Biography Category
1812–86, English library pioneer. As assistant from 1839 in the British Museum, he helped Sir Anthony Panizzi draw up the rules for the catalog. Edw...
( ng´ lm n) (KEY) , 1809–84, American physician and botanist, b. Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, educated at the universities of Heidelberg and Würzbu...
1843–1932, British artist, landscape gardener, and crafts artist. She was associated with William Robinson and Edwin Lutyens in developing an inform...
( r´l nm ´´ r) (KEY) , 1825–1909, German chemist. He studied at Giessen under Justus von Liebig and at Heidelberg under Friedrich Kekulé, both G...
(zhäN bät st´ zhôz f´ dyödôn ´ b s Ng ´) (KEY) , 1802–87, French agricultural chemist. He was professor of chemistry at Lyons and later pro...
1820–85, American railroad builder, chief figure in the construction of the Union Pacific RR, b. Lee, Mass. He was successful in building railroads ...