Biography Category
(zhäN zhäk l z ´ r klü´) (KEY) , 1830–1905, French geographer, b. Gironde, educated mainly in Germany, where he studied under Karl Ritter. Sev...
(äl´fr t l tär´ v g´ n r) (KEY) , 1880–1930, German geologist, meteorologist, and Arctic explorer. Early in his life, he was on the staff of th...
1770–1857, Canadian geographer, fur trader, and explorer, b. London, England. In 1784 he came to Fort Churchill, Canada, as an apprentice of the Hud...
1799–1865, English botanist and horticulturist. He organized the first flower shows in England and was influential in preserving the Royal Gardens a...
(fr ´dr kh rät´s l) (KEY) , 1844–1904, German geographer. He traveled as a journalist in Europe (1869) and in Cuba, Mexico, and the United States...
(f nt n´ môr´ ) (KEY) , 1806–73, American hydrographer and naval officer, b. near Fredericksburg, Va. Appointed a midshipman in 1825, he saw vari...