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Also Known As Kenneth Vivian Thimann
Born August 5, 1904 • Ashford • England
Died January 15, 1997 (aged 92) • Pennsylvania
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German botanist
Albrecht von Haller, detail of an engraving by Ambroise Tardieu after a portrait by Sigmund Freudenberger
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Pfeffer, Wilhelm
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Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose.
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Mirbel, Charles-François Brisseau de
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Carl Cori
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Bruce A. Beutler.
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