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legacy
legacy bequest by will of personal property , similar in many respects to a gift causa mortis. A legacy ordinarily is distinguished from a devise, which transfers real property by will. The person who receives a legacy is called a legatee. Legacies are of various types. A specific legacy... Read more |
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William Montague Cobb
W. Montague Cobb 1904–1990 Physical anthropologist, anatomist, activist Studied Medicine at Howard Became a Physical Anthropologist Represented Black Perspective in Anthropology Promoted Integration Through Professional Organizations Advanced Education and Medical Research Left... Read more |
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David Rapaport
Rapaport, DavidWORKS BY RAPAPORTSUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHYAlthough David Rapaport (1911–1960) died at the early age of 49, he left an enduring legacy to the fields of psychoanalysis and psychology. He was born to a middle-class Hungarian family but in his early teens was already deeply involved in... Read more |
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Flor Peeters
Flor Peeters Composer, organist Twentieth-century music, often described as iconoclastic, restless, oblivious to tradition, and passionately dedicated to innovation, also boasts of several great organist-composers who knew how to express the spirit of their time without neglecting tradition.... Read more |
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Dependency Theory
Dependency Theory A RICH DEBATE EMPIRICAL CHALLENGES A LASTING LEGACY BIBLIOGRAPHY In the early 1950s, a group of economists stationed at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) in Santiago, Chile, launched a rigorous research program around one pressing question:... Read more |
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David Brown
Brown, David 1916–PERSONALBorn July 28, 1916, in New York, NY; son of Edward Fisher and Lillian (maiden name, Baren) Brown; married Liberty LeGacy, April 15, 1940 (divorced, 1951); married Wayne Clark, May 25, 1951 (divorced, 1957); married Helen Gurley (an author and editor), September 25, 1959;... Read more |
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Horace Binney
BINNEY, HORACE Horace Binney was born January 4, 1780. He graduated from Harvard in 1797 and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1800. In 1806, Binney became a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, serving until 1807. In 1808 he became a director of the first bank of the united states, then... Read more |
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John Farey
FAREY, JOHN(b. Woburn, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom, 24 September 1766, d. London, United Kingdom, 6 January 1826),geology, music, mathematics.For the original article on Farey see DSB, vol. 4.Farey has left a difficult legacy for those who follow him. First, he was a true polymath. His initial... Read more |
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf1938— President of liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the president of Liberia, a small West African nation founded by freed American slaves in the nineteenth century. An economist by training, Sirleaf took office in 2006 as the first democratically elected female president in... Read more |
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Menno Simons
Menno Simons , 1496?-1561, Dutch religious reformer. The name of the Mennonites was derived from his name, although he was not the actual founder of the sect. In 1524 he became a Roman Catholic priest but in 1536 he left the church when he announced that he no longer believed in infant baptism and... Read more |
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