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Scientists: Life Sciences

Biologists, botanists, geneticists, medical scientists, microbiologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and zoologists Related Links Cloning: Facts and Fallacies Life Science…

Roger L. Stevens

theater producer, fund-raiser for the artsBorn: 3/12/1910Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan Real-estate mogul Stevens became a highly respected Broadway producer, often collaborating with Robert…

Assassinations and Attempts in U.S. Since 1865

Lincoln, Abraham (president of U.S.): Shot April 14, 1865, in Washington, DC, by John Wilkes Booth; died April 15.Seward, William H. (secretary of state): Escaped assassination (though injured)…

Business Personalities

Horace Marden AlbrightLinda AlvaradoElias Milton AmmonsElizabeth ArdenGiorgio ArmaniAaron ArrowsmithMary Kay AshLaura AshleyRoger BabsonKarl BaedekerRobert Joseph BarroTomas BataCharlotte…

2008 Men's Gymnastics

These are the medal winners in the men's gymnastics events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Individual   Score All-Around…

Hofmann, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Hofmann, Joseph, 1876–1957, Polish-American pianist, b. near Cracow; pupil of Anton Rubinstein. He toured Europe as a child prodigy, making his American debut in 1887 at the…

John NICHOLAS, Congress, VA (17571819)

NICHOLAS, John, (brother of Wilson Cary Nicholas and uncle of Robert Carter Nicholas), a Representative from Virginia; born in Williamsburg, Va., about 1757; attended the common schools; was…

Esterházy

(Encyclopedia) EsterházyEsterházyĕsˈtĕrhäˌzē [key], princely Hungarian family. Paul, Fürst Esterházy von Galantha, 1635–1713, was elected palatine (regent) of Hungary in 1681 and distinguished…