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William Whipple
William Whipple 1730-85, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Kittery, Maine. Whipple, who had been a sea captain, was a merchant of Portsmouth, N.H., before he served as a delegate to the Continental Congress from New Hampshire (1776-79) and as... Read more
Abraham Whipple
Abraham Whipple 1733-1819, American Revolutionary naval officer, b. Providence, R.I. In 1759-60, as captain of the privateer Game Cock in the French and Indian Wars , he captured numerous prizes. Whipple commanded the party of Rhode Islanders that captured and burned the British revenue cutter ... Read more
Henry Benjamin Whipple
Henry Benjamin Whipple 1822-1901, American Episcopal bishop, b. Adams, N.Y. He was ordained a priest in 1850, and in 1859 he was consecrated the first bishop of Minnesota. With James Lloyd Breck he founded (1860) in Faribault, Minn., the Bishop Seabury Mission, which developed into the Seabury Divi... Read more
Fred Lawrence Whipple
Fred Lawrence Whipple 1906-2004, American astronomer, b. Red Oak, Iowa. After graduating from the Univ. of California, Berkeley (Ph.D. 1931), he accepted a position at Harvard, where he remained for the rest of his career. During World War II he helped develop the aluminum chaff that was used to co... Read more
George Hoyt Whipple
George Hoyt Whipple 1878-1976, American pathologist, b. Ashland, N.H., M.D. Johns Hopkins, 1905. He taught at Johns Hopkins (1909-14) and at the Univ. of California (1914-21) and was professor of pathology and dean of the school of medicine and dentistry at the Univ. of Rochester (1921-54). His wor... Read more
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory astronomical observatory located 35 mi (56 km) S of Tucson, Ariz., at an altitude of 8,500 ft (2,590 m). It is operated jointly by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Univ. of Arizona. Formerly known as the Mount Hopkins Observatory, it was renamed ... Read more
George Richards Minot
George Richards Minot , 1885-1950, American physician and pathologist, b. Boston, M.D. Harvard, 1912. From 1928 to 1948 he was professor of medicine at Harvard and director of the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston City Hospital. He specialized in diseases of the blood, and for his research on th... Read more
William Parry Murphy
William Parry Murphy 1892-1987, American physician, b. Stoughton, Wis., M.D. Harvard, 1920. He taught at Harvard from 1923 and was associated with the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, in Boston, from 1922. He made special studies of diabetes and diseases of the blood and particularly of the liver treat... Read more
Kittery
Kittery , town (1990 pop. 9,372), York co., extreme SW Maine, at the mouth of the Piscataqua River opposite Portsmouth, N.H.; inc. 1647. Its economy centers around tourism and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, which is located on two islands owned by the federal government and connected with Kittery by... Read more
Prescott
Prescott city (1990 pop. 26,455), alt. 5,389 ft (1,643 m), seat of Yavapai co., central Ariz. in a mineral-rich area; inc. 1883. It is a mining and ranching center, a summer resort, and the headquarters of Prescott National Forest. Cattle farming; the production of timber, wheat, corn, alfalfa, and... Read more

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Whipple, Fred Lawrence
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Fred Lawrence Whipple During his lifetime, American astronomer Fred Whipple (1906–2004) was recognized as the world...leading expert on solar system astronomy. Before Whipple came along, scientists believed comets were nothing...
Whipple's Disease
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders Whipple's disease Definition Whipple's disease is a rare infectious disorder that can affect many...and weight loss. If the central nervous system is infected, Whipple's disease can cause impairment of mental faculties and lead...
George Hoyt Whipple
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography George Hoyt Whipple The American pathologist George Hoyt Whipple (1878-1976) found that certain foods, especially...hemoglobin in animals suffering anemia. George Hoyt Whipple was born in Ashland, New Hampshire, on August 28...
Abraham Whipple
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Abraham Whipple 1733-1819, American Revolutionary naval...Indian Wars , he captured numerous prizes. Whipple commanded the party of Rhode Islanders...first sea fight of the war. In 1778, Whipple, commanding the Providence, evaded the...
Amiel Weeks Whipple
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Amiel Weeks Whipple 1818-63, American soldier and topographical...1844-49) and Mexico (1849-53). Whipple then made (1853-56) a survey of the...Chancellorsville. Bibliography: See his Whipple Report, ed. by E. I. Edwards (1961...
William Whipple
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition William Whipple 1730-85, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Kittery, Maine. Whipple, who had been a sea captain, was a merchant of Portsmouth, N.H...
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory astronomical observatory located 35 mi (56 km) S of Tucson...Observatory, it was renamed in 1982 for the American astronomer Fred Lawrence Whipple, who was instrumental in establishing the observatory. Until 1998...
Fred Lawrence Whipple
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Fred Lawrence Whipple 1906-2004, American astronomer, b. Red Oak, Iowa. After graduating...gases with other substances mixed in, not unlike a "dirty snowball." Whipple, who headed the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory from 1955 to...
Henry Benjamin Whipple
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Henry Benjamin Whipple 1822-1901, American Episcopal bishop, b. Adams, N.Y. He was...Mission, which developed into the Seabury Divinity School. Bishop Whipple's influence was great with the Native Americans, among whom he worked...
Whipple, Edwin Percy
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Whipple, Edwin Percy (1819–86), Massachusetts author and lyceum lecturer, who in his day was ranked with Poe and Lowell...

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Whipple, Abraham
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Whipple, Abraham (1733–1819) Revolutionary...in Providence, Rhode Island, Abraham Whipple captured 23 French prizes in six months...but when the city fell to the British Whipple was captured. He was paroled but saw no...
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory An observatory at an altitude of...and was renamed in 1982 in honour of F. L. Whipple , a former SAO director. Its main instruments...linmax.sao.arizona.edu/help/FLWO/whipple.html
Whipple Observatory
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy Whipple Observatory See Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory .
Whipple's operation
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing Whipple's operation n. see pancreatectomy . [ A. O. Whipple (1881–1963), US surgeon]
Whipple's disease
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing Whipple's disease ( wip -ŭlz) n. a rare disease, occurring only in males, in which there is malabsorption, usually accompanied by skin pigmentation and arthritis. [ G. H. Whipple (1878–1976), US pathologist]
Whipple, FredLawrence
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy Whipple, FredLawrence (1906–2004)Americanastronomer. In the 1930s...when the Giotto space probe flew past the nucleus of Halley's Comet. Whipple discovered six comets, and studied planetary nebulae, flare stars, and...
Whipple's triad
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing Whipple's triad n. a combination of three clinical features that indicate the presence of an insulinoma: (1...present during the attacks; (3) relief from the attacks achieved by administering glucose. [ A. O. Whipple]
Whipple, George Hoyt
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition Whipple, George Hoyt (1878–1976) American physician; jointly with Murphy and Minot, discovered the treatment of pernicious anaemia by feeding liver (1926); Nobel Prize 1934.
Minot, George Richards
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...1934 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, with George H. Whipple of Rochester, N. Y. While in the private practice of medicine...thorough trial of the effects of liver feeding when reported by Whipple as especially potent in preventing an experimental anemia due...
Cunning
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...from many scrapes. [Br, Lit.: Dickens Pickwick Papers ] Whipple, Molly outwits ferocious giant and gains his talismanic possessions. [Br. Fairy Tale: “ Molly Whipple ” in Macleod, 58 – 641 wolf symbol on...

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Whipple has the look to hit leadoff on minor league baseball book
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Charles Whipple, 77; was editor at the Globe, first ombudsman
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/13/1991; ; 700+ words ; Charles Lewis Whipple, former editor of the Boston Globe...He was 77 and lived in Leverett. Mr. Whipple oversaw the editorial and op-ed pages...in the Globe's city room during Mr. Whipple's tenure could match his wit or story...
Elgin's Whipple off to good start at Lake Land.(Sports Extra)(Off at college)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 3/9/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...former Elgin High School standout Kelli Whipple did plenty of thinking. "I was so nervous, oh my gosh," said Whipple, now a freshman at Lake Land College...that nervousness stayed on the bus once Whipple got off. Whipple went on to enjoy a...
The Whipple effect works
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/24/1998; ; 700+ words ; AMHERST -- Mark Whipple is a man of Brown, a great believer...was the only place I applied," said Whipple. "I'd never seen the place. They...that's where I'm going.' " So Whipple headed east from his home in Phoenix...
Comet Research Pioneer Whipple Dies
News Wire article from: AP Online; 9/2/2004; 700+ words ; ...02-2004 Dateline: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Dr. Fred Whipple, director of The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory...centered at the observatory under direction of Dr. Whipple. Whipple, a pioneer in astronomy who proposed the "dirty snowball...
LSU's Whipple steadies offense
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/11/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...WIRE) BATON ROUGE, La. -- Xavier Whipple played a grand total of 33 minutes in...and not playing, that was rough on me, Whipple said. There were some days when I felt...keep working hard, and it would come. Whipple said transferring to another school was...
QB THRIVES PLAYING WHIPPLE BALL
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/21/2005; ; 700+ words ; PITTSBURGH - A year ago, Mark Whipple was walking out of a high school outside...consider the University of Massachusetts. Whipple was pondering whether Amherst was for...NCAA Division 1-AA football playoffs, Whipple was at a career crossroads. He was 46...
WHIPPLE'S MINUTEMEN SET FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP RUN
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; AMHERST - When Mark Whipple first made the prediction three years...win the national championship," said Whipple after UMass athletic director Bob Marcum...Minutemen began their third season under Whipple's reign, UMass found itself in a...
WHIPPLE WILL ACCEPT JOB WITH STEELERS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/22/2004; ; 686 words ; ...University of Massachusetts football coach Mark Whipple is expected to be hired as quarterbacks...and I'm looking forward to it," said Whipple when reached by phone yesterday. "The...something I felt I just couldn't pass up." Whipple was first contacted by Steelers coach...