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  • 31William E. Gordon — (born January 8 1918) is a physicist and astronomer. He is referred to as the father of the Arecibo Observatory . Born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey, he received a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University in 1953. He… …

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  • 32Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts — For the drug, para chlorophenylalanine, see Fenclonine. The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts is a community college located at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California. This institution on California’s Central Coast not only… …

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  • 33Distinction (philosophy) — For Pierre Bourdieu s book, Distinction, see La distinction. Distinction, the fundamental philosophical abstraction, involves the recognition of difference. Cybernetics deals with the rational paradox of self reference by distinguishing it from… …

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  • 34David B. Malament — (born 1947) is an American philosopher of science. He attended Stuyvesant High School and received a B.A. in mathematics 1968 at Columbia College and Ph.D. in philosophy 1975 at Rockefeller University. After teaching for nearly a quarter century… …

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  • 35Billy Dudley — Billy Joseph Stanley Oritsesaninomi Dudley (10 November 1931 23 December 1980) was a leading Nigerian political scientist, working mostly at the University of Ibadan (UI), which he joined in 1959. [http://www.ui.edu.ng/deptpoliticalscience.htm… …

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  • 36Kunihiko Hashimoto — Nihongo|Kunihiko or Qunihico Hashimoto|橋本 國彦|Hashimoto Kunihiko|extra=September 14, 1904 – May 6, 1949 was a Japanese composer, violinist, conductor, and musical educator. He was born in the Hongo district of Tokyo. In 1923, he entered the Tokyo… …

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  • 37Anthony Glavin — (August 7 1945 – November 14 2006) was an Irish poet and Professor of Music at the Royal Irish Academy.BiographyAnthony Glavin was born in Dublin to Kathleen and James J. Glavin. His father fought in the War of Independence and later went on to… …

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  • 38Charles O'Brien (colonial governor) — Lieutenant Colonel Sir Charles Richard Mackey O Brien KCMG (13 December 1859–29 November 1935) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. O Brien was the youngest son of Sir Terence O Brien, Governor of Heligoland and afterwards of… …

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  • 39Donald Nicolson — For the Reverend Donald MacNicol of Lismore (1735 1802), see Donald MacNicol. The Reverend Donald Nicolson of Scorrybreac (died between 1698 and 1702) was an Episcopalian minister of Kilmuir in the Isle of Skye and head of the Clan MacNeacail, or …

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  • 40DUBERMAN, MARTIN B. — DUBERMAN, MARTIN B. (1930– ), U.S. historian and playwright. Duberman, who was born in New York City, entered Yale University in 1948 and received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. From 1957 to 1961, he was history instructor at Yale.… …

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