Biography Category
firearms designed primarily to be carried and fired by one person and, generally, held in the hands, as distinguished from heavy arms, or artillery.
...
1805–81, English landscape watercolorist, etcher, and mystic. Under the influence of William Blake he produced in sepia a series of remarkable visio...
( ´när h rts´spr ng) (KEY) , 1873–1967, Danish astronomer. Although trained as a chemical engineer, Hertzsprung made his career in astronomy, spe...
breed of sturdy, short-legged terrier developed in the northwestern islands of Scotland more than four centuries ago. It takes its name from the princ...
1782–1874, English engraver, founder of modern landscape engraving. As an illustrator for popular art annuals, he executed plates for landscapes by ...
(p ´t r z ´môn pä´läs) (KEY) , 1741–1811, German naturalist and explorer. He became (1768) professor at the Academy of Sciences, St. Petersbur...