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Claude Bernard facts

claude-bernard-was-a-french-physiologist
claude-bernard-received-his-early-education-in-the-jesuit-school-of-that-town-and-then-proceeded-to-the-college-at-lyon-which-however-he-soon-left-to-become-assistant-in-a-druggists-shop
in-the-year-1868-claude-bernard-was-also-admitted-a-member-of-the-academie-francaise-and-elected-a-foreign-member-of-the-royal-swedish-academy-of-sciences
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Claude Lévi-Strauss facts

claude-levi-strauss-was-a-french-anthropologist-and-ethnologist
after-the-french-capitulation-in-1940-claude-levi-strauss-was-employed-at-a-lycee-in-montpellier-but-then-was-dismissed-under-the-vichy-racial-laws
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Ptolemy facts

claudius-ptolemy-was-a-greek-writer-known-as-a-mathematician-astronomer-geographer-astrologer-and-poet-of-a-single-epigram-in-the-greek-anthology
ptolemys-second-is-the-geography-which-is-a-thorough-discussion-of-the-geographic-knowledge-of-the-greco-roman-world
ptolemys-other-main-work-is-his-geography-also-called-the-geographia-a-compilation-of-geographical-coordinates-of-the-part-of-the-world-known-to-the-roman-empire-during-his-time
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Clyde Tombaugh facts

clyde-william-tombaugh-was-an-american-astronomer
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Daniel Bernoulli facts

daniel-bernoulli-was-a-swiss-mathematician-and-physicist-and-was-one-of-the-many-prominent-mathematicians-in-the-bernoulli-family
daniel-bernoulli-went-to-st-petersburg-in-1724-as-professor-of-mathematics-but-was-very-unhappy-there-and-a-temporary-illness-in-1733-gave-him-an-excuse-for-leaving-st-petersberg
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David Bohm facts

david-joseph-bohm-was-an-american-scientist-who-has-been-described-as-one-of-the-most-significant-theoretical-physicists-of-the-20th-century
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David Hilbert facts

david-hilbert-was-a-german-mathematician
in-late-1872-david-hilbert-entered-the-friedrichskolleg-gymnasium-but-after-an-unhappy-period-he-transferred-to-late-1879-and-graduated-from-early-1880-the-more-science-oriented-wilhelm-gymnasium
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Dian Fossey facts

dian-fossey-was-an-american-zoologist-primatologist-and-anthropologist
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Dmitri Mendeleev facts

dmitri-ivanovich-mendeleev-was-a-russian-chemist-and-inventor
in-1865-dmitri-mendeleev-became-doctor-of-science-for-his-dissertation-on-the-combinations-of-water-with-alcohol
even-after-the-divorce-dmitri-mendeleev-was-technically-a-bigamist-the-russian-orthodox-church-required-at-least-seven-years-before-lawful-remarriage
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Dorothy Hodgkin facts

dorothy-mary-hodgkin-known-professionally-as-dorothy-crowfoot-hodgkin-or-simply-dorothy-hodgkin-was-a-british-biochemist
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Donna Hylton facts

donna-hylton-is-a-jamaican-american-activist
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E. O. Wilson facts

e-o-wilson-was-born-in-birmingham-alabama-according-to-his-autobiography-naturalist-he-grew-up-mostly-around-washington-dc-and-in-the-countryside-around-mobile-alabama
from-an-early-age-e-o-wilson-was-interested-in-natural-history-his-parents-edward-and-inez-wilson-divorced-when-he-was-seven
in-1971-e-o-wilson-published-the-book-the-insect-societies-about-the-biology-of-social-insects-like-ants-bees-wasps-and-termites-in-1973-wilson-was-appointed-curator-of-insects-at-the-museum-of-comparative-zoology
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Edmond Halley facts

edmond-or-edmund-halley-was-an-english-astronomer-geophysicist-mathematician-meteorologist-and-physicist
in-1686-edmond-halley-published-the-second-part-of-the-results-from-his-helenian-expedition-being-a-paper-and-chart-on-trade-winds-and-monsoons
edmond-halley-succeeded-john-flamsteed-in-1720-as-astronomer-royal-a-position-halley-held-until-his-death
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Edward Jenner facts

edward-jenner-was-an-english-physician-and-scientist-who-was-the-pioneer-of-smallpox-vaccine-the-worlds-first-vaccine
in-2002-edward-jenner-was-named-in-the-bbcs-list-of-the-100-greatest-britons
from-18121813-edward-jenner-served-as-worshipful-master-of-royal-berkeley-lodge-of-faith-and-friendship
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Edward Teller facts

edward-teller-was-a-hungarian-american-theoretical-physicist
edward-teller-was-a-co-founder-of-lawrence-livermore-national-laboratory-llnl-and-was-both-its-director-and-associate-director-for-many-years
edward-teller-was-also-named-as-part-of-the-group-of-us-scientists-who-were-time-magazines-people-of-the-year-in-1960
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