Biography Category
(r ´z nwôld) (KEY) , 1862–1932, American merchant and philanthropist, b. Springfield, Ill. He was president (1910–25), and later chairman of the...
(d br ´) (KEY) , 1921–2005, French-American economist, b. Calais, France. He studied mathematics in France before coming to the United States in 19...
(äl ´) (KEY) , 1911–, French economist. After working in the French mine administration, he joined the École National Superieure des Mines in Par...
(fräNswä´ vät l´) (KEY) , fl. 17th cent., French chef, famous in the time of Louis XIV. Mme Marie de Sévigné, in her letters, speaks of him as ...
1838–1917, English bibliographer and antiquarian, a founder of the Early English Text Society and of the Index Society. Wheatley’s work on the ind...
( ´m l f sh´ r) (KEY) , 1852–1919, German organic chemist. He is especially noted for his researches on the structure and synthesis of sugars and ...