Added On....... 10-Jun-2008 POST Date of post | Most Viewed | Most Rated | Posted by | Biography    1 2 Next > Last >> Birkhoff, George David 1884–1944, American mathematician, b. Overisel, Mich.; father of Garrett Birkhoff. The son of a physician, he was educated at Harvard (B.A., 1905) and the Univ. of Chicago (Ph.D., 1907) After teaching... Shannon, Claude Elwood 1916–2001, American applied mathematician, b. Gaylord, Michigan. A student of Vannevar Bush at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he was the first to propose the application of symbolic ... Sauer, Carl Ortwin 1889–1975, American geographer, b. Warrenton, Mo., grad. Univ. of Chicago (Ph.D., 1915). Sauer was a professor for over 50 years at the Univ. of California at Berkeley, where he built a distinguished ... Markowitz, Harry (mär´k w ts´´) (KEY) , 1927–, American economist, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1954. In the 1950s he developed a theory of “portfolio choice,” which allows investors to analyze risk as well as their expect... Schurman, Jacob Gould (shûr´m n) (KEY) , 1854–1942, American educator and diplomat, b. Freetown, Prince Edward Island. His education was completed in London, Edinburgh, and, as Hibbert fellow, in Heidelberg, Berlin, and Gö... Beadle, George Wells 1903–89, American geneticist, b. Wahoo, Nebr., grad. Univ. of Nebraska (B.S., 1926; M.S., 1927), Ph.D. Cornell, 1931. Beadle taught (1931–36) biology at the California Institute of Technology, where h... Hopkins, Mark, American railroad builder and merchant 1813–78, American railroad builder and merchant, b. Henderson, N.Y. A clerk in a village store and later a commission merchant in New York City, he was more than 35 years old when he went to Californi... Fries, Elias Magnus ( l ´äs mäng´n s fr s) (KEY) , 1794–1878, Swedish botanist. He taught (1834–59) at the Univ. of Uppsala. Fries originated the modern classification of fungi and lichens. His works include Systema myco... Astaire, Fred ( stâr´) (KEY) , 1899–1987, American dancer, actor, and singer, b. Omaha, Nebr., as Frederick Austerlitz. After 1911 he and his sister Adele formed a successful Broadway vaudeville team. After his sis... Niepce, Joseph Nicéphore (zhôz f´ n s fôr´ ny ps) (KEY) , 1765–1833, French chemist who originated a process of photography (see photography, still). In 1826 he produced the first known photograph, which he called a heliograp... Copernicus, Nicholas (k pûr´n k s) (KEY) , Pol. Mikotaj Kopérnik, 1473–1543, Polish astronomer. After studying astronomy at the Univ. of Kraków, he spent a number of years in Italy studying various subjects, including med... Smith, Red (Walter Wellesley Smith), 1905–82, American sportswriter, b. Green Bay, Wis., grad. Notre Dame, 1927. After working on newspapers in St. Louis and Philadelphia, he began a syndicated column in the New... Dannecker, Johann Heinrich von (y ´hän h n´r kh f n dän´ k r) (KEY) , 1758–1841, German sculptor. He studied with Pajou in Paris and with Canova in Rome. His art shows a revival of classical influence, as well as moderate naturalis... Absalon (äp´sälôn) (KEY) or Axel (äk´s l) (KEY) , c.1128–1201, Danish churchman, archbishop of Lund (1178–1201). He had great influence on political affairs under Waldemar I and Canute VI, warred against the... Baumeister, Willi (v l´ bou´m st r) (KEY) , 1889–1955, German artist. Influenced by primitive art and Miro’s surrealism, Baumeister created abstractions that contain mechanical and organic forms. In later works (e.g.,...    1 2 Next > Last >>