| |
|
|
Leakey, Richard Erskine Frere
(fr r) (KEY) , 1944–, Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and government official. The son of Louis and Mary Leakey, he spent much of his early life at archaeological sites in E Africa. His o...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kanazawa
(kä´´nä´zäwä) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 442,868), capital of Ishikawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan. It produces cotton and silk textiles, machinery, fine porcelain and lacquer ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Karlovy Vary
(kär´lôv vä´r ) (KEY) , Ger. Karlsbad, city (1991 pop. 56,222), NW Czech Republic, in Bohemia, at the confluence of the Teplá and Oh e rivers. A famous health resort, Karlovy Vary is one of the best-...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ismoili Somoni Peak
24,590 ft (7,495 m) high, NW Tajikistan, in the Pamir; the highest point in Tajikistan. Originally called Garmo Peak, it was determined (1932–33) the highest peak in the USSR and was renamed Stalin Pe...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Isleta
( sl t´ ) (KEY) , pueblo (1990 pop. 1,703), Bernalillo co., central N.Mex., on the east bank of the Rio Grande, just S of Albuquerque. It is a tourist attraction, having historical and cultural intere...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gutenberg, Johann
(g ´t nb rg, Ger. y ´hän g ´t nb rk) (KEY) , c.1397–1468, German inventor and printer, long credited with the invention of a method of printing from movable type, including the use of metal molds and ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Poussin, Nicolas
(n kôlä´) (KEY) , 1594–1665, French painter, b. Les Andelys. Poussin was considered the greatest of living painters by his contemporaries. Although he spent most of his life in Italy, his painting bec...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cox, David
1783–1859, English landscape painter, a follower of John Constable. He is best known for his watercolors of Welsh scenery, of which he produced a great number. Cox is well represented in the British a...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Buber, Martin
(b ´b r) (KEY) , 1878–1965, Jewish philosopher, b. Vienna. Educated at German universities, he was active in Zionist affairs, and he taught philosophy and religion at the Univ. of Frankfurt-am-Main (1...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bacon, Roger
c.1214–1294?, English scholastic philosopher and scientist, a Franciscan. He studied at Oxford as well as at the Univ. of Paris and became one of the most celebrated and zealous teachers at Oxford. Ba...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Black, Max
1909–88, American analytical philosopher, b. Baku, Russia (now Baky, Azerbaijan), grad. Cambridge Univ., Ph.D. Univ. of London, 1939. He taught at the Univ. of Ill. (1940–46) before going to Cornell U...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alexander of Aphrodisias
( fr d sh´ s) (KEY) , fl. A.D. 200, Greek Peripatetic philosopher. A celebrated ancient commentator on Aristotle, he was often called the Exegete. Among his extant writings are portions of commentari...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kidder, Alfred Vincent
1885–1963, American archaeologist, b. Marquette, Mich., grad. Harvard (B.A. 1908; Ph.D. 1914). From 1915 to 1929 he conducted excavations at Pecos, N.Mex., for the Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. Thi...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
