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Tsien, Roger Yonchien
(Encyclopedia) Tsien, Roger Yonchien, 1952–2016, American biochemist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1977. Tsien was a researcher at Cambridge (1977–81) and a professor at the Univ. of California…Drabble, Margaret
(Encyclopedia) Drabble, Margaret, 1939–, English novelist, b. Sheffield, Yorkshire; sister of A. S. Byatt. Drabble's rigorous and unsentimentally realistic vision of an England split between…Bakke, Allan
(Encyclopedia) Bakke, Allan: see Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.Bakke Case
(Encyclopedia) Bakke Case: see Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
(Encyclopedia) Mecklenburg Declaration of IndependenceMecklenburg Declaration of Independencemĕkˈlənbûrgˌ [key], resolution alleged to have been proclaimed at Charlotte, N.C., by the citizens of…game laws
(Encyclopedia) game laws, restrictions on the hunting or capture of wild game, whether bird, beast, or fish. After the Norman Conquest (1066), England enacted stringent game laws, known as the Forest…Champollion, Jean François
(Encyclopedia) Champollion, Jean FrançoisChampollion, Jean FrançoiszhäN fräNswäˈ shäNpôlyôNˈ [key], 1790–1832, French linguist and Egyptologist. He is considered the founder of the science of…motion pictures
(Encyclopedia) motion pictures, movie-making as an art and an industry, including its production techniques, its creative artists, and the distribution and exhibition of its products (see also motion…Scaliger, Joseph Justus
(Encyclopedia) Scaliger, Joseph JustusScaliger, Joseph Justusskălˈĭjər [key], 1540–1609, French classical scholar. He was the son of Julius Caesar Scaliger, from whom he acquired his early mastery of…Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de
(Encyclopedia) Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de (Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint-Exupéry)Saint-Exupéry, Antoine deäNtwänˈ-märēˈ-rôzhāˈ də săNtĕgzüpārēˈ [key], 1900–1944, French aviator and writer. He became a…Trending
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