Biography Category
1941–2002, American paleontologist and science writer, b. Queens, New York; grad. Antioch College (B.S., 1963), Columbia Univ. (Ph.D., 1967). With N...
1843–1918, American geologist, b. Rochester, N.Y., grad. Univ. of Rochester, 1862. When the U.S. Geological Survey was created in the Dept. of the I...
(zhän- ty n´ g tär´) (KEY) , 1715–86, French geologist, botanist, and natural historian. He was curator of the natural history collection of the...
(g ´k ) (KEY) , 1835–1924, British geologist, educated at the Univ. of Edinburgh. He joined the Geological Survey of Scotland, becoming its directo...
(r ´n lf gl n´v l) (KEY) , d. 1190, English jurist. He served Henry II in many offices, finally as chief justiciar after 1180. He commissioned one o...
(g ´ôrkh fr ´dr kh gr ´t f nt) (KEY) , 1775–1853, German archaeologist and philologist. He specialized in Latin and Italian and wrote works on t...