Holmes Rolston III

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Born	November 19, 1932 (age 92) • Virginia
Awards And Honors	Templeton Prize (2003)
Notable Works	“Is There an Ecological Ethic?” • “Science and Religion”

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Robert Bly

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Helen Gurley Brown

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Helen Marot

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Robert E. Sherwood

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Eric Hoffer

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Lydia Maria Child

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Allan Bloom

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Louis Adamic

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Jack Conroy

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Donald Davidson

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L.H. Sigourney

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Mary Gove Nichols

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Peter Singer

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Bernard de Mandeville

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Martin Rees

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Jim Backus

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Norman Maclean

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