Biography Category
(ôt´mär, ´m n) (KEY) , 1879–1965, American civil engineer, b. Switzerland, grad. Federal Polytechnic Institute, Zürich, 1902. He came to the U...
1921–, American economist, b. New York City, grad. City College of New York (B.S. 1940), Columbia (M.A. 1941, Ph.D. 1951). He taught economics at th...
1792–1875, American financier, b. New York City; son of John Jacob Astor (1763–1848). Educated in Germany, he was associated with his father in bu...
(Alicia Martinez) (äl ´syä äl n´s , märt ´n s) (KEY) , 1921–, Cuban ballerina and choreographer, b. Havana. Alonso danced in Broadway musical...
1826–1902, English chemist, an authority on explosives. He was professor of chemistry at the Royal Military Academy (1851–55) and chemist to the W...
(sfän´t , är ´n s) (KEY) , 1859–1927, Swedish chemist. He was a professor of physics in Stockholm in 1895 and became director of the Nobel Inst...