Added On....... 11-Jul-2008 POST Date of post | Most Viewed | Most Rated | Posted by | Biography    1 2 Next > Last >> Mittag-Leffler, Magnus Gösta (mäng´n s yö´stä m t´äg-l f´l r) (KEY) , 1846–1927, Swedish mathematician. He was (1877–81) professor at Helsingfors (Helsinki) and at the Univ. of Stockholm from 1881. In 1882 he founded Acta Mathema... Beaumont, William 1785–1853, American physician, b. Lebanon, Conn. He was privately educated and was licensed (1812) to practice in Vermont. His Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of D... Mandelbrot, Benoit B. (b nwä´ m n´d lbr ´´, Fr. mäNd lbrô´) (KEY) , 1924–, French mathematician, b. Warsaw, Poland. Largely self-taught and considered a maverick in the field of mathematics, he is uncomfortable with the ri... Bolley, Henry Luke 1865–1956, American plant pathologist, b. Dearborn co., Ind. He is noted for his work on organisms causing diseases of crop plants (including the discovery of the cause of potato scab), for his method... Nash, Beau (Richard Nash), 1674–1761, Englishman of fashion. As master of ceremonies at Bath he was the recognized leader of society. He maintained his luxurious mode of living by gambling until gaming was forbi... Hooker, Sir William Jackson 1785–1865, English botanist. A leading authority of his time on ferns, he formed a famous herbarium and built up the Glasgow Garden and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. At Kew he founded the first mu... Smith, Dame Maggie (Dame Margaret Natalie Cross), 1934–, English actress. Smith first appeared on stage in Twelfth Night (1952). With her precise, sometimes rapid-fire, articulation and her meticulous stagecraft, she is... Sarrazin, Jacques (zhäk säräz N´) (KEY) , 1588–1660, French sculptor and painter, a founder (1648) and rector (1654) of the Académie royale. He spent years (1610–c.1627) in Rome and was one of the first to carry the cl... Skellefteå (sh l f´t ´´) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 31,050), Västerbotten co., NE Sweden, on the Skellefteälven River inland from its mouth on the Gulf of Bothnia. The center of a rich mining region (copper, lead,... Michelangelo Buonarroti (m k l n´j l , Ital. m k län´j l bw när-rô´t ) (KEY) , 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, b. Caprese, Tuscany. Early Life and Work Michelangelo drew extensively as a child, ... Achilles’ tendon (tendo calcaneus) (t n´d k lk ´n s) (KEY) , sinew prominent at the back of the ankle, connecting the tendons of the calf muscles to the heelbone. When the musculature contracts, the pull on the Achi... Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste (fr d r k´ güst´ bärt ld ´) (KEY) , 1834–1904, French sculptor, b. Colmar, Alsace. He studied painting under Ary Scheffer but turned to sculpture. Among his many works is a colossal group, Switzerlan... Leach, Edmund Ronald 1910–89, British anthropologist, grad. Cambridge Univ. (B.A., 1932; M.A., 1938) and Univ. of London (Ph.D., 1947). He was (1957–72) university reader in social anthropology at Cambridge, and in 1972 h... Jozabad (j ´z b d) (KEY) , in the Bible. 1, 2 Two of David’s captains. 3, 4 Important Levites. 5 Man who had married a foreigner. 6, 7, 8, 9 Levites in the return from the Exile. These four may be identical. Jupiter, in astronomy (j ´p t r) (KEY) , in astronomy, fifth planet from the sun and largest planet of the solar system. Astronomical and Physical Characteristics Jupiter’s orbit lies beyond the asteroid belt at a mean d...    1 2 Next > Last >>