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1814–77, American historian and diplomat, b. Dorchester, Mass. Author of two novels concerning Thomas Morton (1839 and 1849), as well as a number of...
(nätän´ä l pr ngs´h m) (KEY) , 1823–94, German botanist, one of the founders of the scientific study of algae. He made important discoveries in...
(kr s´tyän kôn´rät shpr ng´ l) (KEY) , 1750–1816, German botanist. Although director of a school at Spandau and tutor in Berlin, he devoted hi...
(h ´g f n m l) (KEY) , 1805–72, German botanist. He is noted for his research on the nature of protoplasm and chlorophyll and on the physiology of...
(mûr´k s n) (KEY) , 1792–1871, British geologist. He served in the Napoleonic Wars but after the peace turned his attention to science. In the 183...
(both: kärl v l´h lm f n n ´g l ) (KEY) , 1817–91, Swiss botanist. He was professor at the Univ. of Munich from 1858 and was noted especially for...