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Kingsolver, Barbara
(Encyclopedia) Kingsolver, Barbara, 1955–, American writer, b. Annapolis, Md., B.S. DePauw Univ., 1977, M.S. Univ. of Arizona, 1981. She studied biology and ecology and was a science writer before…pigment
(Encyclopedia) pigment, substance that imparts color to other materials. In paint, the pigment is a powdered substance which, when mixed in the liquid vehicle, imparts color to a painted surface. The…Cuvier, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron
(Encyclopedia) Cuvier, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, BaronCuvier, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baronzhôrzh lāôpôldˈ krātyăNˈ frādārēkˈ dägôbĕrˈ bärôNˈ küvyāˈ [key], 1769–…bog
(Encyclopedia) bog, very old lake without inlet or outlet that becomes acid and is gradually overgrown with a characteristic vegetation (see swamp). Peat moss, or sphagnum, grows around the edge of…buffalo, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) buffalo, name commonly applied to the American bison but correctly restricted to certain related African and Asian mammals of the cattle family. The water buffalo, or Indian buffalo,…biology
(Encyclopedia) biology, the science that deals with living things. It is broadly divided into zoology, the study of animal life, and botany, the study of plant life. Subdivisions of each of these…Richet, Charles Robert
(Encyclopedia) Richet, Charles RobertRichet, Charles Robertshärl rōbĕrˈ rēshāˈ [key], 1850–1935, French physiologist. From 1887 to 1927 he was professor at the Univ. of Paris. His special study was…Potter, Beatrix
(Encyclopedia) Potter, Beatrix, 1866–1943, English author and illustrator. She published her first animal stories, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902) and The Tailor of Gloucester (1903), at her own…Oudry, Jean Baptiste
(Encyclopedia) Oudry, Jean BaptisteOudry, Jean BaptistezhäN bätēstˈ &oomacr;drēˈ [key], 1686–1755, French animal painter. A pupil of Largillière, he became court painter to Louis XV, recording…Cephalus
(Encyclopedia) CephalusCephalussĕˈfäləs [key], in Greek mythology, husband of Procris. The two swore eternal fidelity, but Eos, who had fallen in love with Cephalus, persuaded him to test his wife.…Trending
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