Biography Category
(sh m´p r) (KEY) , 1803–67, German botanist. He did important work in plant morphology and originated the theory, called phyllotaxis, that there is...
(kär ´l s l n ´ s) (KEY) , 1707–78, Swedish botanist and taxonomist, considered the founder of the binomial system of nomenclature and the origin...
(ôrt ´ly s) (KEY) , 1527–98, Flemish geographer, of German origin. Next to his contemporary Mercator, he is the most renowned of the 16th-century ...
(h r d´ t s) (KEY) , 484?–425? B.C., Greek historian, called the Father of History, b. Halicarnassus, Asia Minor. Only scant knowledge of his life ...
( m ´n s märs l ´n s) (KEY) , c.330–c.400, Roman historian, b. Antioch. After retiring from a successful military career, he wrote a history of ...
(fräns s´k hävy r´ kläv h ´r ) (KEY) , 1731–87, Mexican scholar and historian. A Jesuit, he taught in Mexico until the expulsion of the order...