Biography Category
(j ´m s n) (KEY) , 1944–, American dancer and choreographer, b. Philadelphia. She studied ballet, tap, jazz, and modern dance, and made her debut w...
(j ´ t) (KEY) , 1816–68, American librarian, b. Lebanon, Maine. Jewett prepared his first catalog of books as librarian of Andover Theological Semi...
(both: n kôlä´ zhäNsôN´) (KEY) , d. c.1480, Venetian printer, b. France. Jenson studied printing with Gutenberg at Mainz for three years. He was...
1856–1929, American economist, b. St. Clair, Mich., grad. Univ. of Michigan, 1878, Ph.D. Univ. of Halle, 1885. He was professor of political economy...
or Jesus Christ (j ´z s kr st, j ´z z) (KEY) , 1st-century Jewish teacher and prophet in whom Christians have traditionally seen the Messiah [Heb.,=...
(yäs´tr , j s´–) (KEY) , 1829–1903, American rabbi and Talmudic scholar, b. Poland. He was a rabbi (1866–92) in Philadelphia, editor of the T...