Biography Category
(fyô´d r mär´ty ns) (KEY) , 1845–1909, Russian diplomat and authority on international law. He became an official in the foreign ministry in 186...
(kôrz b´sk ) (KEY) , 1879–1950, Polish-American linguist, b. Warsaw. In his system, which he called General Semantics, Korzybski aimed at a distin...
(äNr ´ läfôNt n´) (KEY) , 1854–1943, Belgian jurist and statesman. A senator from 1894 to 1936, he headed the International Peace Bureau from 1...
(k m´ r n) (KEY) , 1834–90, American labor leader, b. Berwick-on-Tweed, England. He worked as a printer in Chicago, where he became interested in t...
(zhäN´ v ktôr´ pôNsl ´) (KEY) , 1788–1867, French mathematician and army engineer. He taught at the school of mechanics at Metz and at the Fac...
1872–1927, American lawyer, b. Olathe, Kans. As attorney general of Missouri (1905–9), he successfully prosecuted the Standard Oil Company for vio...