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Joseph Needham

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Joseph Needham , 1900-95, British biochemist, historian of science, and sinologist, b. London. He had a lifelong association with Cambridge Univ., where he was educated (Ph.D, 1924), taught biochemistry (1924-66), served as master of Gonville and Caius College (1966-76), and founded and directed the Needham Research Institute (1976-90). An embryologist, he wrote such books as Chemical Embryology (3 vol., 1931) and A History of Embryology (1934). Fascinated with all things Chinese, he learned Mandarin and headed (1942-46) the Sino-British Science Cooperation Office in Chongqing, China.... Read more

Cooper, Joseph (Elliott Needham)
Cooper, Joseph (Elliott Needham) ( b Bristol, 1912; d 2001). Eng. pianist. London début 1947. Lect.- recitalist, also chairman of popular TV mus. quiz. Assisted Vaughan Williams in adapting pf. conc. to double pf. conc., 1946. OBE 1982. Read more

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...disabled as well as the able-bodied. According to Joseph Needham the origins of the junk rig in China go back to about...Science and Civilisation in China , abridged from Joseph Needham's text (1986). Worcester, G. , The Junks and Sampans... Read more

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	Joseph Needham. Science and Civilisation in China: The Social Background, General Conclusions and Reflections, vol. 7, part 2.(Book review) ; Joseph Needham. Science and Civilisation in China...Nakayama Shigeru, and I were nagging Joseph Needham to begin writing the final volume of...attitude toward writing and life. In 1949, Joseph Needham encouraged him to take himself seriously... Read more
	OBITUARY:Joseph Needham ; With the death of Joseph Needham the world of learning has lost one of the greatest scholars in...husband-and-wife pair each to be elected Fellows of the Royal Society. Joseph Needham was the only child of a Harley Street consultant and an artistically... Read more
	Birth of Joseph Needham.(Brief Article) ; December 9th, 1900 Joseph Needham was one of the twentieth century's most...Colombo to Kyoto, Paris and Peking. Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham was the only child of Joseph Needham, a Harley Street specialist in anaesthetics... Read more
	OBITUARY : Joseph Needham ; When I first met Joseph Needham in 1947 at Unesco...Cambridge, I got to know Needham much better through...inscribed copy of Joseph's book of essays...Christian Marxism, Joseph was not a holy fool...pictures of the aged Needham being carried aloft... Read more
	Joseph T. Paulini of Needham, 28, was landscaper.(Obituaries)(Obituary) ; Joseph T. Paulini of Needham, a landscaper, died unexpectedly...Paulini is survived by his father, Joseph R. of Needham; his mother, Barbara Ventola...celebrated at 10 a.m. today in St. Joseph's Church, Needham. Burial will follow in Newton... Read more
	China, the West, and World History in Joseph Needham's Science and Civilisation in China(). ; Long before the death of Joseph* Needham in 1995 at the age of ninety-four...volume in 1954 by declaring that Needham's project represents perhaps the...special conditions that produced Needham's masterwork, it is unlikely that... Read more
	Joseph DePasqua, 84 Was Needham schoolteacher ; Joseph DePasqua of Millis, a retired Needham schoolteacher, died of cancer...Mitchell School in Needham, and Needham Junior High School, and was...principal of High Rock School in Needham. He was a member of the Needham School Committee from 1957-19...stepdaughters, Carol Robinson of ... Read more
	Joseph Mancuso, 74 Was a realtor in Needham ; Joseph Mancuso, a Needham realtor, died Saturday of...established his home base in Needham in 1961. In 1976, Mr. Mancuso...founded Homestead Realty in Needham. In 1989, he closed the business...daughter, Veralyn Miller of Needham; his sister, Mary Bordanaro...10 a.m. Wednesday at St. ... Read more
	China's Greatest Student; The making of Joseph Needham's multi- volume masterpiece. ; ...pp. $27.95 The great Sinologist Joseph Needham (1900- 1995) is a legend for his...technology. But it is the famous "Needham question," which asks why the country...eccentric British intellectuals. Needham makes a great subject. A Cambridge... Read more
	Joseph A. Holden, 85 Ran Holden Electric in Needham ; Joseph A. Holden, the long-time proprietor of Holden Electric Co. of Needham, died of congestive heart failure Friday in the Ellis Nursing Home...yesterday in St. Bartholomew Church in Needham. Burial was in St. Joseph's Cemetery in West Roxbury. Read more

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