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American basketball player and coach. A center for the Boston Celtics (1956-1969), he led his team to victory in 11 National Basketball Association championships (1957, 1959-1966 and 1968-1969). |
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Irish writer and nationalist who was a leader of the Irish literary renaissance at the turn of the 20th century. |
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British politician who served as prime minister (1846-1852 and 1865-1866) and advocated parliamentary reform. |
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American religious leader who founded (1884) the sect now called Jehovah's Witnesses. |
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American astronomer who developed a theory of stellar evolution and devised the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. |
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