Creighton Williams Abrams, Jr., (born September 15, 1914, Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.—died September 4, 1974, Washington, D.C.), American army officer who was one of the most aggressive and effective tank commanders during World War II. He commanded (1968–72) all U.S. forces in Vietnam...
In 1880 Eberth described a bacillus that he suspected was the cause of typhoid.[1] In 1884 pathologist Georg Theodor August Gaffky (1850–1918) confirmed Eberth's findings,[2] and the organism was given names such as "Eberthella typhi", "Eberth's bacillus" and "Gaffky-Eberth bacillus".
Vladimir Nikolayevich Ipatieff, Ipatieff also spelled Ipatyev, (born November 21 [November 9, Old Style], 1867, Moscow, Russia—died November 29, 1952, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.), Russian-born American chemist who was one of the first to investigate high-pressure catalytic reactions of...
Sir Bernard Katz, (born March 26, 1911, Leipzig, Germany—died April 20, 2003, London, England), German-born British physiologist who investigated the functioning of nerves and muscles. His studies on the release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine—which carries impulses from nerve fibre to...
Alexander Mackenzie, in full Sir Alexander Mackenzie, (born 1763/64, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland—died March 11/12, 1820, near Dunkeld), Scottish fur trader and explorer who traced the course of the 1,100-mile Mackenzie River in Canada. Immigrating to North America, he entered (1779) a...