Biography Category
( s´t r) (KEY) , 1763–1848, American merchant, b. Walldorf, near Heidelberg, Germany. At the age of 16 he went to England, and five years later, in...
(lw b rnär´ bärôN´ g tôN´ d môrv ´) (KEY) , 1737–1816, French chemist and lawyer. He wrote the chemical section of the Encyclopédie mét...
(p n´s n) (KEY) , d. 1530, English printer, b. Normandy. He moved to England c.1482 and in 1491 or 1492 began printing books pertaining to law in Lon...
1862–1945, American economist, b. Hollansburg, Ohio, grad. Oberlin, 1888. Influenced by the other social sciences, Commons tried to broaden the scop...
(kärl ou´ r bär n´ f n v ls´bäkh) (KEY) , 1858–1929, Austrian chemist. He discovered the rare earth elements neodymium and praseodymium (1885)...
1799–1873, American industrialist, b. Temple, N.H. He moved to Georgia at the age of 20, and after he had become a partner in a cotton gin he went (...