Biography Category
( ´r m) (KEY) , 1704–59, English philologist, b. Yorkshire. A self-taught linguist, Aram was the first to identify the Celtic languages as related ...
( k´w l , kw l´ p n´t k s) (KEY) , 2d cent., Jewish translator of the Old Testament from Hebrew into Greek. The characteristic feature of Aquilaâ...
( m´r m, sh sh´nä) (KEY) or Amram Gaon (gä´ n) (KEY) , d. c.875, Hebrew scholar, head of the Jewish academy at Sura in Persia. He is chiefly kno...
( b´ ) (KEY) , 1851–1928, American surgeon, b. New York City, M.D. Columbia, 1874; brother of Cleveland Abbe. He was especially noted as a plastic ...
1826–1919, English labor leader, a Primitive Methodist preacher. He founded the National Agricultural Labourers Union in 1872 and became its preside...
[b]Early Experiences[/b][br /]
Abdul Kalam considered himself lucky to come in contact with enough good people in life, though Rameswaram was a hig...
