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Basilios Bessarion
Basilios (or Basilius) Bessarion (Greek: Βασίλειος Βησσαρίων; 2 January 1403 – 18 November 1472), a Roman Catholic cardinal bishop and the titular Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, was one of the illustrious Greek scholars who contributed to the great revival of letters in the 15th century. He was educated by Gemistus Pletho in Neoplatonic philosophy. Later, he became a Rom
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Beatrice Aitchison
Beatrice Aitchison (July 18, 1908 – September 22, 1997) was an American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist who directed the Transport Economics Division of the United States Department of Commerce,[1] and later became the top woman in the United States Postal Service and the first policy-level appointee there.[2] Aitchison's mother was a musician and her father, Clyde
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Beatrice Heuser
Beatrice Heuser (born 15 March 1961 in Bangkok), is an historian and political scientist. She has a chair of International Relations at the University of Glasgow. Heuser has a B.A. in History from Bedford College, a M.A. in International History from the London School of Economics and a D.Phil. in Political Science from the University of Oxford. In addition, she holds a Higher Doctorate from the
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Beatrice M. Sweeney
Eleanor Beatrice Marcy "Beazy" Sweeney (1914-08-11–1989-07-17) was an United States of America plant physiologist and a pioneering investigator into circadian rhythms. She was Professor, Emerita at University of California, Santa Barbara. Having started her career as a botanist, serendipity led her to dinoflagellate research. She investigated circadian rhythms in photoluminescent dinoflagella
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Beatrice Wood
Beatrice Wood (March 3, 1893 – March 12, 1998) was an United States artist and studio potter involved in the Avant Garde movement in the United States; she founded and edited The Blind Man magazine in New York City with French artist Marcel Duchamp and writer Henri-Pierre Roché in 1917.[1] She had earlier studied art and theater in Paris, and was working in New York as an actress. She later w
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Ben Horowitz
Benjamin Abraham Horowitz (born June 13, 1966) is an American businessman, investor, blogger, and author. He is a high technology entrepreneur and co-founder and general partner along with Marc Andreessen of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He previously co-founded and served as president and chief executive officer of the enterprise software company Opsware, which Hewlett-Packard a
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Ben Shapiro
Benjamin Aaron Shapiro (born January 15, 1984)[1] is an American conservative political commentator, public speaker, media executive, author, and attorney. At age 17, he became the youngest nationally syndicated columnist in the United States.[2][3][4] He writes columns for Creators Syndicate and Newsweek, serves as editor-in-chief for The Daily Wire, which he founded, and hosts The Ben Shapiro
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Benedict Friedlaender
Benedict Friedlaender (8 July 1866 – 21 June 1908; first name occasionally spelled Benedikt) was a Germany Jewish sexologist, sociologist, economist, volcanologist, and physicist. Friedlaender was born in Berlin as the son of Carl Friedlaender (1817–1876), a professor of economics. His grandfather was Nathan Friedlaender (died 1830), a Berlin physician and university lecturer. Among his sib
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Benedikt Ledebur
Benedikt Ledebur is a poet, essayist and critic based in Vienna, Austria. Ledebur was editor of two issues of Der Ficker – a homage to the bimonthly Der Brenner (de) of Ludwig von Ficker (de) – in 2005 and 2006.[1] They were published on the occasion of exhibitions in Austria and Belgium showing among other Franz West, Clegg & Guttmann, Rudolf Polanszky and Tamuna Sirbiladze.[2] Ledebur w
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Benjamin Allen Goldman
Benjamin A. Goldman (also known as Benjamin Allen Goldman, Ben Goldman) is an entrepreneur, author, artist, and inventor from the USA. He was an advisor to the Clinton Administration, serving as a Charter Member of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (1994-1995), a committee member of the President's Council on Sustainable Development(1994-1995).[1][2][3][4] Goldman was born t
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