Biography Category
1858–1954, American botanist and horticulturist, b. South Haven, Mich., grad. Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State Univ.), 1882. At Cor...
(ädôlf´ t dôr´ brôNyär´) (KEY) , 1801–76, French botanist; son of Alexandre Brongniart. He was a pioneer in the study of plant morphology a...
(bär´tr m) (KEY) , 1699–1777, pioneer American botanist, b. near Darby, Pa. He had no formal schooling but possessed a keen mind and a great inter...
(b l´ rd) (KEY) , 1942–, American marine geologist, b. Wichita, Kans.; Ph.D. Univ. of Rhode Island, 1974. In 1969, he began an association with Woo...
(b r ´s s) (KEY) , 3d cent. B.C., Babylonian priest-historian; contemporary of Manetho. His work, in Greek, preserved Mesopotamian myths regarding cr...
or Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose (j gä´d s ch n´dr b s, ch n´d r) (KEY) , 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist, educated in Calcutta a...