Biography Category
(f rd näN´ mär ´ v kôNt´ d l s ps´) (KEY) , 1805–94, French diplomat and engineer. He entered the consular service in 1825 and was minister ...
1819–84, American detective, founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, b. Glasgow, Scotland. A cooper by trade, he emigrated to the United...
(shärl ädôlf´ vürts) (KEY) , 1817–84, French chemist. He was professor at the Sorbonne (1852–75), at the Faculty of Medicine, Paris (1853–7...
d wôrd, wûrd) (KEY) , d. 1535, English printer, whose original name was Jan van Wynkyn. He was born at Wörth in Alsace and probably accompanied Wi...
(m sh l´ özh n´ sh vröl´) (KEY) , 1786–1889, French chemist. He studied under L. N. Vauquelin, was director of the Gobelin tapestry works, and ...
1800–1883, and Robert Chambers, 1802–71, Scottish authors and publishers. Their firm of W. and R. Chambers is best known for Chambers’s Edinburg...