Biography Category
(l ôn d´ mäs n´) (KEY) , 1896–1979, American choreographer and ballet dancer, b. Russia. Massine attended the Imperial Ballet School, St. Peters...
1913–, American sociologist and political scientist. Moore has written a number of books on historical sociology that focus on Soviet society. Based...
1910–2002, English biochemist, educated at Cambridge Univ. From 1938 to 1946 he carried on chemical research in the laboratories of the Wool Industr...
(m k´ nt sh´´) (KEY) , 1766–1843, Scottish chemist and inventor. In 1823 he developed a waterproof fabric used to make raincoats that were named ...
(m lär´ p ) (KEY) , 1040–1143, saint and poet of Tibetan Buddhism. He was the second patriarch of the Kargyupa sect, the first being Milarepa’s ...
(m nd l ´ f, Rus. d m ´tr vä´n v ch my ndy ly ´ f) (KEY) , 1834–1907, Russian chemist. He is famous for his formulation (1869) of the periodi...