Biography Category
(pärm ´n n) (KEY) , d. 330 B.C., Macedonian general. He served under Philip II. On Philip’s death Parmenion was largely responsible for the adher...
(p ´tr ) (KEY) , 1853–1942, English archaeologist, a noted Egyptologist. He excavated ancient remains in Britain (1875–80), Egypt (1880–1924), ...
(zhôrzh p r ´) (KEY) , 1832–1914, French archaeologist. He was professor at the Sorbonne from 1875, director of the École normale supérieure, Pa...
1904–41, British archaeologist. He participated in expeditions to Macedonia (1928) and Tell el Amarna (1928–29 and 1930–36). From 1930 to 1934 h...
(p äf´) (KEY) , 1915–63, French cabaret singer, born as Edith Giovanna Gassion. She began to sing at 15 in cafés and in the streets of Paris and ...
1940–, American comedian, b. Peoria, Ill. His wildly inventive, racially explosive, crudely and brilliantly expressed comic style is seen in such fi...