Biography Category
1841–1900, American copper magnate, b. Ireland. He went to New York City at 15 and later moved to California, where he worked as a miner. He was emp...
1920–, American biologist, b. Shanghai, China. As researchers at the Univ. of Washington in Seattle, Fischer and Edwin G. Krebs discovered a biologi...
(j k´) (KEY) , 1895–1982, American chemist, b. Niagara Falls, Ont., Canada, grad. Univ. of California (B.S., 1920; Ph.D., 1922). A member of the f...
(m ´khail bar ´´shn käv´) (KEY) , 1948–, Russian-American dancer and choreographer, b. Riga, Latvia. He studied in Riga and performed with the ...
1934–, American dancer, b. New York City. Mitchell studied in New York City and appeared on Broadway and with various companies at home and abroad. ...
1805–69, Scottish chemist, best known for research in diffusion in both gases and liquids that led to his formulation of Graham’s law. His discove...