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(Titus Livius) (l v´ ) (KEY) , 59 B.C.–A.D. 17, Roman historian, b. Patavium (Padua), probably of noble family. He lived most of his life in Rome. ...
(dâr´ z fr j´ s) (KEY) , supposed author of a history of the Trojan War. Dares of Phrygia is mentioned by Homer in the Iliad as a priest of Troy. ...
1865–1956, American plant pathologist, b. Dearborn co., Ind. He is noted for his work on organisms causing diseases of crop plants (including the di...
(äl ksäN´dr brôNyär´) (KEY) , 1770–1847, French geologist, mineralogist, and chemist. As director of the Sèvres porcelain factory from 1800,...
1941–2002, American paleontologist and science writer, b. Queens, New York; grad. Antioch College (B.S., 1963), Columbia Univ. (Ph.D., 1967). With N...
(shärl mär ´ d lä kôNdäm n´) (KEY) , 1701–74, French traveler and mathematical geographer. He was one of a group sent to Peru in 1735 to mea...