Biography Category
1779–1859, German geographer, a founder of modern human geography. He was a professor of geography at the Univ. of Berlin from 1820. He helped defin...
1800–1862, British polar explorer and rear admiral. In 1818 he accompanied his uncle, Sir John Ross, in search of the Northwest Passage and commande...
1777–1856, British arctic explorer and rear admiral. In 1818 he went in search of the Northwest Passage but turned back after exploring Baffin Bay. ...
(f r´d nänt bär n´ f n r kht´h f n) (KEY) , 1833–1905, German geographer, geologist, and traveler. He took part in a Prussian expedition in E A...
1813–93, Scottish arctic explorer, b. Orkney Islands. A physician in the employ of the Hudson’s Bay Company in N Canada, Rae made (1846–47) a jo...
(zhäN zhäk l z ´ r klü´) (KEY) , 1830–1905, French geographer, b. Gironde, educated mainly in Germany, where he studied under Karl Ritter. Sev...