Mendelssohn is the surname of a number of people: Fanny Mendelssohn (1805 - 1847), composer and pianist, sister of Felix. Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), composer, grandson of Moses. Heinrich Mendelssohn (1881 - 1959), building tycoon. Moses Mendelssohn (1729 - 1786), Jewish philosopher. There are also a number of people with the variation Mendelsohn. Ben Mendelsohn (born 1969), Australian actor and musician. Erich Mendelsohn (1887-1953), Prussian architect.< ...

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See also: People named Weber Karl Wehber A medical researcher that lived in germany in the 17th century he helped discover the vacine for red fever ...

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The Gullah people are an African American population of African slave ancestry. They live in the Sea Islands and the nearby coastal low country region of South Carolina, Georgia and northern Florida. In Georgia, they are commonly referred to as Geechees. The origin of the name Gullah may be from Angola, a country in southwestern Africa where many of the Gullahs' ancestors came from. However, some believe it comes from Gola, a tribe living on the border area between Liberia and Sierra Leone in West Africa. Regardless of the origin of the name, the Gullah language and culture have clear African roots. < ...

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Religious leaders Gregory the Illuminator, (Gregory the Wonderworker) Gregory of Nyssa Gregory Nazianzus, Patriarch of Constantinople Gregory of Utrecht Patriarch Gregory II of Contanstinople Patriarch Gregory III of Contanstinople Patriarch Gregory IV of Contanstinople Gregory of Cappadocia, Patriarch of Alexandria Patriarch Gregory I of Alexandria Patriarch Gregory II of Alexandria Patriarch Gregory III of Alexandria Patriarch Gregory IV of Alexandria Patria ...

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Walker is also a common English surname. The name comes from the medieval profession of a ‘walker’- a person who trod on woollen clothes in a bath of urine in order to wash them. Walker, Aldace F., (1842-1901), American railroad business manager Walker, Alice, (born 1944), American author Walker, Antoine, (born 1976), American basketball player Walker, Benjamen, American radio personality Walker, C. J., African-American entrepreneur Walker, Cecil, Northern Irish politician See also:

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Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics recipients in the field of econometrics: Jan Tinbergen and Ragnar Frisch were awarded in 1969 (the first Nobel Price for Economic Sciences) for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes Lawrence Klein, Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, was awarded in 1980 for his computer modeling work in the field. Trygve Haavelmo was awarded in 1989. His main contribution to econometrics was his 1944 article (published in Eco ...

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After the company folded, people from Looking Glass went on to work at Ion Storm, Irrational Games, Harmonix, Arkane Studios and to found Digital Eel, amongst other later studios. Ion Storm developed Thief: Deadly Shadows, the third game in the Thief franchise. Ex-Looking Glass personnel have worked on such games as Deus Ex, Half-Life 2, while others are working on such games as The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, among others. The following people worked on projects with Looking Gl ...

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Stanford University - Presidents. David Starr Jordan (1891-1913) John Casper Branner (1913-1915) Ray Lyman Wilbur (1916-1943) Donald Bertrand Tresidder (1943-1948) J. E. Wallace Sterling (1949-1968) Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer (1968-1970) Richard Wall Lyman (1970-1980) Donald Kennedy (1980-1992) Gerhard Casper (1992-2000) John L. Hennessy (2000-present) See also:

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Omaha Nebraska - Famous people from Omaha. Adele Astaire – dancer, entertainer Fred Astaire – dancer, actor John Beasley - actor Steve Borden - professional wrestler better known by his stage name of Sting Marlon Brando – actor William Jennings Bryan – politician, orator Warren Buffett – billionaire investor Montgomery Clift – actor Eric Crouch – 2001 Heisman Trophy winner Chip Davis – musician, founder o ...

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The population in 2001 was 545,322, increasing 11.64% from 1991 to 2001, and 5.75% from 1981 to 1991. The people of the district are of a number of distinct ethnic or caste origins. However, political and economic domination is with those who bear the name of the area, the Kodava. Other communities have also been traditionally established in the district, including many recent migrants from neighbouring areas. See also:

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The people of Thar Desert are simple and brave. The main occupation of the people in desert is agriculture and animal husbandry. In past years there has been a tremendous increase in human population as well as animal population. This has led to improper control of grazing and extensive cultivation resulting into the deterioration of vegetation resources. The increase of human and livestock population in the desert has lead to deterioration in the ecosystem resulting in degradation of soil fertility. The living standa ...

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Chalmers University of Technology - Rectors Presidents. Although the official Swedish title for the head is "rektor", the university now uses "President" as the English translation. ...

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Black comedy - Authors. Bret Easton Ellis Céline Charles Bukowski Franz Kafka George Orwell Hunter S. Thompson Jim Thompson Joe Orton Kathy Acker Kurt Vonnegut Paddy Cheyefsky Terry Southern Thomas Pynchon Black comedy - Comedians. Andy Kaufman Bill Hicks David Cross Dennis Miller George Carlin Jim NortonSee also:

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The following people were born in Wolverhampton (source: The Book of British Birthplaces, A.J. & Marilyn Mullay, 2002): Frances Barber Sir William Maddock Bayliss Stephen Byers, former Cabinet Minister, Labour Party politician. Katie Fletcher - adult actress, later became a well read novelist . Sir Jack Hayward, OBE - Son of Wolverhampton factory owners. Self made millionaire. Great benefactor of many charities. Fighter pilot in the Second World War. President of Wolverhampton Wande ...

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The Bombay Presidency had a large and diverse population. The census of 1901 gave a total of 25,468,209, out of which the chief religions furnished the following numbers: 19,916,438 Hindu, 4,567,295 Muslim, 535,950 Jain, 78,552 Zoroastrian, and approximately 200,000 Christian. In Sind Islam had been the predominant religion from the Arab conquest in the 8th century. In Gujarat the predominant religion is Hinduism, although Muslim kingdoms have left their influence in many parts of the province. The Deccan is the home of the Marathi, w ...

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Main article: List of Uppsala University People As the dominant academic institution in Sweden for several centuries, Uppsala University has ever since its first period of expansion in the early part of the 17th century educated a large proportion of Swedish politicians and civil servants, from 17th century Chancellor of the Realm (rikskansler) Johan Oxenstierna (1611-1657) and Lord Chief Justice (riksdrots) Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622-1686) to the first Social Democratic Prime Minister of Sweden, Hjalmar Br ...

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University of Oslo - Nobel laureates. Five researchers at the University of Oslo have been rewarded with Nobel prizes: Fridtjof Nansen - 1922 - Peace Ragnar Frisch - 1969 - Economics Odd Hassel - 1969 - Chemistry Ivar Giæver - 1973 - Physics Trygve Haavelmo - 1989 - Economics University of Oslo - Natural sciences and mathematics. Atle Selberg (b. 1 ...

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University of Cologne - Rector. On November 24, 2004, Axel Freimuth was elected as the Rector of the University. His four-year term began on April 1, 2005. He succeeded Tassilo Küpper and is the 49th Rector since 1919. Before this, he was the dean of the School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. University of Cologne - Graduates. One of it's most illustrious graduates is Amos Grunebaum, who graduated in 1974 from the medical school. He left Germany and became one of the most f ...

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University of Kent - Chancellors. 1963-68 Her Royal Highness Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent CI GCVO GBE 1970-90 Jo Grimond (later Lord Grimond) 1990-95 Sir Robert Horton 1996- Sir Crispin Tickell GCMG KCVO University of Kent - Vice-Chancellors. 1963-1980 Dr Geoffrey Templeman 1980-1994 Dr D J E Ingram 1994-2001 Professor R Sibson ...

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North Carolina State University - Chief Executives. President Alexander Q. Holladay 1889-1899 George T. Winston 1899-1908 Daniel H. Hill, Jr. 1908-1916 Wallace Carl Riddick 1916-1923 Eugene C. Brooks 1923-1934 Dean of Administration John W. Harrelson 1934-1945 Chancellor John W. Harrelson 1945-1953 Carey Hoyt Bostian 1953-1959 John T. Caldwell 1959-1975 < ...

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At the end of 2004 the Turku region (including the economic districts of Turku and Åboland) had a population of 319,632, out of which 174,824 people lived in the city of Turku. The city's population density is 718 inhabitants per square kilometre, but is however decreasing at an annual rate of 1.3%. 89.4% of Turku's population speak Finnish as their native language, while 5.2% speak Swedish. The next most widely spoken languages are Russian (1.3%), Arabic (0.6%), Albanian (0.5%), and Kurdish (0.4%). 95.8% of the population are Finnis ...

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The 2001 Australian census reported that Victoria had 4,644,950 people, an increase of 6.2 per cent on the 1996 figure. The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates that by June 2005 the state's population had reached 5,022,300. A Victorian Government estimate puts the figure at 5,024,529. Victoria's founding Anglo-Celtic population has been supplemented by successive waves of migrants from southern and eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and, most recently, the Horn of Africa and Middle East. Victoria's population is ageing rapidly. The government predicts that nearly a quarte ...

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