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Jan van de Cappelle
Cappelle, Jan van de (bapt. Amsterdam, 25 Jan. 1626; bur. Amsterdam, 22 Dec. 1679). Dutch marine and landscape painter. He was a wealthy Amsterdam dyer who painted in his spare time, but there is nothing of the Sunday painter in his work. Typically his paintings show handsome vessels on calm rivers... Read more |
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Donald Ogden Stewart
STEWART, Donald Ogden Writer. Nationality:American. Born:Columbus, Ohio, 30 November 1894. Education:Attended Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire; Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, B.A. 1916. Military Service:Served in the United States Navy... Read more |
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Worlds Columbian Exposition
World's Columbian Exposition. See World's Fairs and Expositions.... Read more |
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Hans Spemann
SPEMANN, HANS(b. Stuttgart, Germany, 27 June 1869; d. Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 12 September 1941),embryology.Spemann was the eldest of four children of a well-known book publisher, Johann Wilhelm Spemann, and the former Lisinka Hoffmann. His father’s family, of Westphalian peasant stock, had a... Read more |
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Bobby Unser
Bobby Unser 1934- American race car driver Bobby Unser came from a family of racecar drivers. He made a name for himself as a driver who pushed himself and his cars to the limit. He drove fast and hard all of the time, and has won numerous racing championships throughout his career, including... Read more |
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Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov
PIROGOV, NIKOLAY IVANOVICH (b. Moscow, russia, 25 November 1810; d. Vishnya, Jkraine, Russia, 5 December 1881) Surgery, anatomy. The son of a major in the commissary service, Pirogov grew up in fairly cultured surroundings, learned to read early, and was fluent in foreign languages as a child. In... Read more |
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Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack 1940– Singer, songwriter Interested Mainly in Music and Food Demo Led to Atlantic Contract Slew Audiences Softly Celebrated Love With Bryson Selected discography Sources So timeless is the appeal of Roberta Flack’s soulful singing that some of her hits of the 1970s are... Read more |
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bongo
bongo , spiral-horned antelope , Boocercus eurycerus, found in jungles and thick bamboo forests of equatorial Africa. Shy, elusive animals, bongos never emerge into the open and are seldom seen; they browse singly or in small groups. They are fairly large, heavy-bodied antelopes, with males... Read more |
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Motacillidae
Motacillidae (wagtails, pipits; class Aves, order Passeriformes) A family of medium-sized to small, black, grey, yellow, and brown birds, some of which are streaked. Motacilla flava (yellow wagtail) one of 10 species in its genus, exists in many subspecific forms, each having a different head... Read more |
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