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Howlin’ Wolf
Name at birth: Chester Arthur BurnettHowlin' Wolf was the stage name of Chester Burnett, one of the most popular and influential blues artists in history, known for songs such as "Smokestack Lightnin…Thomas Wolfe
Thomas Clayton Wolfe was an American writer from North Carolina known for his autobiographical novels, especially Look Homeward, Angel and You Can't Go Home Again. He grew up in rural North Carolina…Rosbash, Michael Morris
(Encyclopedia) Rosbash, Michael Morris, 1944–, American geneticist, b. Kansas City, Mo., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1970. Rosbash has been a professor at Brandeis Univ. since 1974,…Sarazen, Gene
(Encyclopedia) Sarazen, GeneSarazen, Genesäˈrəzən [key], 1902–99, American golfer, b. Harrison, N.Y. The son of an Italian immigrant carpenter, he entered golf as a caddie at Rye, N.Y. In 1922—at the…Monckton, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Monckton, RobertMonckton, Robertmŭngkˈtən [key], 1726–82, British general. After service in Flanders and Germany during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48), he was sent (1752…biotechnology
(Encyclopedia) biotechnology, the use of biological processes, as through the exploitation and manipulation of living organisms or biological systems, in the development or manufacture of a product…Dawkins, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Dawkins, Richard (Clinton Richard Dawkins), 1941– British evolutionary biologist and ethologist, b. Kenya, Ph.D. Oxford, 1966. He was a research assistant under Nikolaas Tinbergen at…Lévis-Lauzon
(Encyclopedia) Lévis-LauzonLévis-Lauzonlēˈvĭs lōzôNˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 39,452), S Que., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River opposite Quebec. Settled in 1647, it was a base (1759) for Wolfe's siege…BRCA gene
(Encyclopedia) BRCA gene: see breast cancer.Fire, Andrew Zachary
(Encyclopedia) Fire, Andrew Zachary, 1959–, American geneticist, b. Palo Alto, Calif., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983. After a long association with the Carnegie Institution of…Trending
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