Biography Category
(zhäN bät st´ py r äNtwän´d môn ´, sh väly ´ d lämärk´) (KEY) , 1744–1829, French naturalist. He is noted for his study and classific...
(sm ´t n) (KEY) , 1724–92, English civil engineer. He became an instrument maker, improved navigation instruments, and carried out many experiments...
(ändr ´äs shlü´t r) (KEY) , 1664–1714, German sculptor. After studying in France and Italy, he became architect and sculptor to the Hohenzoller...
(fr ´dr kh pr l´ r) (KEY) , 1804–78, German painter and etcher, professor at the Weimar Academy. He is best known for his Odyssey landscapes, a se...
1906–65, American sculptor, b. Decatur, Ind., studied painting at the Art Students League, New York City. In the 1930s he began experimenting with s...
(fôk´ r) (KEY) , 1890–1939, American aircraft manufacturer, b. Kediri, Java as Anton Herman Gerard Fokker. He established aircraft factories in Ge...