- Tarr, Ralph by Arianna Patterson
... 1864–1912) geologist, geographer; born in Gloucester, Mass. He studied geology and physiography at Harvard under Nathaniel Shaler and William Davis, graduating in 1891. He taught at Cornell (1892–1912), publishing textbooks like Elementary Physical Geography. (1895). He organized the Cornell Greenland Expedition that traveled with Peary (1896) and ...
- Bernhardi, Friedrich von by Gracie Robinson
1849–1930, German general and military writer. His book Germany and the Next War. (1912, tr. 1912) was widely publicized by the Allies as an example of Pan-Germanism and German ambition.
- Matthews, Franklin by Addison George
... 1858–1917) journalist; born in St. Joseph, Mich. As reporter and editor of the New York Sun. (1890–1912), he covered the Spanish-American War and the around-the-world cruise of the U.S. Navy's "Great White Fleet" (1907–08). From 1912 to his death he taught at the Columbia School of Journalism.
- De Kruif, Paul by Maria Boyd
1890–1971, American author, b. Zeeland, Mich., grad. Univ. Of Michigan (B.S., 1912). He was bacteriologist at the university from 1912 to 1917. Among his books are Microbe Hunters. (1926), The Fight for Life (1938), and Hunger Fighters. (1939).
- New Quebec by Israel Norman
A region of E Canada, formerly the Ungava district of Northwest Territories (1895--1912), extending from the line of the Eastmain and Hamilton Rivers north between Hudson Bay and Labrador: absorbed by Quebec in 1912: contains extensive iron deposits. Area: about 777 000 sq. Km (300 000 sq. Miles ...