Biography Category
(äk´ môr´ tä) (KEY) , 1921–99, Japanese business executive, b. Nagoya, Japan. The eldest son of a successful sake brewer, Morita joined Masar...
1838–1923, American scientist, b. Newark, N.J., grad. Williams College, 1860. From 1869 to 1906 he was professor of chemistry at Western Reserve Col...
1837–1915, American cattle-trade pioneer, b. Sangamon co., Ill. He selected Abilene, Kans., as the site for a railroad shipping center for the marke...
(m th ´ s) (KEY) , in the Bible, apostle chosen by lot to fill the place of Judas Iscariot. He is said in ancient tradition to have died a martyr at ...
in the New Testament, one of the Twelve Apostles. Also called Levi, he was a publican (tax collector) from Capernaum. Since the 2d cent. the first Gos...
(ôt´mär m r´g n-tä´´l r) (KEY) , 1854–99, American inventor of the Linotype (see printing). Mergenthaler was born in Germany. He emigrated to...