Biography Category
(mär ´ zhäN äNtwän´ n kôlä´ kär tä´ märk ´ d kôNdôrs ´) (KEY) , 1743–94, French mathematician, philosopher, and political leader, ...
( ´m l dü bwä-r môN´) (KEY) , 1818–96, German physiologist of French descent. A pupil and successor (after 1858) of Johannes Müller at the Uni...
(b ´gärt) (KEY) , 1899–1957, American film actor, b. New York City. After a succession of stage roles he achieved note with his portrayal of the g...
1847–1930, American scientist, b. Windsor, Conn., grad. Vassar 1869. She was the first woman student to enter Johns Hopkins (1878), her special stud...
(bôs´tän b n khän n ´) (KEY) , c.618–670, first Jewish exilarch (i.e., ruler of the Jewish exiles in Babylonia) under Arab rule. He is the sub...
1866–1943, American lawyer and educator, b. Ontario. He studied international law at Harvard and at Berlin, Heidelberg, and Paris. He was dean of th...