Biography Category
(z k r ´ s fräng´k l) (KEY) , 1801–75, Jewish theologian, b. Prague. Frankel believed that only through an appreciation of the historical develop...
(d b n´sk ) (KEY) , 1892–1982, American labor leader, president (1932–66) of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), b. Brest-Lit...
(kär´l s hwän f nl ) (KEY) , or Charles John Finlay (f n´l ) (KEY) , 1833–1915, Cuban physician of Scottish and French descent; studied in Franc...
1785–1853, American physician, b. Lebanon, Conn. He was privately educated and was licensed (1812) to practice in Vermont. His Experiments and Obser...
1916–2004, English scientist, grad. University College, London, and Caius College, Cambridge. Crick was trained as a physicist, and from 1940 to 194...
1870–1919, American labor leader, b. Braidwood, Ill. He became a miner at the age of 12 and in 1885 joined the Knights of Labor. When the United Min...