Biography Category
(n ´k m, ny ´–) (KEY) , 1835–1909, American astronomer, b. Nova Scotia, grad. Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard, 1858. Living in the United St...
(n l´ k nz) (KEY) , 1737–1823, English sculptor, b. London. He studied in Rome and in 1770 returned to London, where he became the most fashionable...
(n ´sm th) (KEY) , 1758–1840, Scottish landscape and portrait painter. His Stirling Castle (National Gall., London) is a good example of his simple...
(nän´n däntôn´y d bäng´k ) (KEY) , c.1384–1421, Florentine sculptor. After study with his father, Antonio di Banco, who worked on the cath...
(zhôz f´ n s fôr´ ny ps) (KEY) , 1765–1833, French chemist who originated a process of photography (see photography, still). In 1826 he produced...
(väl´t r h r´män n rnst) (KEY) , 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist, a founder of modern physical chemistry. After doing outstanding resear...