Biography Category
(tw ´l ) (KEY) , 1941–, American dancer and choreographer, b. Portland, Ind. An eclectic, innovative choreographer and dancer, she danced (1963–6...
(äNr ´ v ktôr´ r ny ´) (KEY) , 1810–78, French physicist and chemist. He was professor of chemistry at the École polytechnique, Paris, from 18...
(g ´t nb rg, Ger. y ´hän g ´t nb rk) (KEY) , c.1397–1468, German inventor and printer, long credited with the invention of a method of printing ...
1904–87, American economist, b. Austria, grad. Columbia Univ. (A.B., 1925; A.M., 1925; Ph.D., 1934). He taught economics at Rutgers Univ. (1927–44...
1837–1903, American librarian, b. Boston. Cutter cataloged the library of the Harvard Divinity School and in 1860 was appointed as the assistant to ...
(mär´t n h n´r kh kläp´r t) (KEY) , 1743–1817, German chemist. He is often referred to as the father of analytic chemistry. He recognized (1789...