Biography Category
(s ´sär strä´thä shä´v z) (KEY) , 1927–93, American agrarian labor leader, b. near Yuma, Ariz. A migrant worker, he became involved (1952) i...
pseud. of Ethel Richardson Robertson, 1870–1946, Australian novelist, b. Melbourne. Her years of study at the Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Melbou...
1685–1731, English mathematician. He originated Taylor’s theorem, a formula important in differential calculus, which relates a function to its de...
(st ´fän bä´näkh) (KEY) , 1892–1945, Polish mathematician. He was educated at the Institute of Technology in Lviv; his doctoral thesis laid the...
(fr ´dr kh kr s´tyän d ts) (KEY) , 1794–1876, German philologist. A professor at Bonn, Diez is noted as one of the founders of the science of Rom...
(g t´h l) (KEY) , 1827–1903, American Reform rabbi, b. Prussia. He served as assistant (1855–60) in the Berlin Reform Temple and as rabbi (1860â€...