Peter Fireman played a part in the history of the transformation of value into prices as he won the "Prize Essay Competition" (Howard and King). During the last two years I devoted a lot of time gathering biographical details about his eventful very long life. He was born in Russia in 1863, was a leader of the Jewish agrarian communistic colony called New Odessa (Oregon), then got a Phd in chemistry in Switzerland where he wrote in academic journal about the theory of value and married Ernestine Weitz (among the first women to hold a scientific PhD worldwide) - He took some important Us patents in chemistry, went back in Russia after 1917.. etc.. and died in 1962 (he was 99 years old). Eventually I could have probably save a lot of time if I had an access to : LC Control No.: 34004843 Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Main Title: Encyclopedia of American biography. Published/Created: New York, American Historical Society, 1934- I discoverd his bio sketch include a picture and / or Fireman, Peter * Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 9: September, 1970-August, 1973. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1974. (BioIn 9) * The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 52. New York: James T. White & Co., 1970. Use the Index to locate biographies. (NatCAB 52) * Who Was Who in America. A component volume of Who's Who in American History. Volume 4, 1961-1968. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1968. (WhAm 4) I guess it is probably no more than a few pages and I will be very thankful if somebody could check in a library and send me copies Alain Alcouffe