Biography Category
(fräNswä´ k n ´) (KEY) , 1694–1774, French economist, founder of the physiocratic school. A physician to Louis XV, he did not begin his economic...
c.1612–1659, first president of Harvard, b. Lancashire, England, educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge (M.A., 1634). He emigrated to New England ...
1850–1932, American businessman and philanthropist, b. Cecil co., Md. He earned a fortune in business in St. Louis, Mo., and retired in 1897 to devo...
(j ´´ mät´ ) (KEY) , 1938–89, American educator and sports executive, b. Boston. President of Yale Univ. from 1978 to 1986, he was president of ...
1888–1959, American educator, b. Valentine, Nebr., grad. Univ. of Michigan (B.A., 1910; M.A., 1915). He taught there from 1913 to 1917. From 1918 to...
(d k´str ) (KEY) , 1883–1950, American educator and civic administrator, b. Cleveland, grad. Univ. of Iowa, 1903. After graduate work at the Univ. ...