Biography Category
(ou´g st v l´h lm f n hôf´män) (KEY) , 1818–92, German organic chemist. He was professor at the Univ. of Berlin from 1865 and was a founder (18...
( güst´ l räN´) (KEY) , 1808–53, French organic chemist. He devised a systematic nomenclature for organic chemistry. His studies on naphthalene ...
1924–, French dancer and choreographer, b. Villemoble. Petit joined the Paris Opéra company at 15 and in 1948 founded Les Ballets de Paris de Rolan...
1906–53, American modern dancer, choreographer, and teacher, b. Indianapolis. Moving to California in 1928, Horton formed his own company in Los Ang...
1854–1932, American inventor, industrialist, and philanthropist, b. Waterville, N.Y. By mass production of his photographic inventions, Eastman enor...
(äl´d r) (KEY) , 1902–58, German chemist, educated at Berlin and at Kiel. He was on the research staff of the Bayer Dye Works (1936–40) before b...