Biography Category
1874–1948, American economist, b. Rushville, Ill. He received his Ph.D. (1899) from the Univ. of Chicago, where he studied under Thorstein Veblen an...
1715–55, American soldier, founder of Williams College, b. Newton, Mass. After several years as a sailor, he lived in Massachusetts and took part in...
(b k) (KEY) , 1800–1874, English explorer and author. In Ethiopia in 1840–43 he mapped c.70,000 sq mi (181,300 sq km) of the country, determined t...
1930–, American educator and university president, b. Bryn Mawr, Pa., grad. Stanford (B.A., 1951) and Harvard (LL.B., 1954). A professor of law at H...
( ´r kh f n dr gäl´sk ) (KEY) , 1865–1949, German polar explorer. A professor of geography at the Univ. of Munich, he led an expedition that wint...
(h s ´ rä l´ käpäbläng´kä) (KEY) , 1888–1942, Cuban chess player, b. Havana. Champion of Cuba at the age of 12, he won the world’s champio...