Biography Category
(s ´l s´ t ´l k s) (KEY) , A.D. 25–A.D. 101, Latin poet. An orator and state functionary, Silius was made consul in A.D. 68 and proconsul in As...
(s ´n ) (KEY) , triangular peninsula, c.23,000 sq mi (59,570 sq km), NE Egypt. It is c.230 mi (370 km) long and 150 mi (240 km) wide and extends nort...
1858–1936, American naval officer, b. Port Hope, Upper Canada (now Ontario), of American parents. After serving with the Atlantic and Pacific fleets...
1941–, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, b. Newark, N.J. A polished and intelligent folk-rock lyricist and performer, he first gained fame...
(s s ´n n z m) (KEY) , anti-Trinitarian religious movement organized in Poland in the 16th cent. by Faustus Socinus. Antecedents of the movement wer...
(sl th, slôth) (KEY) , arboreal mammal found in Central and South America distantly related to armadillos and anteaters. Sloths live in tropical fore...