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James Joseph Heckman (born April 19, 1944) is an American economist and Nobel laureate who serves as the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, where...

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James Joseph Heckman (born April 19, 1944) is an American economist and Nobel laureate who serves as the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, where...

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Charles Gravier de Vergennes MP (1719 - 1787)

Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes est un diplomate et homme d'État français, né le 29 décembre 1719 à Dijon et mort le 13 février 1787 à Versailles. Secrétaire d'État des Affaires étrangères de Louis...

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Charles Gravier de Vergennes MP (1719 - 1787)

Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes est un diplomate et homme d'État français, né le 29 décembre 1719 à Dijon et mort le 13 février 1787 à Versailles. Secrétaire d'État des Affaires étrangères de Louis...

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John Joseph Hopfield (born July 15, 1933) is an American scientist most widely known for his invention of an associative neural network in 1982. It is now more commonly known as the Hopfield network.

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John Joseph Hopfield (born July 15, 1933) is an American scientist most widely known for his invention of an associative neural network in 1982. It is now more commonly known as the Hopfield network.

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Cathleen Morawetz MP (1923 - 2017)

Synge Morawetz (May 5, 1923 – August 8, 2017) was a Canadian mathematician who spent much of her career in the United States. Morawetz's research was mainly in the study of the partial differential equ...

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Cathleen Morawetz MP (1923 - 2017)

Synge Morawetz (May 5, 1923 – August 8, 2017) was a Canadian mathematician who spent much of her career in the United States. Morawetz's research was mainly in the study of the partial differential equ...

12/24/2023

Andrew Mattei Gleason MP (1921 - 2008)

Andrew Mattei Gleason (1921–2008) was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to widely varied areas of mathematics, including the solution of Hilbert's fifth problem, and was a ...

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Andrew Mattei Gleason MP (1921 - 2008)

Andrew Mattei Gleason (1921–2008) was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to widely varied areas of mathematics, including the solution of Hilbert's fifth problem, and was a ...

12/22/2023

Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, OM, FRS, HonFREng, FMedSci, FRAS, HonFInstP (born 23 June 1942) is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He is the fifteenth Astronomer Royal, appointed in...

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Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, OM, FRS, HonFREng, FMedSci, FRAS, HonFInstP (born 23 June 1942) is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He is the fifteenth Astronomer Royal, appointed in...

12/12/2023

James Pollock, Governor MP (1810 - 1890)

Director of the Mint in Philadelphia 1861-1866 and 1869-1873; was the originator of the motto "In God we trust" for all coins of the United States large enough to contain the same. While leading...

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James Pollock, Governor MP (1810 - 1890)

Director of the Mint in Philadelphia 1861-1866 and 1869-1873; was the originator of the motto "In God we trust" for all coins of the United States large enough to contain the same. While leading...

12/12/2023

Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS FRSE FRAS FInstP (/bɜːrˈnɛl/; née Bell; born 15 July 1943) is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who, as a postgraduate student, discovered the first radi...

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Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS FRSE FRAS FInstP (/bɜːrˈnɛl/; née Bell; born 15 July 1943) is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who, as a postgraduate student, discovered the first radi...

12/12/2023

John C. Whitehead MP (1922 - 2015)

John Cunningham Whitehead Whitehead was an American banker and civil servant, and a member of the board of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation (WTC Memorial Foundation. Until his res...

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John C. Whitehead MP (1922 - 2015)

John Cunningham Whitehead Whitehead was an American banker and civil servant, and a member of the board of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation (WTC Memorial Foundation. Until his res...

12/11/2023

Gerald Breyer (/ˈbraɪər/; born August 15, 1938) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1994, and known for his pragmatic approach to c...

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Gerald Breyer (/ˈbraɪər/; born August 15, 1938) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1994, and known for his pragmatic approach to c...

12/10/2023

Tanya Marie Luhrmann (born 1959) is an American psychological anthropologist known for her studies of modern-day witches, charismatic Christians, and studies of how culture shapes psychotic, dissocia...

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Tanya Marie Luhrmann (born 1959) is an American psychological anthropologist known for her studies of modern-day witches, charismatic Christians, and studies of how culture shapes psychotic, dissocia...

12/9/2023

Nils Teodor Olofsson (1904 - 1980)

Nils Teodor Olofsson in Sweden Household Examination Books Birth : Oct 12 1904 Adolf Fredrik Stockholm Residence between 1919 and 1931 Raus , Malmöhus, Skåne, Sweden Wife : Hilma Ludvig Persson

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Nils Teodor Olofsson (1904 - 1980)

Nils Teodor Olofsson in Sweden Household Examination Books Birth : Oct 12 1904 Adolf Fredrik Stockholm Residence between 1919 and 1931 Raus , Malmöhus, Skåne, Sweden Wife : Hilma Ludvig Persson

11/12/2023

Rev. William Emerson MP (1769 - 1811)

Sixth-generation descendant of Mayflower voyagers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley through their daughter Hope; as this was an exclusively matriarchal lineage, Emerson carried Tilley's mitochondrial D...

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Rev. William Emerson MP (1769 - 1811)

Sixth-generation descendant of Mayflower voyagers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley through their daughter Hope; as this was an exclusively matriarchal lineage, Emerson carried Tilley's mitochondrial D...

10/29/2023

Matthew Clarkson (April 1733 – October 5, 1800) was the mayor of Philadelphia from 1792 to 1796. He was elected to the Confederation Congress in 1785, but did not attend. Biography Clarkson was born...

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Matthew Clarkson (April 1733 – October 5, 1800) was the mayor of Philadelphia from 1792 to 1796. He was elected to the Confederation Congress in 1785, but did not attend. Biography Clarkson was born...

9/8/2023

John Penington, MD (1768 - 1793)

~• a graduate of the Univ. of Penna.Born on xx, Died on Aged xx years, xx months, xx days.1793, 20 SeptemberWe have this evening been informed of ye deaths of Doct. John Penington, another son of Jacob...

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John Penington, MD (1768 - 1793)

~• a graduate of the Univ. of Penna.Born on xx, Died on Aged xx years, xx months, xx days.1793, 20 SeptemberWe have this evening been informed of ye deaths of Doct. John Penington, another son of Jacob...

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Edward Penington (1766 - 1834)

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Penington, the only son of Edward and Sarah (nee Shoemaker) Penington who married and left issue, was born May 8, 1766. He was associated in business with his eldest brother, Isaac Penington, as alread...

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Edward Penington (1766 - 1834)

"pennington"

Penington, the only son of Edward and Sarah (nee Shoemaker) Penington who married and left issue, was born May 8, 1766. He was associated in business with his eldest brother, Isaac Penington, as alread...

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John Penington (1799 - 1867)

John Penington (1799-1867), the son of Edward and Helena Lawrence (Holmes) Penington, was a bookseller in Philadelphia, Pa., and a member of the American Philosophical Society, having a "national reput...

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John Penington (1799 - 1867)

John Penington (1799-1867), the son of Edward and Helena Lawrence (Holmes) Penington, was a bookseller in Philadelphia, Pa., and a member of the American Philosophical Society, having a "national reput...

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Voir Wikipedia... Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, 1st Sovereign Prince of Beneventum (2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838) was a French diplomat. He worked successfully from the regime of Louis XVI, ...

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Voir Wikipedia... Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, 1st Sovereign Prince of Beneventum (2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838) was a French diplomat. He worked successfully from the regime of Louis XVI, ...

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and Brevet Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer (June 9, 1785 - September 7, 1872) also known as "the Father of West Point" was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point ...

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and Brevet Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer (June 9, 1785 - September 7, 1872) also known as "the Father of West Point" was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point ...

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Rev. John Andrews (1746 - 1813)

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~• a descendant of the famoius family of Maryland > direct to Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore Rev. John Andrews, D.D. (1746–1813): Colonial/American clergyman; 4th Provost (1810–13), 3rd Vice Prov...

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Rev. John Andrews (1746 - 1813)

"Reverend"

~• a descendant of the famoius family of Maryland > direct to Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore Rev. John Andrews, D.D. (1746–1813): Colonial/American clergyman; 4th Provost (1810–13), 3rd Vice Prov...

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