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(zhän- ty n´ g tär´) (KEY) , 1715–86, French geologist, botanist, and natural historian. He was curator of the natural history collection of the...
(kr s´tyän l ´ pôlt fr ´h r f n b kh) (KEY) , 1774–1853, German geologist and paleontologist, graduate of the mining academy, Freiberg, Germany...
(yäk t´ äl-hämäw ´) (KEY) , 1179–1229, Arab geographer. Born in Byzantium, he was bought as a slave by a merchant, al-Hamawi. He was freed on ...
fl. A.D. 150, traveler and geographer, probably b. Lydia. His Description of Greece is an invaluable source for the topography, monuments, and legends...
1843–1928, American geologist, b. Mattoon, Ill., grad. Beloit College, 1866. He was professor of geology at Beloit (1873–82), president of the Uni...
(ä´däm y ´hän f n kr ´z nsht rn) (KEY) , 1770–1846, Russian navigator. From 1803 to 1806 he circumnavigated the globe. Although the voyage was...