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Barbara McClintock
Name at birth: Eleanor McClintockScientist Barbara McClintock was given the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1983, in recognition of her decades-long work on the genetics of maize. Educated…James Rouse
James W. Rouse was an urban planner and real estate developer who pioneered indoor malls and is often credited with rejuvenating downtown areas in the United States during the 1970s. Rouse co-…James King
Name at birth: Jamie King James (now Jaime) King was a famously troubled teen supermodel of the 1990s; she was "discovered" at 14, a success at 15 and a heroin user at 16. After well-publicized…S.E. Hinton
Name at birth: Susan Eloise HintonS.E. Hinton was just 17 years old when she sold her first novel, The Outsiders, a modern classic of teen literature which has been alternately praised and condemned…Jaffa
(Encyclopedia) JaffaJaffajăfˈə, yäˈfä [key], Heb. Yafo, part of Tel Aviv, W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Originally a Phoenician city, Jaffa has been historically important largely…Akko
(Encyclopedia) Akko Akko ăkˈō [key] or Acre Acre āˈkər, äˈ– [key], Fr. Saint-Jean d'Acre, Arab. Acca, city, NW Israel, a port on the Bay of Haifa (an…Dorset
(Encyclopedia) Dorset, county, 1,025 sq mi (2,655 sq km), SW England, on the English Channel. The county seat is Dorchester, and the county is divided…Hutchinson, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711–80, colonial governor of Massachusetts (1771–74) and historian, b. Boston. A descendant of Anne Hutchinson, he was a man of wealth and prominence, of learning…Henry the Navigator
(Encyclopedia) Henry the Navigator, 1394–1460, prince of Portugal, patron of exploration. Because he fought with extraordinary valor in the Portuguese conquest of Ceuta (1415), he was created duke of…Jersey City
(Encyclopedia) Jersey City, city (1990 pop. 228,537), seat of Hudson co., NE N.J., a port on a peninsula formed by the Hudson and Hackensack rivers and Upper New York Bay, opposite lower Manhattan;…Trending
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