Biography Category
1819–86, American bookdealer and bibliographer, b. Barnet, Vt. After attending college and law school, Stevens went to Europe as agent for several i...
(kärl v l´h lm sh ´l ) (KEY) , 1742–86, Swedish chemist, b. Stralsund. He is known as the discoverer of many chemical substances. He was a pharma...
(ä´l üs z ´n f l´´d r, ä´lois) (KEY) , 1771–1834, German lithographer, b. Prague. Senefelder invented lithography in Munich c.1796. In 1818 ...
( rn st´ sôlv ´) (KEY) , 1838–1922, Belgian industrial chemist and philanthropist. He originated the Solvay process and established (1863) near C...
(äl ks ´ b nwä´ swäy ´) (KEY) , 1809–58, French chef and writer on gastronomy and dietary reform. After the Revolution of 1830 he went to Lond...
(h ´g sht n´ s) (KEY) , 1870–1924, German industrialist. The son of a Westphalian mine owner, he founded his own company in 1892 and rapidly expa...