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(ä´dôlf bäs´tyän) (KEY) , 1826–1905, German anthropologist. Often called the father of ethnography, he recorded his observations of peoples an...
(p ´t r b ´r ns) (KEY) , 1868–1940, German architect, influential in Europe in the evolution of the modern architectural style. He established bef...
(b gär´d s) (KEY) , 1800–1874, American architect, b. Catskill, N.Y. Among the first to use cast iron in the construction of building facades, Bog...
1875–1956, American archaeologist, historian, and statesman, b. Honolulu; son of Hiram Bingham (1831–1908). He was educated at Yale (B.A., 1898), ...
(b nd l r´) (KEY) , 1840–1914, American anthropologist and historian, b. Bern, Switzerland. He was a disciple of Lewis Henry Morgan. An expert on S...
(Lancelot Brown), 1715–83, English landscape gardener, b. Kirkharle, Northumberland. The leading landscape gardener of his time, he is known for des...