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(k m râr´ s, Ger. r ´dôlf yä´kôp käm rä´r s) (KEY) , 1665–1721, German botanist and physician. The first to present a clear and definite...
(p l v däl´ d lä bläsh) (KEY) , French geographer, 1845–1918, the father of French human geography. He was educated at the École Normale Supé...
(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 ...
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...
(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...
1899–1980, Norwegian-American Antarctic explorer. Ronne graduated from college in Norway in 1922 and immigrated to the United States. His first of n...