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R. W. Burchfield 2004 Deaths

R. W. BurchfieldAge: 81 lexicographer who edited the four-volume supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary. Died: Abington, England, July 5, 2004Mary-Ellis BunimA - FAnne Burford

Arthur Guyton 2003 Deaths

Arthur GuytonAge: 83 researcher whose 1956 Textbook of Medical Physiology, remains one of the most widely used texts. Died: Jackson, Miss., April 3, 2003Martha GriffithsG - LAnne Gwynne…

O. Winston Link 2001 Deaths

O. Winston LinkAge: 86 commercial photographer who was well known in the 1950s for his photographs documenting the last steam-powered trains in Appalachia and the Shenandoah Valley.Died:…

James R. Phelan Biography

James R. Phelanwriter Phelan dedicated his career to investigating and exposing the wheeling and dealing of Howard Hughes. His books include Howard Hughes: The Hidden Years and the…

Robert Lamphere 2002 Deaths

Robert LamphereAge: 83 FBI agent who oversaw several high-profile cold war espionage investigations, including those of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Klaus Fuchs, and Kim Filby. Died: Tuscon,…

1966 National Book Awards

Arts and LettersParis Journal, 1944–65, Janet FlannerFictionThe Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter, Katherine Anne PorterHistory and BiographyA Thousand Days, Arthur M. Schlesinger,…

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Marian Wright EdelmanJohn EdwardsJohn EhrlichmanMamie Geneva Doud EisenhowerEleanor of AquitaineJoycelyn Jones EldersDaniel EllsbergOlaudah EquianoMarch Fong EuDonald EvansMedgar EversMyrlie…

Barry Levin 2001 Deaths

Barry Levin criminal lawyer who defended Erik Menendez, who was convicted with his brother, Lyle, in 1996 for killing his parents, and recently represented actor Robert Blake, in the unsolved…

Harry Duncan 1997 Deaths

Harry Duncanhand printer of books Duncan started hand-printing books in 1939 under the Cummington Press imprint and switched to an electric press in 1985 only because he didn't have an…