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landscape architect, farmerBorn: circa 1902Birthplace: Osaka, Japan Raised in Japan, Taniguchi immigrated to Stockton, Calif., as a teenager in 1915. He was a farmer in California, raising bonsai…
writer, editor, actorBorn: 3/18/1927Birthplace: New York City Tall professional author and editor who also makes cameo appearances in films. Thoroughly educated, first at Phillips Exeter Academy in…
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(Encyclopedia) Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander Milne)Milne, A. A.mĭln, mĭl [key], 1882–1956, English author. Milne began his literary career as a journalist and later became a regular contributor to…
(Encyclopedia) Kantrowitz, AdrianKantrowitz, Adriankănˈtrəwĭtsˌ [key], 1918–2008, American surgeon, b. New York City, grad. New York Univ. (1940). The son of a physician, Kantrowitz received his M.D…
