Biography Category
(väl´t r h r´män n rnst) (KEY) , 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist, a founder of modern physical chemistry. After doing outstanding resear...
1851–1936, American writer on economics, called Coin Harvey, b. Buffalo, Putnam co., W.Va. He studied at Marshall College, practiced law, and intere...
(m k´ ) (KEY) , 1831–1902, American financier, b. Dublin, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1840. In 1859 he joined the rush to Nevada...
(wôr´k p côrn´f rth) (KEY) , 1917–, Australian chemist, Ph.D. Oxford Univ., 1941. Although Cornforth suffered a hearing loss from childhood, he ...
1804–68, American merchant and banker, b. East Windsor (in the section now South Windsor), Conn. In 1822 he entered the shipping business with his b...
(zhôz f´ lw pr st) (KEY) , 1754–1826, French chemist. He was professor of chemistry at the artillery school in Segovia, Spain, and director of th...