American poet whose artful and innovative works, including "Peter Quince at the Clavier" and "Sunday Morning" (both 1915), concern the role of imagination in bringing order to a chaotic world. |
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American biologist whose studies on insect chromosomes led to the discovery of the chromosomal determination of sex. |
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