Biography Category
(v ´d nr kh) (KEY) , 1873–1948, German anatomist and physical anthropologist. He was educated at the universities of Munich, Kiel, Berlin, and Stra...
1880–1960, English archaeologist. His early work included excavations at Carchemish (1912–14) and the Egyptian site of Tel-el-Amarna (1921–22). ...
1879–1957, English archaeologist. From 1914 to 1923 he was director of the British School at Athens. He served as professor of classical archaeology...
(w g´l ) (KEY) , 1913–91, American anthropologist, b. Clarksville, Tex., grad. Columbia (Ph.D., 1941). He began teaching at Columbia in 1940, servi...
1892–1980, American stage and movie comedienne, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. The unparalleled mistress of double entendre, West began in burlesque and continue...
1915–85, American actor, director, and producer, b. Kenosha, Wis. From childhood he evinced a precocious talent and lofty sense of self-assurance in...