Biography Category
(märyüs´ p t pä´) (KEY) , 1822–1910, French dancer and choreographer, b. Marseilles. Petipa rose to prominence at the Imperial Theatre in St. P...
(yäk ´b s h ndr ´k s vänt hôf) (KEY) , 1852–1911, Dutch physical chemist. He taught at the universities of Amsterdam (1878–96) and Berlin (fr...
(fr ´dr kh oug st´ fôn h ´ k) (KEY) , 1899–1992, British economist, b. Vienna. He was raised and educated in Austria and taught at the London Sc...
( ´d ärt b kh´n r) (KEY) , 1860–1917, German chemist. He taught at Berlin, Breslau, and, from 1911, at Würzburg. He discovered (1896) that alcoh...
(zhüst r l´ m sôny ´) (KEY) , 1695–1750, French designer, b. Turin. At first a goldsmith, in 1724 he was appointed designer to the king under L...
1743–1820, British naturalist and patron of the sciences. He accompanied Capt. James Cook on his voyage around the world and made large collections ...