 50 stage works, including...
(ä´´b äl-f ´dä, -f dä´) (KEY) , 1273–1331, Arab historian, b. Damascus. He fought against the Christians in the last period of the Crusades...
( d´ m) (KEY) , [Heb.,=man], in the Bible, the first man. In the Book of Genesis, God creates humankind in his image as a species of male and female,...
(hwäk n´ äk ´stä) (KEY) , 1800–1852, Colombian historian and scientist. He served under Simón Bolívar in the revolution against Spanish rule ...
( by ´b s) (KEY) , in First Maccabees, father of the Ptolemy who murdered Simon the Maccabee....