Biography Category
(m h m´ d) (KEY) [Arab.,=praised], 570?–632, the name of the Prophet of Islam, one of the great figures of history, b. Mecca.
Early Life
Muhamma...
(kärl g ´g nbour) (KEY) , 1826–1903, German anatomist. A professor at the universities of Jena (1855–73) and Heidelberg (1873–1901), he was in...
1768–1830, French mathematician and physicist. He was noted for his researches on heat and on numerical equations. He originated Fourier’s theorem...
( m l l t´v kh f k´ nh m) (KEY) , 1916–2003, Canadian-Israeli rabbi and philosopher, b. Halle, Germany, grad. Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des...
1903–98, American author and pediatrician, b. New Haven, Conn., educ. Yale (B.A., 1925) and Columbia Univ. College of Physicians and Surgeons (M.D.,...
(fôr´t sky ) (KEY) , c.1394–1476, English jurist. A supporter of the Lancastrian king Henry VI, he was chief justice of the Court of King’s Benc...