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(p ´g ) (KEY) , 1877–1959, British economist, grad. King’s College, Cambridge. He was a lecturer at University College, London, and at Cambridge....
1764–1848, British geographer, promoter of arctic exploration. His early travels as secretary to Earl Macartney (who was ambassador to China and gov...
1888–1958, British explorer, b. Australia. He made a number of trips to Antarctica and to the Arctic. Valuable experience gained when he accompanied...
1868–1914, American industrial chemist and educator b. Brantford, Ont., grad. Univ. of Toronto (B.A., 1892). He was professor at the Univ. of Kansas...
(v l´h lm fr ´h r f n h m´bôlt) (KEY) , 1767–1835, German statesman and philologist; brother of Alexander von Humboldt. As Prussian minister of ...
(1991 pop. 2,652), Queensland, NE Australia, N of Cape York Peninsula, in Torres Strait. It is the administrative and commercial center of the Torres ...