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(Encyclopedia) Nobel Prizes
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J. H. Dunant
Frédéric Passy
J. H. van't Hoff
W. C. Roentgen
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Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from California Member Name Birth-Death ALLEN, John Joseph, Jr. 1899-1995 ANDERSON, Glenn Malcolm 1913-1994…
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