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Fischer, Ernst Otto

(Encyclopedia) Fischer, Ernst Otto, 1918–2007, German chemist, Ph.D. Technical Univ. of Munich (TUM), 1952. Fischer was a professor at TUM (1954–57) and the Univ. of Munich (1957–64). He returned to…

Veil, Simone

(Encyclopedia) Veil, Simone, 1927–2017, French politician, b. Simone Jacob. Interned in Nazi concentration camps during World War II because she was Jewish, she became a lawyer and government…

Troyat, Henri

(Encyclopedia) Troyat, HenriTroyat, Henriŏ–rēˈ trôtäˈ [key], 1911–2007, French novelist and biographer, b. Moscow as Lev Aslanovich Tarassov. He and his family fled the Russian Revolution and settled…

Yost, Ed

(Encyclopedia) Yost, Ed (Paul Edward Yost), 1919–2007, American balloonist, b. Bristow, Iowa, grad. Boeing School of Aeronautics, 1940. The father of modern hot-air ballooning, Yost pioneered the…

Waxman, Henry Arnold

(Encyclopedia) Waxman, Henry Arnold, 1939–, U.S. congressman, b. Los Angeles, grad. Univ. of California, Los Angeles. (B.A., 1961; J.D., 1964). After serving (1969–74) in the California state…

Morricone, Ennio

(Encyclopedia) Morricone, Ennio, 1928–2020, Italian composer. Most famous for his film scores for 1960s spaghetti westerns, he also composed for comedies, historical dramas, and thrillers. Combining…

Suleiman, Michel

(Encyclopedia) Suleiman or Sleiman, MichelSuleiman or Sleiman, Michelmēshĕlˈ s&oomacr;lāmänˈ, slāˈmän [key], 1948–, Lebanese army officer, president of Lebanon (2008–14). He joined the army in…

Tokayev, Kassym-Jomart Kemelyevich

(Encyclopedia) Tokayev, Kassym-Jomart Kemelyevich, 1953–, Kazakh political leader and diplomat, president of Kazakhstan (2019–). After graduating (1975) from the Moscow State Institute of…

Touré, Amadou Toumani

(Encyclopedia) Touré, Amadou Toumani, 1948–2020, Malian political and military leader. He graduated from military school in 1972 and received further military training in the Soviet Union and France…

Ronaldo

(Encyclopedia) Ronaldo (Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima), 1976–, Brazilian soccer player. A son of Rio de Janeiro's back streets, he signed with his first professional club at 14. Nicknamed “The…