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  • Glenn T. Seaborg (112)

    Glenn Theodore Seaborg was an American scientist whose involvement in the synthesis, discovery...

  • Lee Da-hae (40)

    Lee Da-hae, is a South Korean actress and model. She is best known for her roles in Korean...

  • Mateo Cerezo (387)

    Mateo Cerezo was a Baroque Spanish painter. In 1654 he moved to Madrid and studied with Juan...

  • Thomas Walker Arnold (160)

    Sir Thomas Walker Arnold was an eminent British orientalist and historian of Islamic art who...

  • Fellner & Helmer (177)

    Fellner & Helmer was an architecture studio founded in 1873 by Austrian architects Ferdinand...

  • Napoleon B. Broward (167)

    Napoleon Bonaparte Broward was a river pilot and captain before becoming a politician; he was...

  • Worth G. Ross (170)

    Worth G. Ross is known as the third Commandant of the Coast Guard, although he was never...

  • Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork (195)

    Richard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork KP, PC, styled Viscount Dungarvan between...

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    steele_n
    I was not able to find anything on the famous artist Do Ho Suh
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  • courtneye
    courtneye
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  • Kathleen Castillo
    Kathleen Castillo
    Is there a way to search by last name only?
    LikeReply 146 years ago
    • STANDS4
      STANDS4
      Hey Kathleen -- great idea! We've just added the option to also search by last name...
      LikeReply 135 years ago
  • Olynthia Hamilton
    Olynthia Hamilton
    I was not able to find anything on the famous artist Do Ho Suh
    LikeReply 87 years ago
  • Ibrahim Mahmoud
    Ibrahim Mahmoud
    Luciano Vssalo was an Ethiopian Foot Ball Player / Captain / Coach of the Ethiopian National Team. In 1962 the National Team has won the 3rd African Cup against Egypt. Ethiopia 4 - 2 Egypt .
    LikeReply 88 years ago

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