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(shärl mär ´ d lä kôNdäm n´) (KEY) , 1701–74, French traveler and mathematical geographer. He was one of a group sent to Peru in 1735 to mea...
1941–2002, American paleontologist and science writer, b. Queens, New York; grad. Antioch College (B.S., 1963), Columbia Univ. (Ph.D., 1967). With N...
(äl ksäN´dr brôNyär´) (KEY) , 1770–1847, French geologist, mineralogist, and chemist. As director of the Sèvres porcelain factory from 1800,...
1865–1956, American plant pathologist, b. Dearborn co., Ind. He is noted for his work on organisms causing diseases of crop plants (including the di...
(dâr´ z fr j´ s) (KEY) , supposed author of a history of the Trojan War. Dares of Phrygia is mentioned by Homer in the Iliad as a priest of Troy. ...
(Titus Livius) (l v´ ) (KEY) , 59 B.C.–A.D. 17, Roman historian, b. Patavium (Padua), probably of noble family. He lived most of his life in Rome. ...