Biography Category
1913–93, American physician and biologist, b. Flushing, New York. In his youth he often accompanied his physician father on his rounds and decided e...
(k p´r ) (KEY) , 1897–1991, American film director, b. Bisaquino, Sicily. One of the preeminent Hollywood directors of the 1930s and 40s, he produc...
(l ´d ) (KEY) , 1823–91, American scientist, b. Philadelphia, grad. Univ. of Pennsylvania medical school. From 1853 he taught anatomy at his alma m...
(r ´ bärb ´sä) (KEY) , 1849–1923, Brazilian jurist, writer, and statesman. He was largely responsible for the republican constitution of Brazil...
(p l äNtôN´ d lägärd´) (KEY) , 1827–91, German Orientalist. Lagarde was one of the most important biblical critics and Middle Eastern philolo...
1860–1936, British scientist, b. Edinburgh; father of John Burdon Sanderson Haldane. He made many important contributions to mine safety, investigat...