(Encyclopedia) Van Doren, Carl (Clinton), 1885–1950, American editor and author, b. Hope, Vermilion co., Ill., grad. Univ. of Illinois, 1907, Ph.D. Columbia, 1911; brother of Mark Van Doren. He…
(Encyclopedia) Spitteler, Carl Friedrich GeorgSpitteler, Carl Friedrich Georgkärl frēˈdrĭkh gāˈôrkh shpĭtˈələr [key], 1845–1924, Swiss poet, whose pseudonym was Carl Felix Tandem. He was awarded the…
CHLOROPHYLLTHE FIVE KINGDOMS OF LIFEBIOGRAPHY: CAROLUS LINN`AEUS Swedish, 1707-1778PLANT KINGDOMFIND OUT MOREPlants belong to the PLANT KINGDOM, one of the five kingdoms of living things.…
(Encyclopedia) dahliadahliadälˈyə, dălˈ– [key] [for Anders Dahl, 1751–89, Swedish botanist and pupil of Linnaeus], any plant of the genus Dahlia of the family Asteraceae (aster family), tuberous-…
HINSHAW, John Carl Williams, a Representative from California; born in Chicago, Ill., July 28, 1894; attended the public schools and Valparaiso (Ind.) University; was graduated from Princeton…
VAN DYKE, Carl Chester, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Alexandria, Douglas County, Minn., February 18, 1881; attended the common and high schools of Alexandria; taught school in…
(Encyclopedia) Fabricius, Johan ChristianFabricius, Johan Christianyōhănˈ krĭsˈtyän fäbrēˈsy&oobreve;s [key], 1745–1808, Danish entomologist. Influenced by the methods of Linnaeus, under whom he…
(Encyclopedia) Gray, Asa, 1810–88, one of America's leading botanists and taxonomists, b. Oneida co., N.Y. As professor of natural history at Harvard from 1842, he was the teacher of many eminent…
(Encyclopedia) Dillenius, Johann JakobDillenius, Johann Jakobdĭlāˈnēəs [key], 1687–1747, English botanist, of German birth. He published catalogs of the plants of Eltham, Kent, and of Geissen,…
(Encyclopedia) Bauhin, GaspardBauhin, Gaspardgäspärˈ bōăNˈ [key], 1560–1624, Swiss botanist and doctor of medicine, of French descent. His early classification of plants by genus and species in his…
