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MacKinnon, Roderick
(Encyclopedia) MacKinnon, Roderick, 1956–, American biochemist, b. Burlington, Mass., M.D. Tufts Univ., 1982. MacKinnon was on the faculty at Harvard Medical School from 1989–96 and has been a…Nuttall, George Henry Falkiner
(Encyclopedia) Nuttall, George Henry FalkinerNuttall, George Henry Falkinernŭtˈôl [key], 1862–1937, American-British bacteriologist, b. San Francisco, M.D. Univ. of California, 1884, Ph.D. Univ. of…Peters, Vera
(Encyclopedia) Peters, Vera (Mildred Vera Peters), 1911–93, Canadian radiation oncologist and clinical investigator, b. Rexdale, Ont., M.D. Univ. of Toronto, 1934. Beginning in 1935, she studied the…Hench, Philip Showalter
(Encyclopedia) Hench, Philip Showalter, 1896–1965, American physician, b. Pittsburgh, M.D. Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1920. Associated with the Mayo Foundation of the Univ. of Minnesota school of medicine…Adrian, Edgar Douglas Adrian, Baron
(Encyclopedia) Adrian, Edgar Douglas Adrian, Baron, 1889–1977, English physiologist, M.D. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1915. He was research professor (1929–37) of the Royal Society and professor of…Welch, William Henry
(Encyclopedia) Welch, William Henry, 1850–1934, American pathologist, b. Norfolk, Conn., grad. Yale (B.A., 1870), M.D. College of Physicians and Surgeons (now part of Columbia Univ., 1875). After…Damon Wayans Biography
Damon Wayans actor, comedian, writer, producerBorn: 9/4/1960Birthplace: New York City As was the case with others before him, like John Belushi, Dan Akroyd and Bill Murray, Damon Wayans…Chinese literature
(Encyclopedia) Chinese literature, the literature of ancient and modern China. Fiction during the first years after the 1949 Communist revolution depicted the great social transformations taking…Bankhead, William Brockman
(Encyclopedia) Bankhead, William Brockman, 1874–1940, U.S. Representative from Alabama (1917–40), b. Lamar co., Ala. Chairman of the House rules committee (1934–35), Democratic floor leader (1935–36…God Save the King
(Encyclopedia) God Save the King (or Queen), the English national anthem. The words and music are both of doubtful origin. The air, possibly derived from a folk tune, has been attributed to Henry…Trending
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