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1793–1866, English geologist. Hopkins studied mathematics at Cambridge, and then supported himself as a private mathematics tutor. Many of Englandâ€...
( f´ r s) (KEY) , c.405–330 B.C., Greek historian, b. Cyme in Aeolis; pupil of Isocrates. His chief work is a universal history, in 30 books, of wh...
1811–98, American geologist and paleontologist, b. Hingham, Mass., grad. Rensselaer School (later Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), 1832. An author...
(mät ´äs yä´kôp shl ´d n) (KEY) , 1804–81, German botanist. He was professor at the universities of Jena (1839–63) and Dorpat (1863–64). ...
(g ´k ) (KEY) , 1835–1924, British geologist, educated at the Univ. of Edinburgh. He joined the Geological Survey of Scotland, becoming its directo...
(mäs ´d ) (KEY) , d. 956, Arab historian, geographer, and philosopher, b. Baghdad. He traveled in Spain, Russia, India, Sri Lanka, and China and spe...