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Paul Ricoeur (1913 - 2005)

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Peter Stephen Paul Brook MP (1925 - 2022)

Peter Stephen Paul Brook, CH, CBE (born 21 March 1925) is an English theatre and film director who has been based in France since the early 1970s. He has won multiple Tony and Emmy Awards, a Laurence...

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Peter Stephen Paul Brook MP (1925 - 2022)

Peter Stephen Paul Brook, CH, CBE (born 21 March 1925) is an English theatre and film director who has been based in France since the early 1970s. He has won multiple Tony and Emmy Awards, a Laurence...

11/15/2022

Andrzej Wajda MP (1926 - 2016)

Andrzej Witold Wajda Andrzej Wajda on Wikipedia in English Andrzej Wajda (born 6 March 1926) is a Polish film director. Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he is possibly the most prominent member of the...

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1/4/2009
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Andrzej Wajda MP (1926 - 2016)

Andrzej Witold Wajda Andrzej Wajda on Wikipedia in English Andrzej Wajda (born 6 March 1926) is a Polish film director. Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he is possibly the most prominent member of the...

11/15/2022

Akira Kurosawa 黒澤明 MP (1910 - 1998)

Kurosawa (Japanese: 黒澤明, Hepburn: Kurosawa Akira, March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning fifty-seven years. He is regard...

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Akira Kurosawa 黒澤明 MP (1910 - 1998)

Kurosawa (Japanese: 黒澤明, Hepburn: Kurosawa Akira, March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning fifty-seven years. He is regard...

11/15/2022

Bruno Latour MP (1947 - 2022)

Bruno Latour (French: [latu%CA%81]; 22 June 1947 – 9 October 2022) was a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist.[4] He was especially known for his work in the field of science and technolo...

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Bruno Latour MP (1947 - 2022)

Bruno Latour (French: [latu%CA%81]; 22 June 1947 – 9 October 2022) was a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist.[4] He was especially known for his work in the field of science and technolo...

11/15/2022

Ching W. Tang (Chinese: 鄧青雲) is an American physical chemist. He was born in Yuen Long, Hong Kong in 1947. Tang currently is the Doris Johns Cherry Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department, Uni...

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Ching W. Tang (Chinese: 鄧青雲) is an American physical chemist. He was born in Yuen Long, Hong Kong in 1947. Tang currently is the Doris Johns Cherry Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department, Uni...

11/15/2022

Robert G. Roeder (born June 3, 1942, in Boonville, Indiana, United States) is an American biologist. He is known as a pioneer in eukaryotic transcription. He is the recipient of the Gairdner Foundation...

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Robert G. Roeder (born June 3, 1942, in Boonville, Indiana, United States) is an American biologist. He is known as a pioneer in eukaryotic transcription. He is the recipient of the Gairdner Foundation...

11/15/2022

Jürgen Habermas (born 18 June 1929) is a German philosopher and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. He is perhaps best known for his theories on communicative rationality an...

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Jürgen Habermas (born 18 June 1929) is a German philosopher and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. He is perhaps best known for his theories on communicative rationality an...

3/7/2019

Roy Lichtenstein MP (1923 - 1997)

Fox Lichtenstein (pronounced /ˈlɪktənˌstaɪn/; October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American pop artist. During the 1960s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist among other...

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10/27/2014
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Roy Lichtenstein MP (1923 - 1997)

Fox Lichtenstein (pronounced /ˈlɪktənˌstaɪn/; October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American pop artist. During the 1960s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist among other...

3/7/2019

John Maynard Smith (1920 - 2004)

Wikipedia contributors. " John Maynard Smith ." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.

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John Maynard Smith (1920 - 2004)

Wikipedia contributors. " John Maynard Smith ." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.

3/2/2019

Obituary, Tony Pawson 1952–2013 Anthony "Tony" James Pawson, OC OOnt CH FRS FRSC (October 18, 1952 – August 7, 2013), was a British-born Canadian scientist whose research has revolutionized the underst...

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Obituary, Tony Pawson 1952–2013 Anthony "Tony" James Pawson, OC OOnt CH FRS FRSC (October 18, 1952 – August 7, 2013), was a British-born Canadian scientist whose research has revolutionized the underst...

3/2/2019

Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare FRS FREng , commonly known as Tony Hoare or C. A. R. Hoare , is a British computer scientist. He developed the sorting algorithm quicksort in 1959/1960. He also develop...

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Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare FRS FREng , commonly known as Tony Hoare or C. A. R. Hoare , is a British computer scientist. He developed the sorting algorithm quicksort in 1959/1960. He also develop...

7/6/2017

Donald Knuth MP

Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, United States

Donald Ervin Knuth (born January 10, 1938) is an American computer scientist, mathematician, and professor emeritus at Stanford University.He is the author of the multi-volume work The Art of Computer ...

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Donald Knuth MP

Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, United States

Donald Ervin Knuth (born January 10, 1938) is an American computer scientist, mathematician, and professor emeritus at Stanford University.He is the author of the multi-volume work The Art of Computer ...

7/6/2017

Robert Samuel Langer Biography -- Academy of Achievement. (last revised on Oct 27, 2015). Retrieved Feb 23, 2016. Robert Samuel Langer, Jr. FREng (born August 29, 1948 in Albany, New York) is an Americ...

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Robert Samuel Langer Biography -- Academy of Achievement. (last revised on Oct 27, 2015). Retrieved Feb 23, 2016. Robert Samuel Langer, Jr. FREng (born August 29, 1948 in Albany, New York) is an Americ...

7/6/2017

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012, Shinya Yamanaka, Biographical Shinya Yamanaka - 山中 伸弥 (born September 4, 1962) is a Japanese Nobel Prize-winning stem cell researcher . He serves as the ...

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012, Shinya Yamanaka, Biographical Shinya Yamanaka - 山中 伸弥 (born September 4, 1962) is a Japanese Nobel Prize-winning stem cell researcher . He serves as the ...

7/6/2017

Leonard Arthur Herzenberg MP (1931 - 2013)

Arthur "Len" Herzenberg (November 5, 1931 – October 27, 2013) was an immunologist, geneticist and professor at Stanford University. His contributions to the development of cell biology made it possible...

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5/12/2008
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Leonard Arthur Herzenberg MP (1931 - 2013)

Arthur "Len" Herzenberg (November 5, 1931 – October 27, 2013) was an immunologist, geneticist and professor at Stanford University. His contributions to the development of cell biology made it possible...

7/6/2017

Kurt Wüthrich (born October 4, 1938 in Aarberg, Canton of Bern) is a Swiss chemist and Nobel Chemistry laureate. Biography Born in Aarberg, Switzerland, Wüthrich was educated in chemistry, physics, and...

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Kurt Wüthrich (born October 4, 1938 in Aarberg, Canton of Bern) is a Swiss chemist and Nobel Chemistry laureate. Biography Born in Aarberg, Switzerland, Wüthrich was educated in chemistry, physics, and...

7/6/2017

Paul Christian Lauterbur (May 6, 1929 – March 27, 2007) was an American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield for his work which made the development...

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Paul Christian Lauterbur (May 6, 1929 – March 27, 2007) was an American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield for his work which made the development...

7/6/2017

Sydney Brenner , CH FRS FMedSci (born 13 January 1927) is a South African biologist and a 2002 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate, shared with H. Robert Horvitz and John Sulston.Brenner mad...

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Sydney Brenner , CH FRS FMedSci (born 13 January 1927) is a South African biologist and a 2002 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate, shared with H. Robert Horvitz and John Sulston.Brenner mad...

7/6/2017

Zhores Ivanovich Alferov - Жоре́с Ива́нович Алфёров (March 15, 1930 - March 2, 2019) is a Belarusian, Soviet and Russian physicist and academic who contributed significantly to the creation of modern h...

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Zhores Ivanovich Alferov - Жоре́с Ива́нович Алфёров (March 15, 1930 - March 2, 2019) is a Belarusian, Soviet and Russian physicist and academic who contributed significantly to the creation of modern h...

7/6/2017