Biography Category
(sl ) (KEY) , 1879–1954, American pathologist, b. Minneapolis, grad. Brown, 1899. At the Univ. of Chicago she taught pathology, becoming professor e...
(s ´s l, s s´ l, s säl´) (KEY) [from Sisal, former chief port of Yucatan], important cordage fiber obtained from the leaves of the sisal hemp pla...
uninc. city (1990 pop. 76,046), Montgomery co., W central Md., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C. It is a major suburban office center and has a...
1875–1966, American businessman and philanthropist, b. New Haven, Conn., grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1895. He began his career as a...
(slävz, sl vz) (KEY) , the largest ethnic and linguistic group of peoples in Europe belonging to the Indo-European linguistic family. It is estimated...
(p l s r sy ´) (KEY) , 1863–1927, French painter. In 1888 at Pont-Aven, Sérusier met Gauguin whose style he adhered to, particularly in his painti...