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1844–1935, American army officer and arctic explorer, b. Newburyport, Mass. Entering the Union army at 17, he emerged a brevet major of volunteers a...
(g rn´r kh) (KEY) , 1922–85, American fashion designer, b. Vienna. In 1938, he fled to California, where he studied in Los Angeles. He worked as a ...
(här´sh m, h v´ rsh m) (KEY) , 1834–1923, English topographer and geologist. An officer in the British army (1851–77), he was assigned to sever...
(v r´n r är´b r) (KEY) , 1929–, Swiss microbiologist. A professor at the Univ. of Geneva (1960–70) and later at the Univ. of Basel (1971–), A...
1855–1932, American geographer, b. Perry, N.Y., grad. Colgate Univ., 1879, M. A. Harvard, 1892. After nine years in the Baptist ministry (1882–91)...
(d mäNzh N´) (KEY) , 1872–1940, French geographer, specializing in the study of regional and economic geography. His best-known works include Le D...