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1890–1971, American historian, b. Camp Point, Ill. After studying at the Univ. of Illinois, he followed a career in journalism until 1927. Teaching ...
1874–1954, American botanist, b. Genesee, New York. He received his Ph.D. at Harvard (1904) and was a member of the faculty until 1907. After severa...
1899–1980, Norwegian-American Antarctic explorer. Ronne graduated from college in Norway in 1922 and immigrated to the United States. His first of n...
(h s ´ t r ´by m th ´nä) (KEY) , 1852–1930, Chilean scholar. He traveled widely in Latin America, Europe, and the United States, collecting doc...
1823–93, American historian, b. Boston. In 1846, Parkman started a journey along the Oregon Trail to improve his health and study the Native America...
(d dôr´ s s k´y l s) (KEY) , d. after 21 B.C., Sicilian historian. He wrote, in Greek, a world history in 40 books, ending with Caesar’s Gallic ...