Biography Category
(m h l´y ) (KEY) , 1911–72, American gospel singer, b. New Orleans. She sang in church choirs during her childhood. Moving (1927) to Chicago, she w...
(kärl g s´täf yä´kôp yäkô´b ) (KEY) , 1804–51, German mathematician. He was an outstanding teacher and was professor of mathematics at Kön...
1851–1912, American Presbyterian clergyman and encyclopedist, b. New York City. He was associate editor in the preparation of the original Schaff-He...
1936–, English actress and politician. Jackson’s first starring role was as Charlotte Corday in Marat/Sade (1966) for the Royal Shakespeare Compan...
or Djakarta (both: j kär´t , jäkär´tä) (KEY) , city and special district (1990 pop. 8,227,746), capital and largest city of Indonesia, NW Java, ...
(y b´´ t n´sk ) (KEY) , 1880–1940, Jewish Zionist leader, b. Russia. A fiery orator and an accomplished writer in several languages, he was a mil...