Biography Category
(l v´ ngst n, –st n´´) (KEY) , 1813–73, Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa, the first European to cross the African continent. From 184...
(lour nt´s s) (KEY) , 1833–1915, American educator, b. Norway. He emigrated to the United States in 1857 as a Lutheran missionary. From 1859 to 18...
(fr ´dr kh l st) (KEY) , 1789–1846, German economist. The first professor of economics at the Univ. of Tübingen, he was elected (1820) to the Wür...
1798–1875, Canadian geologist. Educated in England, he managed (1831–38) coal mines and a copper smelter in Wales. In addition to making studies o...
(v s n´t f th l´ l ´p s) (KEY) , 1815–1903, Argentine historian, journalist, and politician; son of Vicente López y Planes. A member of the gro...
(l ´ l) (KEY) , 1797–1875, British geologist. After studying and briefly practicing law, he spent most of his life in travel and in popularizing sc...