Biography Category
1927–2004, British pharmacologist, Ph.D. Oxford, 1953. With B. I. Samuelsson and Sune K. Bergström, Vane was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physio...
(v lärd´) (KEY) , 1835–1900, American journalist and financier, b. Germany. His first name was originally Hilgard. He attended universities in Ger...
1936–, American ballet dancer, b. Long Island, N.Y. Villella studied at George Balanchine’s School of American Ballet, joining the New York City B...
(gä täN´ v s´tr s) (KEY) , 1729–1808, Italian-French classical dancer, b. Florence. Vestris was one of the greatest dancers of the 18th cent. Bo...
(fräNswä´ vät l´) (KEY) , fl. 17th cent., French chef, famous in the time of Louis XIV. Mme Marie de Sévigné, in her letters, speaks of him as ...
1794–1877, American railroad magnate, b. Staten Island, N.Y. As a boy he ferried freight and passengers from Staten Island to Manhattan, and he soon...