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profile name: Annie Jump Cannon
profile occupation: Astronomer
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profile name: Boris Godunov
profile occupation: Political Leader
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profile name: Muriel Spark
profile occupation: Literary Critic, Academic Author, Publisher, Author, Poet
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profile name: Georges Duhamel
profile occupation: Author
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