Biography Category
(fränts bôp) (KEY) , 1791–1867, German philologist. A professor at the Univ. of Berlin from 1821 to 1864, he did research in many languages and ea...
(l s´ b ny l´) (KEY) , 1900–83, Spanish film director, b. Calanda, Aragón. In his best films, he used poetic, often bizarre imagery and black h...
(gâr´ t bûr´kôf) (KEY) , 1911–, American mathematician, b. Princeton, N.J.; son of George David Birkhoff. He was educated at Harvard (B.A., 193...
1887–1949, American linguist, b. Chicago. Bloomfield was professor at Ohio State Univ. (1921–27), at the Univ. of Chicago (1927–40), and at Yale...
(kôrn ´l s vän b ng´k rs-h k) (KEY) , 1673–1743, Dutch writer on international law. His De dominio maris [on the rule of the seas] (1702, tr. 19...
or Simon Bar Cochba (k k´b ) (KEY) [Heb.,=son of the star], d. A.D. 135, Hebrew hero and leader of a major revolt against Rome under Hadrian (132–...