people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group)

possessing material wealth

having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources)

of great worth or quality

marked by great fruitfulness

strong; intense

very productive

high in mineral content; having a high proportion of fuel to air

suggestive of or characterized by great expense

containing plenty of fat, or eggs, or sugar

marked by richness and fullness of flavor

pleasantly full and mellow

affording an abundant supply

a man who is wealthy

people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group)

a person who possesses great material wealth

German chemist (born in Austria) honored for his research on colloidal solutions (1865-1929)

German chemist (1825-1909)

Irish playwright remembered for his satirical comedies of manners (1751-1816)

United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983)

English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare's tragedies (1567-1619)

Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928)

English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)

Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984)

son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199; a leader of the Third Crusade; on his way home from the crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy Roman Empire until England ransomed him in 1194 (1157-1199)

English impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901)

United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947)

explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957)

American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943)

American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943)

English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944)

explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957)

United States physicist who contributed to the theory of the interaction of photons and electrons (1918-1988)

Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928)

leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)

English economist remembered for his studies of the development of capitalism (1880-1962)

English theologian (1554-1600)

English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932)

son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199; a leader of the Third Crusade; on his way home from the crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy Roman Empire until England ransomed him in 1194 (1157-1199)

King of England from 1377 to 1399; he suppressed the Peasant's Revolt in 1381 but his reign was marked by popular discontent and baronial opposition in British Parliament and he was forced to abdicate in 1399 (1367-1400)

King of England from 1483 to 1485; seized the throne from his nephew Edward V who was confined to the Tower of London and murdered; his reign ended when he was defeated by Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) at the battle of Bosworth Field (1452-1485)

United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)

United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)

United States inventor of the first rapid firing gun (1818-1903)

Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900-1967)

English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944)

English poet (1618-1857)

vice president under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States; resigned after the Watergate scandal in 1974 (1913-1994)

vice president under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States; resigned after the Watergate scandal in 1974 (1913-1994)

United States architect (1827-1895)