Biography Category
(ärt m´´ dôr´ s, f´ s s) (KEY) , fl. 103 B.C., Greek geographer quoted by Strabo. He wrote 11 books on his Mediterranean travels. Only fragment...
(y ´hän än´d rs n´´) (KEY) , 1827–67, Swedish explorer in Africa. In 1850 he and Francis Galton set out from Walvis Bay (now in Namibia) to ex...
(zhäN bät st´ b rg nyôN´ däNv l´) (KEY) , 1697–1782, French geographer and cartographer. His maps of ancient geography, characterized by care...
(Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz) (zhäN lw rôdôlf´) (KEY) , 1807–73, Swiss-American zoologist and geologist, b. Môtiers-en-Vuly, Switzerland. He s...
(h rmän´ ärs ny ´gäs) (KEY) , 1900–1999, Colombian historian and diplomat. A leading Latin American intellectual, he gained prominence as a jou...
( g´ s ) (KEY) , 1835–1910, American naturalist and industrialist, b. Neuchâtel, Switzerland; son of Louis Agassiz, stepson of Elizabeth Cary Agas...