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1823–93, American historian, b. Boston. In 1846, Parkman started a journey along the Oregon Trail to improve his health and study the Native America...
1748–1819, Scottish mathematician, physicist, and geologist. He was educated at St. Andrews and Edinburgh and taught first mathematics and then phys...
fl. A.D. 150, traveler and geographer, probably b. Lydia. His Description of Greece is an invaluable source for the topography, monuments, and legends...
( güst´ p kär´) (KEY) , 1884–1962, Swiss physicist, b. Basel. He became a professor at the Univ. of Brussels in 1922. He and his twin brother Je...
(zhäN´ v ktôr´ pôNsl ´) (KEY) , 1788–1867, French mathematician and army engineer. He taught at the school of mechanics at Metz and at the Fac...
(Priscianus Caesariensis) (pr sh´ n) (KEY) , fl. 500, Latin grammarian, b. Caesarea in Mauretania. Priscian taught grammar at Constantinople. His Com...