Goebbels, Joseph (Paul Joseph Goebbels), 1897–1945, German National Socialist propagandist. He was kept out of the service in World War I by a clubfoot. After graduating from the Univ. of Heid...

Byron, George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron, 1788–1824, English poet and satirist. He was the son of Capt. John (Mad Jack) Byron and his second wife, Catherine Gordon of Gight. His father died ...

Orthopedics, medical specialty concerned with deformities, injuries, and diseases of the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, and muscles. Most of the early advances in orthopedics were made by ...

Maugham, William Somerset, 1874–1965, English writer, b. Paris. He was noted as an expert storyteller and a master of fiction technique. An introverted child afflicted with a stammer, Maugham ...