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Nobel Prize for Physics

Below find every winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, from 1901 through 2016. For years not listed, no award was made. 1901Wilhelm K. Roentgen (Germany), for discovery of Roentgen…

Osler, Sir William

(Encyclopedia) Osler, Sir WilliamOsler, Sir Williamōˈslər [key], 1849–1919, Canadian physician, M.D. McGill Univ., 1872. Renowned as a physician and as a medical historian, he was also the most…

misericords

(Encyclopedia) misericordsmisericordsmĭzˌərəkôrdzˈ [key], carvings in Gothic churches that adorn choir stalls provided for the use of the clergy during services. The stalls were carved with biblical…

Mount Pleasant

(Encyclopedia) Mount Pleasant, city (1990 pop. 23,285), seat of Isabella co., central Mich., on the Chippewa River; settled before 1860, inc. as a city 1889. The city grew after oil was found nearby…

Norman

(Encyclopedia) Norman, city (1990 pop. 80,071), seat of Cleveland co., central Okla.; inc. 1891. It is the center of a livestock region. Oil wells, food processing, and printing and publishing…

Hunter, William

(Encyclopedia) Hunter, William, 1718–83, Scottish physician. He was famous as a lecturer, as London's leading obstetrician, as professor of anatomy and later president of the Royal Academy of Arts,…

Blackmore, Richard Doddridge

(Encyclopedia) Blackmore, Richard Doddridge, 1825–1900, English novelist. Although trained as a lawyer and called to the bar, he abandoned his legal career because of ill health. His reputation rests…

Grimké, Angelina Emily

(Encyclopedia) Grimké, Angelina EmilyGrimké, Angelina Emilygrĭmˈkē [key], 1805–79, American abolitionist and advocate of women's rights, b. Charleston, S.C. Converted to the Quaker faith by her elder…