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Annie Jump Cannon
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Annie Jump Cannon
Astronomer / 1863 - 1941
Annie Jump Cannon was a pioneering astronomer responsible for the classification of hundreds of thousands of stars.
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Georges Duhamel
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Boris Godunov
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Boris Godunov
Political Leader / 1551 - 1605
Boris Godunov was a Russian statesman who was chief adviser to Tsar Fyodor I and was himself elected tsar after the extinction of the Rurik dynasty. -
Muriel Spark
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Muriel Spark
Literary Critic, Academic Author, Publisher, Author, Poet / 1918 - 2006
Dame Muriel Spark was a Scottish novelist, poet and literary critic best known for her novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
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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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