Biography Category
(j r s´ ) (KEY) , 1929–, American organic chemist and educator, b. Vienna, Austria. He received his Ph.D. from the Univ. of Wisconsin (1945) and, s...
(s l ´ m) (KEY) , pool, SW corner of Jerusalem in the Kidron valley, mentioned in the Bible. A nearby 1,700-foot-long (518 m) tunnel, dating from the...
(sy ´rä mä ´strä) (KEY) , rugged mountain range, SE Cuba, rising abruptly from the coast. Consisting of connecting ranges with local names, the S...
general term for the political and economic theory that advocates a system of collective or government ownership and management of the means of produc...
1930–, Shiite grand ayatollah in Iraq, b. Mashhad, Iran. Educated in religious schools in his native Iran, he went to Shiite holy city of Najaf, Ira...
(kärl f n p l ´t ) (KEY) , 1826–86, German historical painter; son of Ferdinand Piloty (1786–1844), a noted German lithographer. Karl first won ...