Biography Category
or Simon Bar Cochba (k k´b ) (KEY) [Heb.,=son of the star], d. A.D. 135, Hebrew hero and leader of a major revolt against Rome under Hadrian (132–...
(mä´r s s ´f s l ) (KEY) , 1842–99, Norwegian mathematician. He is noted for his contributions to the theories of differential equations and con...
1916–2003, American physician, b. Auburn, Ala., grad. Univ. of Missouri, 1938, M.D. Harvard, 1940. He served on the staff of Children’s Hospital, ...
1911–2000, American labor leader, b. Providence, R.I. In 1933 he went to work as a machine assembler at the Detroit Gear and Machine Co., where he j...
(kr s´t än´´ n ´th ng bär´n rd) (KEY) , 1922–2001, South African surgeon. The son of a Dutch Reformed minister, Barnard studied medicine at t...
(py r p l m l´ r ) (KEY) , 1853–1933, French physician and bacteriologist. He was a pupil of and coworker with Pasteur. In 1888 he and A. E. J. Ye...