Biography Category
(sh h yb) (KEY) , Qur’anic non-biblical prophet, appeared later than Hud and Salih among “the people of the thicket.” His preaching is said to h...
(zä´m l bärôn´ f n p ´f ndôrf) (KEY) , 1632–94, German jurist and historian. He is especially noted as an early theorist of international la...
(hôl´st d) (KEY) , 1852–1922, American surgeon, b. New York City, M.D. College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1877. He practiced in New York and in 1...
(y hän´ s d s kr b s´k ) (KEY) , or John of Hollywood, c.1200–1256, English mathematician and astronomer. He wrote several widely read and influ...
1927–, American film director, writer, actor, and producer, b. New York City as Melvin Kaminsky. His earliest work was in television, notably as a g...
(j vän´n bät-t s´tä b n d t´t ) (KEY) , 1530–90, Italian mathematician and physicist. An important forerunner of Galileo, Benedetti had diver...