Biography Category
(both: n kôlä´ zhäNsôN´) (KEY) , d. c.1480, Venetian printer, b. France. Jenson studied printing with Gutenberg at Mainz for three years. He was...
( güst´ b rnôNv l´) (KEY) , 1805–79, Danish dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Bournonville studied in Copenhagen with his father Antoine, the ...
1856–1929, American economist, b. St. Clair, Mich., grad. Univ. of Michigan, 1878, Ph.D. Univ. of Halle, 1885. He was professor of political economy...
1846–1927, American lawyer and industrialist, b. near Wheaton, Ill., grad. Union College of Law, Chicago, 1868. Rising rapidly as a corporation lawy...
(oig n´ kärl dü´r ng) (KEY) , 1833–1921, German philosopher and economist. He practiced law in Berlin until blindness threatened him and then be...
1903–85, American cooking teacher, b. Portland Oregon. His interest in food was encouraged by his mother, who had been a hotel proprietor. He was a ...