Biography Category
(j ´l t´´) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 76,836), seat of Will co., NE Ill., on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1857. It is a river port and an industrial s...
(y hän´ bär´tôlt yông´k nt) (KEY) , 1819–91, Dutch landscape painter and etcher. He studied in Paris with Isabey. Jongkind’s work was a tra...
1798–1858, last president of the Texas republic (1844–46), b. Seekonk section of Great Barrington, Mass. He studied medicine and after an itineran...
1858–1927, British explorer and colonial official. His early interest in the natural sciences was combined with his concern for the political proble...
1931–78, American religious leader, b. Lynn, Indiana. An influential Indianapolis preacher since the 1950s, Jones formed the People’s Temple (1955...
1963–, American basketball player, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. As a freshman at the Univ. of North Carolina, he made the shot that won the 1982 National Colle...