Biography Category
(s ng´ r) (KEY) , 1918–, British biochemist, grad. Cambridge Univ. (B.A., 1939; Ph.D., 1943). He continued his research at Cambridge after 1943. He...
(b r´tôlt shvärts) (KEY) , fl. 14th cent., German Franciscan monk and alchemist. It was formerly widely believed, especially in Germany, that he in...
1830–1906, American hat manufacturer, b. Orange, N.J. Stetson, who had learned hatmaking, traveled to the West in the 1860s to improve his health. H...
(häns shp ´män) (KEY) , 1869–1941, German embryologist. He was professor of zoology (1919–35) at the Univ. of Freiburg. By transplanting embryo...
1847–1920, American banker and philanthropist, b. Frankfurt, Germany. He emigrated to the United States in 1865 and became a partner in a brokerage ...
(s nt d n´ s) (KEY) , 1877–1968, American dancer, b. Newark, N.J., whose name was originally Ruth Dennis. After her debut (c.1893) she toured with ...