Biography Category
(s nt d n´ s) (KEY) , 1877–1968, American dancer, b. Newark, N.J., whose name was originally Ruth Dennis. After her debut (c.1893) she toured with ...
(m lär´ p ) (KEY) , 1040–1143, saint and poet of Tibetan Buddhism. He was the second patriarch of the Kargyupa sect, the first being Milarepa’s ...
[Gr. Lucas], traditional author of the third Gospel (see Luke, Gospel according to Saint) and of its sequel, the Acts of the Apostles. Paul’s letter...
(y r´ ) (KEY) , 1893–1981, American chemist, b. Walkerton, Ind., grad. Univ. of Montana (B.S., 1917), Ph.D. Univ. of California, 1923. He taught at...
(m nd l ´ f, Rus. d m ´tr vä´n v ch my ndy ly ´ f) (KEY) , 1834–1907, Russian chemist. He is famous for his formulation (1869) of the periodi...
(kôn´rät sv n´h m) (KEY) , fl. 15th cent., early printer. Originally from near Mainz, Germany, Sweynheym with Arnold Pannartz established (c.1464)...