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(kôn´räth mäl´t -br n´´, Fr. mält -brôN´) (KEY) , 1775–1826, Danish geographer, b. Jutland but later settled in Paris; originally named Ma...
1850–1913, British seismologist, b. Liverpool, educated at King’s College and the Royal School of Mines. He worked as a mining engineer in Newfoun...
1892–1944, American historian and archaeologist, b. Boston. An assistant on a Yale expedition to Peru (1914–15), he was later (1920–21) director...
(mûr´k s n) (KEY) , 1792–1871, British geologist. He served in the Napoleonic Wars but after the peace turned his attention to science. In the 183...
(h ´g f n m l) (KEY) , 1805–72, German botanist. He is noted for his research on the nature of protoplasm and chlorophyll and on the physiology of...
1814–77, American historian and diplomat, b. Dorchester, Mass. Author of two novels concerning Thomas Morton (1839 and 1849), as well as a number of...