Chadwick
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Florence (May), 1918–1995, U.S. long-distance swimmer.
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Henry, 1824–1908, U.S. sportswriter and baseball pioneer, born in England.
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George Whitefield, 1854–1931, U.S. composer.
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James, 1891–1974, English physicist: discoverer of the neutron; Nobel Prize 1935.
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Sir Edwin. 1800–90, British social reformer, known for his Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain (1842)
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Sir James. 1891–1974, British physicist: discovered the neutron (1932): Nobel prize for physics 1935
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Lynn ( Russell ). 1914–2003, British sculptor in metal
Example Sentences
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Its activist investing honcho, James Chadwick, once told a podcast his fund often gets involved at the prodding of a former insider or other person knowledgeable about a particular target company.
Fellow US actor Chadwick Boseman of "Black Panther" fame died from the same disease in 2020 at the age of 43.
From Barron's
"PFAS are very persistent in the environment, they are also bioaccumulative and they are also known to be toxic, those three things together gives our rise for concern about chemicals in the environment," said Dr Liz Chadwick, senior lecturer in biosciences at Cardiff University.
From BBC
She went on to win two CIF Southern Section titles at the Chadwick School and a Hermann Trophy at Stanford before starting a club career that took her to eight teams in three countries.
From Los Angeles Times
On 22 December, Bristol's Circuit Court will hear the clinic's case against an eviction notice served by their landlords, brothers Chase and Chadwick King in April 2024.
From BBC
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