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Robert Kahn

Robert Kahn Born: 1938 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)—Cerf and Kahn created the Internet…

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts actressBorn: 10/28/1967Birthplace: Smyrna, Georgia   Academy Award-winning film actress known for her Southern charm and her commercially successful romantic comedies, which include…

1964 Men's Boxing Medalists

Class   Flyweight (-112 1/2lb) Fernando Atzori, ITA   Artur Olech, POL   Stanislav Sorokin, URS   Robert Carmody, USA Bantamweight (-119 lb) Takao Sakurai, JPN  …

Capetians

(Encyclopedia) CapetiansCapetianskəpēˈshənz [key], royal house of France that ruled continuously from 987 to 1328; it takes its name from Hugh Capet. Related branches of the family (see Valois;…

Granjon, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Granjon, RobertGranjon, Robertgrănˈjən, Fr. rōbĕrˈ gräNzhôNˈ [key], fl. 1545–88, French designer of type and printer. He began his work in Paris and afterward worked in Lyons, Antwerp…

Herschbach, Dudley Robert

(Encyclopedia) Herschbach, Dudley RobertHerschbach, Dudley Roberthûrshˈbăk [key], 1932–, American chemist, b. San Jose, Calif., Ph.D. Harvard, 1958. In 1986, Herschbach shared the Nobel Prize in…

Hoxie, Robert Franklin

(Encyclopedia) Hoxie, Robert FranklinHoxie, Robert Franklinhŏkˈsē [key], 1868–1916, American economist, b. Edmeston, W of Cooperstown, N.Y., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1905. He taught at the Univ. of…

Huber, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Huber, RobertHuber, Roberth&oomacr;ˈbər [key], 1937–, German biochemist. After receiving his doctorate at Munich Technical Univ., he worked both there and at the Max Planck…

Maillart, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Maillart, RobertMaillart, Robertmīyärˈ [key], 1872–1940, Swiss engineer, renowned for his inventive and beautiful reinforced-concrete bridges. Maillart's basic structural principles—…

Milgrom, Paul Robert

(Encyclopedia) Milgrom, Paul Robert, 1948–, American economist, b. Detroit, Ph.D. Stanford, 1979. He has been a professor of economics at Stanford since 1987, and previously taught at Northwestern…