Biography Category
(j ´m s n) (KEY) , 1794–1860, English essayist, b. Dublin. The diary of her travels on the Continent as governess to a wealthy family was later pub...
(John Tzimisces) (ts m s´ z) (KEY) , c.925–976, Byzantine emperor (969–76). With the aid of Emperor Nicephorus II’s wife, Theophano, John had N...
John the Posthumous, 1316, king of France, posthumous son of King Louis X. He lived only five days and was succeeded by his uncle, Philip V. According...
(John Lascaris) (l s´k r s) (KEY) , b. c.1250, d. after 1273, Byzantine emperor of Nicaea (1258–61), son and successor (under a regency) of Theodor...
or Saint John Damascene (d m´ s n) (KEY) , c.675–c.749, Syrian theologian, Father of the Church and Doctor of the Church. He was brought up at the ...
1912–, b. Karnack, Tex., originally named Claudia Alta Taylor. She married (1934) Lyndon B. Johnson and played an active role in his political caree...