British physician. He won a 1902 Nobel Prize for demonstrating that malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes. |
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American politician who was elected (1924) to complete her deceased husband's term as governor of Wyoming (1925-1927), thereby becoming the first woman governor in the United States. |
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British naval officer and Arctic explorer whose expeditions (1818 and 1829-1833) in search of the Northwest Passage yielded important geographic information. |
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British polar explorer who located the north magnetic pole (1831). On an Antarctic expedition (1839-1843), he discovered Victoria Land and the Ross Sea. |
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American publisher who founded and edited (1925-1951) the New Yorker magazine. |
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American seamstress who, according to tradition, made the first American flag (June 1776) at the request of George Washington. |
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