Biography Category
(sy ´nä) (KEY) , city (1991 pop. 56,956), capital of Siena prov., Tuscany, central Italy. Rich in art treasures and historic architecture, it is one...
(äl´fr t r ´t l) (KEY) , 1816–59, German historical painter and draftsman. He gained a reputation in Frankfurt, where he painted Daniel in the Li...
1809–82, English naturalist, b. Shrewsbury; grandson of Erasmus Darwin and of Josiah Wedgwood. He firmly established the theory of organic evolution...
(sk p´t s z m) (KEY) [Gr.,=to reflect], philosophic position holding that the possibility of knowledge is limited either because of the limitations ...
(s ´m ) (KEY) or Syme (s ´m , s ´–) (KEY) , island, 22 sq mi (57 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea, one of the Dodecanese. The main town is S...
(Mário Alberto Nobre Lópes Soares) (mä´ry swä´r sh) (KEY) , 1924–, Portuguese politician. Soares rose to prominence as a vocal critic of the ...