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(p ´t r z ´môn pä´läs) (KEY) , 1741–1811, German naturalist and explorer. He became (1768) professor at the Academy of Sciences, St. Petersbur...
1782–1874, English engraver, founder of modern landscape engraving. As an illustrator for popular art annuals, he executed plates for landscapes by ...
( ´när h rts´spr ng) (KEY) , 1873–1967, Danish astronomer. Although trained as a chemical engineer, Hertzsprung made his career in astronomy, spe...
1805–81, English landscape watercolorist, etcher, and mystic. Under the influence of William Blake he produced in sepia a series of remarkable visio...
1823–1913, English naturalist. From his study of comparative biology in Brazil and in the East Indies, he evolved a concept of evolution similar to ...
1625–54, Dutch animal and landscape painter and etcher. In The Hague he enjoyed the patronage of the prince of Nassau, for whom he painted the celeb...