Biography Category
(b rnhär´d s v r ´n s) (KEY) , or Bernhard Varen (b rn´härt fä´r n) (KEY) , 1622–50, Dutch geographer. He studied to be a physician, but ins...
(p l v däl´ d lä bläsh) (KEY) , French geographer, 1845–1918, the father of French human geography. He was educated at the École Normale Supé...
(v s ´l s) (KEY) , 1514–64, Flemish anatomist. He made many discoveries in anatomy and became noted as professor of anatomy at the Univ. of Padua....
1939–, American microbiologist, b. Oceanside, N.Y., M.D. Columbia Univ., 1966. A professor at the Univ. of California School of Medicine in San Fran...
The year was 1885, when he set about to paint his first masterpiece, The Potato Eaters. All the years of hard work and continuous refinement of techni...
[b]Vasco da Gama[/b] sailed from Lisbon on July 8, 1497 with a fleet of four vessels, namely [br /]
Sao Gabriel, Sao Rafael, Berrio and a large sto...
