Biography Category
(l ´r nts f n sht n) (KEY) , 1815–90, German economist and sociologist. He studied jurisprudence at the Univ. of Kiel and at Paris and taught (1846...
(g s´täf shmôl´ r) (KEY) , 1838–1917, German economist. He was the leader of the younger school of German historical economists, who tried to in...
(spr g) (KEY) , 1857–1934, American electrical engineer, b. Milford, Conn., grad. Annapolis, 1878. He was an assistant to Thomas Edison in 1883 and ...
(s l´ gm n) (KEY) , 1861–1939, American economist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Columbia, 1885. As professor (1885–1931) at Columbia, he edited the â€...
1836–86, American educator and textbook writer, b. Lima, N.Y., grad. Genesee College (now Syracuse Univ.), 1858. While serving as principal of the E...
1860–1930, American inventor, b. Cortland, N.Y. Although probably best known for his work on the gyroscope, he also invented the gyrocompass (1910),...