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Charles Goodyear
Charles Goodyear Born: 1800 Birthplace: New Haven, Conn. Improvement in India-rubber fabrics—Goodyear discovered the…Charles Best
Charles BestBorn: 1899 Purified Insulin. Canadian scientists Banting, Best, and Collip determined that insulin injections would help keep diabetics alive and developed techniques for extracting,…Charles Kaman
Charles Kaman Born: 1919 Rotor Control Mechanism for Rotary Aircraft. In 1947, Kaman revolutionized helicopter safety and…Charles V, Holy Roman emperor
(Encyclopedia) Charles V, 1500–1558, Holy Roman emperor (1519–58) and, as Charles I, king of Spain (1516–56); son of Philip I and Joanna of Castile, grandson of Ferdinand II of Aragón, Isabella of…Biographies: Deaths of 2011
Deaths of 2011 See also 2010 Deaths 2009 Deaths…Eliot, Charles William
(Encyclopedia) Eliot, Charles William, 1834–1926, American educator and president of Harvard, b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1853. In 1854 he was appointed tutor in mathematics at Harvard and in 1858…Sontag, Henriette
(Encyclopedia) Sontag, HenrietteSontag, Henriettehĕnrēĕtˈə zônˈtäk [key], later Contessa RossiSontag, Henriettekôntĕsˈsä rôsˈsē [key], 1806–54, German operatic soprano, studied at the Prague…Croker, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Croker, Richard, 1841–1922, American politician, head of Tammany Hall from 1886 to 1902, b. Co. Cork, Ireland. He became prominent as Democratic leader of New York City's East Side and…Joan of Arc
(Encyclopedia) Joan of Arc, Fr. Jeanne D'Arc (zhän därk), 1412?–31, French saint and national heroine, called the Maid of Orléans; daughter of a farmer of Domrémy on the border of Champagne and…Swinburne, Algernon Charles
(Encyclopedia) Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837–1909, English poet and critic. His poetry is noted for its vitality and for the music of its language. After attending Eton (1849–53) and Oxford (1856…Trending
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