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Robin Cook 2005 Deaths

Robin CookAge: 59 British politician who served as foreign secretary in the Blair administration until he resigned in 2003 to protest Britain's participation in the war in Iraq. Died:…

robin's plantain

(Encyclopedia) robin's plantainrobin's plantainplănˈtĭn [key], common name of several plants belonging to the family Asteraceae (aster family). Robin's plantain, also known as hawkweed, of the genus…

robin

(Encyclopedia) robin or robin redbreast, common name for a migratory bird of the family Turdidae (thrush family).

Robin Hood

(Encyclopedia) Robin Hood, legendary hero of 12th-century England who robbed the rich to help the poor. Chivalrous, manly, fair, and always ready for a joke, Robin Hood reflected many of the ideals…

sea robin

(Encyclopedia) sea robin: see sculpin.

wake-robin

(Encyclopedia) wake-robin, name for several plants, particularly trillium.

Cook, Frederick Albert

(Encyclopedia) Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865–1940, American explorer and physician, b. Sullivan co., N.Y. Cook early became interested in the arctic and accompanied the expedition of Robert E. Peary…

Warren, J. Robin

(Encyclopedia) Warren, J. Robin (John Robin Warren), 1937–, Australian pathologist, grad. Univ. of Adelaide (M.B., B.S., 1961). He spent most of his career (1968–99) as a pathologist at the Royal…

Cook, James

(Encyclopedia) Cook, James, 1728–79, English explorer and navigator. The son of a Yorkshire agricultural laborer, he had little formal education. After an apprenticeship to a firm of shipowners at…