Biography Category
1864–1941, American educator, organizer, and sociologist, b. Rockford, Ill., grad. Yale, 1885, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1896; son of Bishop John Heyl...
(Diana Dalziel), 1906–89, American fashion editor and consultant, b. Paris. In 1937, she joined Harper’s Bazaar, becoming fashion editor in 1939. ...
(v s´ r) (KEY) , 1792–1868, American philanthropist, founder of Vassar College, b. England. He emigrated to the United States with his father in 17...
(py ´tr d l´lä väl´l ) (KEY) , 1586–1652, Italian traveler in Asia. He sailed (1614) from Venice; spent a year in Constantinople, where he stu...
(b nhäm n´ v k ´nyä mäk ´nä) (KEY) , 1831–86, Chilean historian and journalist. A vigorous opponent of the conservative government of Manuel ...
(ny k l ´ vä´n v ch v v ´l f) (KEY) , 1887–1943?, Russian botanist and geneticist. He is reported to have died in a Soviet concentration camp a...