Biography Category
1904–88, British choreographer and dancer, b. Guayaquil, Ecuador. He grew up in Peru and was drawn to dance after seeing (1917) a performance by Ann...
(v NsäN´ d g rn ´) (KEY) , 1712–59, French economist, precursor of the physiocrats and of Adam Smith. A wealthy merchant, he was in government s...
c.1594–1668, British settler in North America, considered by many to be the first printer in the English American colonies. He came to Massachusetts...
1861–1955, American librarian, b. New York City; son of George P. Putnam. He served as librarian at the Minneapolis Athenaeum (1884–87) and of the...
(r ´bl ng) (KEY) , 1806–69, German-American engineer, b. Mulhouse. He studied engineering in Berlin and in 1831 came to the United States. He demon...
(strous) (KEY) , family of American merchants, public officials, and philanthropists. Isidor Straus, 1845–1912, b. Rhenish Bavaria, emigrated (1854)...