Biography Category
(sp rz) (KEY) , 1867–1921, Scottish explorer and authority on the polar regions. He first went to the Antarctic as ship’s surgeon in 1892 and late...
1898–1984, British economist, b. Middlesex, England. A professor at the London School of Economics (1929–61), he wrote the well-known methodologic...
1550?–1605, English navigator. He made his first voyage in search of the Northwest Passage in 1585, continuing the work of Martin Frobisher. On this...
1827–1908, American scholar and teacher, b. Cambridge, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1846. As professor of the history of art at Harvard (1875–98) and as ...
(d l räN´t , r n´t ) (KEY) , 1932–, French fashion designer, b. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He studied in Madrid and began a career in f...
(v s´ r) (KEY) , 1792–1868, American philanthropist, founder of Vassar College, b. England. He emigrated to the United States with his father in 17...