Biography Category
(yôs´ f s m l´ v ch shkl f´sk ) (KEY) , 1916–85, Soviet astronomer. He was head of the department of radio-astronomy at the Sternberg Astronomi...
(kr s´tyän dä´ny l roukh) (KEY) , 1777–1857, German sculptor. After studying in Rome (1804–11 and again later), where his work was influenced ...
(älfr d´ s s´l , s sl ´) (KEY) , 1839–99, French impressionist landscape painter, b. Paris, of English parents. He studied under Corot, Gleyre, ...
(s tär´) (KEY) , fretted string instrument with a gourdlike body and a long neck, similar to the lute. It has from 3 to 7 gut strings, tuned in four...
(sy ´ rd) (KEY) , d. 1055, earl of Northumbria. A Danish warrior, he probably came to England with King Canute. At the behest of King Harthacanute in...
(übâr´ rôb r´) (KEY) , 1733–1808, French painter and landscape architect. A follower of Piranesi and Pannini, Robert was known as a painter of ...