Biography Category
1796–1878, British explorer in N Canada. He accompanied Sir John Franklin on arctic expeditions in 1818, 1819–22, and 1824–27. On an expedition ...
(all: b ´h m) (KEY) , b. 1436? or 1459?, d. 1506?, German traveler and cosmographer. He studied (possibly under Regiomontanus) astronomy, navigation,...
(b ´d k r) (KEY) , 1801–59, German publisher, founder of the Baedeker guidebooks. His printing establishment was at Koblenz, but his son Fritz, who...
1776–1841, English educator. He established (1800–1804) in Glasgow a popular course of lectures for workingmen, which led to the founding of the G...
the use of biological processes, as through the exploitation and manipulation of living organisms or biological systems, in the development or manufac...
(f rd näN´ dwär´ bü sôN´) (KEY) , 1841–1932, French educator and Nobel Peace Prize winner. He studied at the Sorbonne and later taught (1866...