Biography Category
(kärl ou´ r bär n´ f n v ls´bäkh) (KEY) , 1858–1929, Austrian chemist. He discovered the rare earth elements neodymium and praseodymium (1885)...
1917–80, American chemist and educator, b. Boston, grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.B., 1936; Ph.D., 1937). He taught at Harvard from ...
(w n´d l) (KEY) , 1855–1921, American teacher and scholar, b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1877. He taught at Harvard (1880–1917) and lectured at Cambr...
1715–55, American soldier, founder of Williams College, b. Newton, Mass. After several years as a sailor, he lived in Massachusetts and took part in...
1928–, American biologist and educator, b. Chicago, Ill., grad. Univ. of Chicago, 1947, Ph.D. Univ. of Indiana, 1950. With F. H. C. Crick he began (...
1787–1870, American educator, pioneer in woman’s education, b. Emma Hart in Berlin, Conn. She attended and later taught in the local academy and i...