Biography Category
(kr s´tyän k´män) (KEY) , 1858–1930, Dutch physician. He was head of the Pathological Institute of Batavia and later (1898–1928) professor of...
1826–1919, English labor leader, a Primitive Methodist preacher. He founded the National Agricultural Labourers Union in 1872 and became its preside...
(g z) (KEY) , 1872–1956, American biological chemist, b. Reisterstown, Md., grad. Gettysburg College (B.S. 1893; Ph.D. Yale, 1897). He began teachin...
1604–57, Jewish scholar and communal leader, b. Portugal. Early in his life he settled in Amsterdam, where he became a rabbi and started (1627) the ...
(gr ´sh s) (KEY) , 1583–1645, Dutch jurist and humanist, whose Dutch name appears as Huigh de Groot. He studied at the Univ. of Leiden and became a...
(kl d t´ kôlb r´) (KEY) , 1903–96, American movie actress, b. Paris as Lily Chauchoin. Known for her rosy cheeks, velvet voice, hearty laugh, and...