Biography Category
(räf-fä ´l gärô´fäl ) (KEY) , 1851–1934, Italian jurist and criminologist. He studied at the Univ. of Naples, where he later taught law and ...
(zhôz f´ lw g -lüsäk´) (KEY) , 1778–1850, French chemist and physicist. He was professor in Paris at the Sorbonne, at the Polytechnic School, ...
(v NsäN´ d g rn ´) (KEY) , 1712–59, French economist, precursor of the physiocrats and of Adam Smith. A wealthy merchant, he was in government s...
(gr n´j n, Fr. r b r´ gräNzhôN´) (KEY) , fl. 1545–88, French designer of type and printer. He began his work in Paris and afterward worked in L...
(j r´ärd, j rärd´) (KEY) , 1545–1612, English botanist and barber-surgeon. He compiled a catalog (1596) of the plants in his garden, the first o...
(h r´män h n´r kh gô´s n) (KEY) , 1810–58, German economist, little known in his lifetime. His work, Entwicklung der Gesetze des menschlichen V...