Biography Category
(t d ´lä) (KEY) , d.1173, rabbi considered the first European to approach the borders of China, b. Tudela, Spain. He traveled (1159–73) through It...
1874–1954, American botanist, b. Genesee, New York. He received his Ph.D. at Harvard (1904) and was a member of the faculty until 1907. After severa...
1784–1856, English geologist. He was dean of Westminster from 1845. First to note in England the action of glacial ice on rocks, he did much to brin...
(kr s´tyän l ´ pôlt fr ´h r f n b kh) (KEY) , 1774–1853, German geologist and paleontologist, graduate of the mining academy, Freiberg, Germany...
( j ´ny b lträ´m ) (KEY) , 1835–99, Italian mathematician. He is famous for his work on non-euclidean geometry, electricity, and magnetism....
(bär´t l n) (KEY) , renowned Scandinavian family. Kaspar Bartholin, 1585–1629, b. Sweden, was a Danish physician. He was professor of medicine and...