Biography Category
1866–1943, American lawyer and educator, b. Ontario. He studied international law at Harvard and at Berlin, Heidelberg, and Paris. He was dean of th...
1623?–1683, English jurist. Educated at Oxford and trained in law at Gray’s Inn, he became (1669) a king’s sergeant, was made (1676) justice in ...
(sh h yb) (KEY) , Qur’anic non-biblical prophet, appeared later than Hud and Salih among “the people of the thicket.” His preaching is said to h...
(y hän´ s d s kr b s´k ) (KEY) , or John of Hollywood, c.1200–1256, English mathematician and astronomer. He wrote several widely read and influ...
1934–, U.S. labor leader, b. New York City. An official of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) from 1960, he became president of the SE...
1903–98, American author and pediatrician, b. New Haven, Conn., educ. Yale (B.A., 1925) and Columbia Univ. College of Physicians and Surgeons (M.D.,...