(Encyclopedia) Orff, CarlOrff, Carlôrf [key], 1895–1982, German composer and educator. After studying at the Academy of Music at Munich, he helped to found the Günter School there in 1924. As a…
hamburger entrepeneurDied: January 11, 2008 (Anaheim, California) Best Known as: founder of Carl's Jr. Drive-in Barbecue in California Founder of one of the…
Modern ClassificationSystematics, Taxonomy, and ClassificationIntroductionLinnaeusSystematics Analysis TechniquesAlternative Methods of ClassificationModern Classification Over the years, many…
Senate Years of Service: 1979-Party: DemocratLEVIN, Carl, (brother of Sander Martin Levin), a Senator from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., June 28, 1934; attended Detroit…
IntroductionSystematics, Taxonomy, and ClassificationIntroductionLinnaeusSystematics Analysis TechniquesAlternative Methods of ClassificationModern ClassificationCan you imagine describing a human as…
(Encyclopedia) Eigenmann, Carl H.Eigenmann, Carl H.īˈgənmən [key], 1863–1927, American ichthyologist, b. Germany, grad. Indiana Univ., 1886. From 1891 he taught at Indiana Univ., founding and…
(Encyclopedia) Dreyer, Carl TheodorDreyer, Carl Theodorkärl tāˈōdôrˌ drīˈər [key], 1889–1968, Danish motion picture director. He began making films in Denmark in 1919. His Passion of Joan of Arc (…
(Encyclopedia) Cori, Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and Gerty Theresa CoriCori, Carl Ferdinand,kōrˈē, kôrˈē [key], 1896–1957, American biochemists, b. Prague. Soon after receiving their medical degrees…
(Encyclopedia) Albert, Carl Bert, 1908–2000, U.S. Congressman (1947–76), b. McAlester, Okla. Admitted to the bar in 1935, Albert enlisted (1941) in the army as a private, served (1942–46) in the…
