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1868–1912, British naval officer and antarctic explorer. He commanded two noted expeditions to Antarctica. The first expedition (1901–4), in the D...
1840–1937, American lawyer and biographer, b. Boston. Admitted to the bar in 1862, he practiced law in Boston until 1880, when he turned all his att...
(shärl mär ´ d lä kôNdäm n´) (KEY) , 1701–74, French traveler and mathematical geographer. He was one of a group sent to Peru in 1735 to mea...
1941–2002, American paleontologist and science writer, b. Queens, New York; grad. Antioch College (B.S., 1963), Columbia Univ. (Ph.D., 1967). With N...
(äl ksäN´dr brôNyär´) (KEY) , 1770–1847, French geologist, mineralogist, and chemist. As director of the Sèvres porcelain factory from 1800,...
1865–1956, American plant pathologist, b. Dearborn co., Ind. He is noted for his work on organisms causing diseases of crop plants (including the di...