Biography Category
1915–98, American broadcaster and author, b. New York City as Ferdinand Friendly Wachenheimer. He began his career at age 22 at a radio station in P...
(äl-färä´b ) (KEY) , d. 950, Islamic philosopher. He studied in Baghdad and later flourished in Aleppo as a sufi mystic (see Sufism). He died in D...
(l t´v kh ändr ´äs foi´ rbäkh) (KEY) , 1804–72, German philosopher, educated at Heidelberg and Berlin; son of Paul Johann Anselm von Feuerbach...
(käs´pär dä´f t fr ´dr kh) (KEY) , 1774–1840, German romantic landscape painter. After studying painting in Copenhagen he visited various scen...
1755–1826, English sculptor and draftsman. At 20 he went to work for Josiah Wedgwood, designing the cameolike decorations for Wedgwood’s pottery. ...
(äny l´l fälkô´n ) (KEY) , 1607–56, Italian baroque painter of the Neapolitan school. He is known primarily for his battle pieces. There are e...