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1796–1873, American botanist and chemist, b. New York City, M.D. College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1818. He was professor of chemistry (1827–55)...
(pä´ l däl pôt´ts t skän l´l ) (KEY) , 1397–1482, Italian cosmographer and mathematician. A physician by training, he was also known as Pau...
(Cornelius Tacitus), c.A.D. 55–c.A.D. 117, Roman historian. Little is known for certain of his life. He was a friend of Pliny the Younger and marrie...
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...
1903–82, Swedish biochemist, M.D. Caroline Institute, Stockholm, 1930. The results of an illness caused him to abandon his career as a physician, an...
(n k-k lô´ tärtä´lyä) (KEY) , c.1500–1577, Italian engineer and mathematician. Largely self-educated, he taught mathematics at Verona, Brescia...