Born: Feb. 4, 1973Boxer 1992 Olympic gold medallist (lightweight); has held world titles in 4 weight classes (lightweight, super lightweight, welterweight and jr. middleweight); was unbeaten until…
artist and feminist Born: 1930Birthplace: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France French-born artist and feminist known for her nanas sculptures, papier-mâché figures of enormous, voluptuous women. One of the…
astronomer, physicistBorn: 1/15/1815Birthplace: Guernsey, United Kingdom After studying in Paris, he began working in his father's papermaking business, inventing an envelope-folding machine. He…
actressDied: Jan. 8, 2007 (Los Angeles, California) Best Known as: actress who played Lily on "The Munsters" Actress who played Lily on the CBS television sitcom…
rescuerDied: Oct. 13, 2007 (Brussels, Belgium) Best Known as: rescuer of Allied soldiers during World War II World War II legend who led 118 Allied soldiers down…
(Encyclopedia) Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph, Baron, 1768–1830, French mathematician and physicist. He was noted for his researches on heat and on numerical equations. He originated Fourier's theorem…
(Encyclopedia) Morny, Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc deMorny, Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc deshärl ōgüstˈ lwē zhôzĕfˈ dük də môrnēˈ [key], 1811–65, French statesman; illegitimate son of…
(Encyclopedia) Joseph (Chief Joseph), c.1840–1904, chief of a group of Nez Percé. On his father's death in 1871, Joseph became leader of one of the groups that refused to leave the land ceded to the…
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