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Notable Scientists: Life Sciences

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

Vivaldi, Antonio

(Encyclopedia) Vivaldi, AntonioVivaldi, Antonioäntôˈnyō vēvälˈdē [key], 1678–1741, Italian composer. He was the greatest master of Italian baroque, particularly of violin music and the concerto…

Taylor, Richard Edward

(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Richard Edward, 1930–2018, Canadian experimental physicist. He was associated primarily with Stanford, where he received his doctorate (1962) and helped build and then worked—…

Epidemics of the Past: Smallpox

Smallpox: 12,000 Years of Terror Epidemics of the Past Smallpox: 12,000 Years of Terror Bubonic Plague Influenza: A Twentieth-Century Epidemic Smallpox is one of greatest scourges in human…

William Kendall FULLER, Congress, NY (1792-1883)

FULLER William Kendall , a Representative from New York; born in Schenectady, N.Y., November 24, 1792; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Union College in 1810; studied law; was…

Burton Kendall WHEELER, Congress, MT (1882-1975)

Senate Years of Service: 1923-1947 Party: Democrat WHEELER Burton Kendall , a Senator from Montana; born in Hudson, Middlesex County, Mass., February 27, 1882; attended the common schools; worked…

Charles West KENDALL, Congress, NV (1828-1914)

KENDALL Charles West , a Representative from Nevada; born in Searsmont, Waldo County, Maine, April 22, 1828; attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and Yale College; moved to California in…

Elva Roscoe KENDALL, Congress, KY (1893-1968)

KENDALL Elva Roscoe , a Representative from Kentucky; born near Carlisle, Nicholas County, Ky., February 14, 1893; attended the public schools, the Young Men's Christian Association School of…

John Wilkerson KENDALL, Congress, KY (1834-1892)

KENDALL John Wilkerson , a Representative from Kentucky; born in Morgan County, Ky., June 26, 1834; attended the common schools and Owingsville Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar in…