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(j rär´d s mûrk ´t r) (KEY) , Latin form of Gerhard Kremer (g r´härt kr ´m r) (KEY) , 1512–94, Flemish geographer, mathematician, and cartogr...
(h s ´ th l st ´n m ´t s) (KEY) , 1732–1808, Spanish naturalist and plant explorer. One of Linnaeus’ first disciples in Spain, he went to Sout...
(fräns s´k hävy r´ kläv h ´r ) (KEY) , 1731–87, Mexican scholar and historian. A Jesuit, he taught in Mexico until the expulsion of the order...
( m ´n s märs l ´n s) (KEY) , c.330–c.400, Roman historian, b. Antioch. After retiring from a successful military career, he wrote a history of ...
(h r d´ t s) (KEY) , 484?–425? B.C., Greek historian, called the Father of History, b. Halicarnassus, Asia Minor. Only scant knowledge of his life ...
(ôrt ´ly s) (KEY) , 1527–98, Flemish geographer, of German origin. Next to his contemporary Mercator, he is the most renowned of the 16th-century ...