Biography Category
(m n´ th ) (KEY) , fl. 300 B.C., Egyptian historian, a priest at Heliopolis, under Ptolemy I and Ptolemy II. His work, covering the history of Egypt ...
(h s ´ th l st ´n m ´t s) (KEY) , 1732–1808, Spanish naturalist and plant explorer. One of Linnaeus’ first disciples in Spain, he went to Sout...
(j rär´d s mûrk ´t r) (KEY) , Latin form of Gerhard Kremer (g r´härt kr ´m r) (KEY) , 1512–94, Flemish geographer, mathematician, and cartogr...
(mär´k m) (KEY) , 1830–1916, English geographer and writer. While in the navy he served on a British expedition (1850–51) to the Arctic to searc...
1840–1937, American lawyer and biographer, b. Boston. Admitted to the bar in 1862, he practiced law in Boston until 1880, when he turned all his att...
1872–1942, American historian, b. Trenton, N.J. He worked on a number of newspapers and magazines in New York City, joined the Populist party and th...