Biography Category
(h s ´ th l st ´n m ´t s) (KEY) , 1732–1808, Spanish naturalist and plant explorer. One of Linnaeus’ first disciples in Spain, he went to Sout...
(j rär´d s mûrk ´t r) (KEY) , Latin form of Gerhard Kremer (g r´härt kr ´m r) (KEY) , 1512–94, Flemish geographer, mathematician, and cartogr...
1906–74, American oceanographer and geologist, b. Lackney, Tex., grad. Rice Institute, now Rice Univ. (B.S., 1926; M.A., 1927; Ph.D., 1931). He taug...
1859–1934, American botanist, grad. Columbia School of Mines, 1879. He taught geology and botany at Columbia, 1879–96. He was the New York Botanic...
(mär´k m) (KEY) , 1830–1916, English geographer and writer. While in the navy he served on a British expedition (1850–51) to the Arctic to searc...
(pl ´tärk) (KEY) , A.D. 46?–c.A.D. 120, Greek essayist and biographer, b. Chaeronea, Boeotia. He traveled in Egypt and Italy, visited Rome (where ...