Biography Category
(kärl fr ´dr kh sh ng´k l) (KEY) , 1781–1841, German architect and painter. A member of the Berlin Academy, he became a professor in 1820. He als...
1536?–1614, English architect of the Elizabethan era. From 1568, Smythson was freemason to John Thynne in finishing (1567–75) the country house Lo...
( rnän´ s ´l s swä´s ) (KEY) , 1914–96, president of Bolivia (1956–60, 1982–85). The illegitimate son of Hernando Siles Reyes (president of...
(snôr´r stür´lüsôn, –l sôn) (KEY) , 1178–1241, Icelandic chieftain, historian, critic, and saga teller, the leading figure in medieval Nor...
( mänü l´ zhôz f´ sy s´) (KEY) , 1748–1836, French revolutionary and statesman. He was a clergyman before the Revolution and was known as Abb...
(sk ´n ) (KEY) , river, c.360 mi (580 km) long, rising in the Stikine Mts., W British Columbia, Canada, and flowing S and SW to the Pacific Ocean nea...