Biography Category
(ch p´ nd l´´) (KEY) , 1718–79, celebrated English cabinetmaker. His designs were so widely followed that a whole general category of 18th-centur...
(brôn ´sl v ny zh n´sk ) (KEY) , 1891–1972, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer; sister of Vaslav Nijinsky. She studied at the Imperial Ball...
(gl ´s n) (KEY) , 1882–1975, American botanist, plant geographer, and plant ecologist. His floristic studies of North American vegetation led to hi...
(m sh l´ sh väly ´) (KEY) , 1806–79, French economist. An ardent Saint-Simonian as a youth, he later favored a form of welfare capitalism. He adv...
1838–1916, American printer; son of Benjamin Henry Day. While working in New York City, Day invented a process, utilizing celluloid sheets, for shad...
(pô´l ng) (KEY) , 1901–94, American chemist, b. Portland, Oreg. He was one of the few recipients of two Nobel Prizes, winning the chemistry award ...