Biography Category
associations of individuals with a common professional interest, intended to promote learning. Many societies publish the proceedings of their meeting...
(t ´k brä) (KEY) , 1546–1601, Danish astronomer. The most prominent astronomer of the late 16th cent., he paved the way for future discoveries by...
(äNr ´ r s ´) (KEY) , 1844–1910, French primitive painter, b. Laval. He was, from the first, entirely self-taught, and his work remained consiste...
1773–1857, British scientist. He is recognized as the founder of aerodynamics on the basis of his pioneering experiments and studies of the principl...
(älfôNs´ m kh´ä) (KEY) , 1860–1939, Czech artist. Mucha’s art nouveau style, characterized by twisting, swirling flower and hair motifs, set ...
(ch k) (KEY) , 1947–, American microbiologist, b. Chicago, grad. Univ. of California, Berkeley. A professor at the Univ. of Colorado, he discovered ...