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1726–97, Scottish geologist, chemist, and naturalist. He was initially attracted to chemistry; he entered the legal profession at the Univ. of Edinb...
( güst´ p kär´) (KEY) , 1884–1962, Swiss physicist, b. Basel. He became a professor at the Univ. of Brussels in 1922. He and his twin brother Je...
1793–1866, English geologist. Hopkins studied mathematics at Cambridge, and then supported himself as a private mathematics tutor. Many of Englandâ€...
( f´ r s) (KEY) , c.405–330 B.C., Greek historian, b. Cyme in Aeolis; pupil of Isocrates. His chief work is a universal history, in 30 books, of wh...
1811–98, American geologist and paleontologist, b. Hingham, Mass., grad. Rensselaer School (later Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), 1832. An author...
(mät ´äs yä´kôp shl ´d n) (KEY) , 1804–81, German botanist. He was professor at the universities of Jena (1839–63) and Dorpat (1863–64). ...