Biography Category
(Earvin Johnson, Jr.), 1959–, African-American basketball player, b. Lansing, Mich. After winning the national championship with Michigan State Univ...
(j m ´k ) (KEY) , independent state within the Commonwealth (1995 est. pop. 2,574,000), 4,232 sq mi (10,962 sq km), coextensive with the island of Ja...
1815–88, Italian priest, b. Piedmont. As a priest at Turin he was very successful in work with boys. He founded (1841) the Salesian order (i.e., ord...
(John Casimir), 1609–72, king of Poland (1648–68), son of Sigismund III. He was elected to succeed his brother, Ladislaus IV. The turbulent period...
1808–75, 17th President of the United States (1865–69), b. Raleigh, N.C.
Early Life
His father died when Johnson was 3, and at 14 he was apprent...
1859–1937, American historian, b. Somerville, Mass. After teaching at Johns Hopkins, Brown, and the Univ. of Chicago he was director (1905–28) of ...