Biography Category
Simeon Borisov Sakskoburggotski, or Simeon Borisov Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, 1937–, czar (1943–46) and premier (2001–) of Bulgaria. He succeeded his fa...
(h r´kül s z ´g rs) (KEY) , c.1590–c.1638, Dutch landscape painter and etcher. Seghers’s work greatly influenced early 17th-century Dutch lands...
(yôs´ f s m l´ v ch shkl f´sk ) (KEY) , 1916–85, Soviet astronomer. He was head of the department of radio-astronomy at the Sternberg Astronomi...
(älfr d´ s s´l , s sl ´) (KEY) , 1839–99, French impressionist landscape painter, b. Paris, of English parents. He studied under Corot, Gleyre, ...
(s tär´) (KEY) , fretted string instrument with a gourdlike body and a long neck, similar to the lute. It has from 3 to 7 gut strings, tuned in four...
(sy ´ rd) (KEY) , d. 1055, earl of Northumbria. A Danish warrior, he probably came to England with King Canute. At the behest of King Harthacanute in...