Added On....... 01-Aug-2008 POST Date of post | Most Viewed | Most Rated | Posted by | Biography    1 2 Next > Last >> Loewi, Otto (l ´ ) (KEY) , 1873–1961, American physiologist and pharmacologist, b. Frankfurt, Germany. He was professor of pharmacology (1909–38) at the Univ. of Graz, Austria, until forced into exile after the N... Keppel, Francis 1916–90, American educator, b. New York City. A Harvard graduate, Keppel was named dean of Harvard’s Graduate School of Education in 1948. There he introduced television into education and created the... Magellan, Ferdinand (m jel´ n) (KEY) , Port. Fernão de Magalhães, Span. Fernando de Magallanes, c.1480–1521, Portuguese navigator. Born of a noble family, he was reared as a page in the royal household. He served (1505–1... Peterson, Martha 1916–, American educator, b. Jamestown, Kans., grad. Univ. of Kansas (A.B., 1937; Ph.D., 1959). She served as instructor in mathematics, assistant dean of women, and dean of women at the Univ. of Kans... Nott, Eliphalet ( l f´ l t) (KEY) , 1773–1866, American educator, inventor, and clergyman, b. Ashford, Conn. In 1804, Nott became president of Union College, a post he held for 62 years; he initiated an extensive bui... Hitchcock, Lambert 1795–1852, American chairmaker, b. Cheshire, Conn. In 1818 in Barkhamsted, Conn., Hitchcock established a factory whose employees came to number about 100. The village that the factory created was nam... Loeb, Jacques (l b) (KEY) , 1859–1924, American physiologist, b. Germany, M.D. Univ. of Strasbourg, 1884. He came to the United States in 1891 and taught at Bryn Mawr, the Univ. of Chicago, and the Univ. of Califor... Acts of the Apostles book of the New Testament. It is the only 1st-century account of the expansion of Christianity in its earliest period. It was written in Greek anonymously as early as c.A.D. 65, but more likely later ... Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron 1834–1902, English historian, b. Naples; grandson of Sir John Francis Edward Acton and of Emmerich Joseph, duc de Dalberg. Denied entrance into Cambridge because of his Roman Catholicism, he traveled ... Balthus (Count Balthasar Klossowski de Rola) (bôl´th s, b l´–) (KEY) , 1908–2001, Polish-French painter, b. Paris. Balthus is widely regarded as one of the most important figurative painters of the modern era... acoustics ( k ´st ks) (KEY) , the science of sound, including its production, propagation, and effects. Various branches of acoustics that deal with different aspects of sound and... Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David Goodman), 1909–86, American clarinetist, composer, and band leader, b. Chicago. Goodman studied clarinet at Hull House. In Chicago he had the opportunity to hear (and eventually to pla... Josetsu (j ´´s ´ts ) (KEY) , fl. 1425, Japanese landscape painter, teacher, and priest. His work shows the formal characteristics of Chinese suiboku-ga (black-and-white) painting. He worked in Kyoto, where Sh... Crèvecoeur, J. Hector St. John (kr vkör´) (KEY) , 1735–1813, American author and agriculturist, b. France as Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur. It is believed that he served under Montcalm in Canada. After traveling in the Great ... Annie Besant Not Available    1 2 Next > Last >>