Biography Category
(Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle) (fr ´dr kh g s´täf yä´kôp h n´l ) (KEY) , 1809–85, German anatomist and histologist. A pupil of J. P. Müller,...
(r m´ l ) (KEY) , 1757–1818, English law reformer. Admitted to the bar in 1783, he soon developed a wide practice in the court of chancery. He was ...
(b t´ ) (KEY) , 1908–89, American film actress, b. Lowell, Mass., as Ruth Elizabeth Davis. One of the most durable stars of the American screen, sh...
1925–2005, American television entertainer, b. Corning, Iowa. Carson, who grew up in Nebraska, began his career as a magician, then wrote comedy ske...
(dûrk b ´gärd) (KEY) , 1920–99, English film actor, b. Hampstead as Derek Van den Bogaerde. In his early career Bogarde played romantic leads in ...
(ädr N´ mär ´ l zhäN´dr ) (KEY) , 1752–1833, French mathematician. He is noted especially for his work on the theory of numbers, on which he ...