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Relating to public figures or personalities, celebrities or otherwise, who have made significant progress in their particular professional field, or who have helped or influenced wider society to an outstanding degree.
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Randi Altschul
People; Scientists
In November of 1999 Randice-Lisa "Randi" Altschul was issued a series of patents for the world's first disposable cell phone. Trademarked the Phone-Card-Phone®, the ...
Carl Djerassi
People; Scientists
Known as the "The Father of the Pill," Carl Djerassi was a former professor of chemistry at Stanford University. His invention of the birth control pill significantly changed ...
Anders Celsius
People; Scientists
Anders Celsius was born in Uppsala, Sweden, on November 27, 1701. Anders Celsius was an astronomer who invented the Celsius temperature scale, the most widely used in the world ...
Sanborn
People; Scientists
Franklin Benjamin Sanborn was part of the second wave of transcendentalists. He is known for being a writer of many of the key figures memoirs.
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