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( p´ n) (KEY) , fl. 2d cent., Roman historian. He was a Greek, born in Alexandria. He held various offices in Alexandria, was an advocate in Rome, a...
1813–93, Scottish arctic explorer, b. Orkney Islands. A physician in the employ of the Hudson’s Bay Company in N Canada, Rae made (1846–47) a jo...
1749–1810, American scientist in the old Southwest, b. near Elgin, Scotland. He came to America in 1771. Commissioned by President Jefferson to inve...
1874–1922, British antarctic explorer, b. Ireland. The first of his voyages to Antarctica was made as a member of the expedition (1901–4) of Rober...
or Ferishta (both: f r sht ´) (KEY) , c.1560–c.1620, Indian Muslim historian. His given name was Muhammad Kasim Hindu Shah. Under the patronage of ...
1785–1873, English geologist. He was a professor at Cambridge from 1818. His most important work was a study, made with R. I. Murchison, of the rock...