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  • 45History of anatomy — The history of anatomy as a science extends from the earliest examinations of sacrificial victims to the sophisticated analyses of the body performed by modern scientists. It has been characterized, over time, by a continually developing… …

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  • 46literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 47Jane Austen — A watercolour and pencil sketch of Jane, believed to have been drawn from life by her sister …

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  • 48Margaret Cross Norton — Born July 7, 1891 Rockford, Illinois Died May 21, 1984 Occupation …

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  • 49A Memoir of Jane Austen — Victorianized portrait of Jane Austen produced for the Memoir A Memoir of Jane Austen is a biography of the novelist Jane Austen (1775–1817) published in 1869 by her nephew James Edward Austen Leigh. A second edition was published in 1871 which… …

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