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Henry Chauncey

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Henry Chauncey, February 9, 1905-December 3, 2002, was an educator and a seminal figure in the development of standardized educational examinations. He worked closely with Conant on a national scholarship program designed to offer opportunity to students of academic promise from more-humble backgrounds and from secondary schools across the United States.

Author: Dugan, Kieran
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2003
Personality profile, Educators, Chauncey, Henry

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Al Hirschfeld

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Al Hirschfeld was a caricaturist who was most attracted to comedians who already were self-caricatures. He was honored with two Tony awards and saw the renaming of Martin Beck Theater to Al Hirschfeld Theater.

Author: Dugan, Kieran
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2003
Cartoonists, Cartoonists and animators, Animators, Hirschfeld, Al

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H.R. Trevor-Roper

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H.R. Trevor-Roper, a British historian author passed away on January 26, 2003. He was interested in history's individualistic contingencies and rejected liberal, determinist theories.

Author: Dugan, Kieran
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2003
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Historians, Trevor-Roper, H.R.R.

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