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Malcolm X
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Malcolm X
Civil Rights Activist, Minister / 1925 - 1965
African-American leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism in the 1950s and '60s.
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Gertrude B. Elion
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- Famous Aquarians
- Famous Chemists
Gertrude B. Elion
Chemist / 1918 - 1999
American biochemist and pharmacologist Gertrude B. Elion helped develop drugs to treat leukemia and prevent kidney transplant rejection. She won a Nobel Prize for medicine in 1988.
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Eric Liddell
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- Famous Missionaries
- Famous People Named Eric
Eric Liddell
Track and Field Athlete, Missionary / 1902 - 1945
British runner Eric Lidell won a gold medal in the 1924 Olympic Games. The movie Chariots of Fire (1981) tells the story of his triumph.
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Mary Walker
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- Famous Women's Rights Activists
- Famous Surgeons
Mary Walker
Women's Rights Activist, Doctor, Nurse, Surgeon / 1832 - 1919
Mary Walker was a physician and women's rights activist who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for her service during the Civil War.
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Frederick Grant Banting
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- Famous Inventors
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Frederick Grant Banting
Inventor, Doctor / 1891 - 1941
Sir Frederick Grant Banting was a Canadian scientist and doctor, whose research led to the discovery of insulin to treat diabetic patients.
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Benedict de Spinoza
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- Famous Academics
- Famous Sagittarians
- Famous Philosophers
Benedict de Spinoza
Philosopher / 1632 - 1677
Dutch philosopher Benedict de Spinoza was expelled from his synagogue for his rationalist ideas about God, which he later published in his 1677 work, Ethics.
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profile name: Eric Liddell profile occupation: Track and Field Athlete, Missionary
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profile name: Mary Walker profile occupation: Women's Rights Activist, Doctor, Nurse, Surgeon
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profile name: Gertrude B. Elion profile occupation: Chemist
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profile name: Frederick Grant Banting profile occupation: Inventor, Doctor
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