Biography Category
1855–1934, American educator, b. Salem, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1875; M.A., 1882). As a teacher at Harvard he developed, with Barrett Wendell, a...
(b ng´ m) (KEY) , 1757–1817, American textbook writer, b. Salisbury, Conn. He taught until 1796, then became a bookseller and publisher in Boston. ...
(f rnouN´ m n´d sh p n´t ) (KEY) , c.1509–1583, Portuguese traveler. For some 20 years he traveled in Africa and Asia, journeying to far places a...
(ôl´k t, l–, –k t) (KEY) , 1799–1888, American educational and social reformer, b. near Wolcott, Conn., as Amos Bronson Alcox. His meager for...
1786–1847, British explorer in N Canada whose disappearance caused a widespread search of the Arctic. Entering the navy in 1801, he fought in the ba...
(r n ´ k y ´) (KEY) , 1799–1838, French explorer in Africa. He was the first European to visit Timbuktu and return. The son of poor French peasant...