Biography Category
(kôn´räth mäl´t -br n´´, Fr. mält -brôN´) (KEY) , 1775–1826, Danish geographer, b. Jutland but later settled in Paris; originally named Ma...
(äl´br kht p ngk) (KEY) , 1858–1945, German geographer and geologist. He was professor at the Univ. of Vienna (1885–1906) and at the Univ. of Be...
( ´t n) (KEY) , 1776–1842, American naturalist, b. Chatham, N.Y., grad. Williams College, 1799. After practicing law for a time, he conducted pione...
(v l´h lm pf ´f r) (KEY) , 1845–1920, German plant physiologist. He was professor of botany successively at the universities of Bonn, Basel, Tübi...
(bär´tr m) (KEY) , 1699–1777, pioneer American botanist, b. near Darby, Pa. He had no formal schooling but possessed a keen mind and a great inter...
(ä´brähäm gôt´l p v r´n r) (KEY) , 1750–1817, German geologist. In 1775 he became inspector and teacher in the mining academy at Freiberg, wh...