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1813–93, Scottish arctic explorer, b. Orkney Islands. A physician in the employ of the Hudson’s Bay Company in N Canada, Rae made (1846–47) a jo...
( p´ n) (KEY) , fl. 2d cent., Roman historian. He was a Greek, born in Alexandria. He held various offices in Alexandria, was an advocate in Rome, a...
1872–1942, American historian, b. Trenton, N.J. He worked on a number of newspapers and magazines in New York City, joined the Populist party and th...
(d lä b sh, d l b sh´) (KEY) , 1796–1855, English geologist. As a result of his private undertaking to prepare a geological map of England, the B...
1834–1902, American geologist and ethnologist, b. Mt. Morris (now part of New York City). The family moved to Illinois, where Powell joined the Natu...
(b rnhär´d s v r ´n s) (KEY) , or Bernhard Varen (b rn´härt fä´r n) (KEY) , 1622–50, Dutch geographer. He studied to be a physician, but ins...