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1939–, American dancer, choreographer, and director, b. Wichita Falls, Tex. An unusually lanky 6 ft 6 in., Tune began his Broadway dancing career in...
1866–1967, American economist, b. LaConner, Wash. He taught economics at Harvard (1937–67) and made significant contributions to microeconomics, p...
1849–1919, American industrialist, b. Westmoreland co., Pa. He worked on his father’s farm, was a store clerk, and did bookkeeping before he and s...
(pôl m l´ l kôk´ d bwäb dräN´) (KEY) , 1838–1912, French discoverer of the elements gallium, samarium, and dysprosium. He also made contrib...
(b n´s n, Ger. r ´b rt v l´h lm b n´z n) (KEY) , 1811–99, German scientist, educated at the Univ. of Göttingen, where he received his doctorate...
(hwän pä´bl s) (KEY) , d. 1561?, printer in Spanish America. Pablos printed in Mexico City the first book known to have been printed in the Western...