Biography Category
(j l´y n) (KEY) , 1817–99, American abolitionist, U.S. Representative from Indiana (1849–51, 1861–71), b. Wayne co., Ind. Elected to the Indian...
(zhäN bät st´ zh v n ´) (KEY) , 1644–1717, French painter, one of a family of painters. He worked in Paris in the studio of Charles Le Brun, who...
1803–73, missionary and statesman, b. Paris, N.Y. He arrived in Hawaii as a medical missionary. He ended his mission service in 1842 and became a Ha...
or Judah Halevy (both: j ´d hä´´l ´v ) (KEY) , c.1075–1141, Jewish rabbi, poet, and philosopher, b. Tudela, Spain. His poems—secular, religi...
(m g l´ hwä´r s s l´män) (KEY) , 1844–1909, president of Argentina (1886–90). After political service in the province of Córdoba, he became ...
(j m l´, zh –) (KEY) , historic house, New York City. The sturdy Georgian mansion was completed in 1766 by Roger Morris, one of the city’s wealth...