Biography Category
(fr ´dr kh ou´g st k ´k l f n shträ´d n ts) (KEY) , 1829–96, German organic chemist. He was professor at Ghent (1858–65) and at Bonn from 18...
(ch ´zär l mbrô´z ) (KEY) , 1835–1909, Italian criminologist and physician. In 1876 he published a pamphlet setting forth his theory of the ori...
1856–1929, American librarian and museum director, b. Woodstock, Vt. He was a lawyer and a civil engineer before joining the staff of the Denver (Co...
(hw t´ nj m, – ng- m) (KEY) , 1767–1840, English printer. He established a printery in London in 1789, removing to Chiswick and founding the Chis...
( l ´äs mäng´n s fr s) (KEY) , 1794–1878, Swedish botanist. He taught (1834–59) at the Univ. of Uppsala. Fries originated the modern classific...
(s b´ n) (KEY) , 1821–81, American bibliophile, b. England. Sabin came to the United States in 1848 and established himself as a dealer in rare boo...