Biography Category
(th s d´ d z) (KEY) , c.460–c.400 B.C., Greek historian of Athens, one of the greatest of ancient historians. His family was partly Thracian. As a ...
(r kär´th päl´mä) (KEY) , 1833–1919, Peruvian scholar and author. Palma abandoned an active early career as a naval officer, journalist, and p...
(b nhäm n´ v k ´nyä mäk ´nä) (KEY) , 1831–86, Chilean historian and journalist. A vigorous opponent of the conservative government of Manuel ...
( n´dr s s s lp ´n s) (KEY) , Latinized from Andrea Cesalpino (ändr ´ä ch zälp ´n ) (KEY) , 1519–1603, Italian botanist and physiologist. He...
(Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz) (zhäN lw rôdôlf´) (KEY) , 1807–73, Swiss-American zoologist and geologist, b. Môtiers-en-Vuly, Switzerland. He s...
(both: y ´z f gôt´l p köl´roi´´t r) (KEY) , 1733–1806, German botanist. In 1764 he became professor of natural history and director of the bo...