(Encyclopedia) Stern, Fritz Richard, 1926–2016, American historian and educator, b. Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), grad. Columbia (B.A., 1946; M.A., 1948; Ph.D., 1953). Although his family…
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SongRichard Le GallienneShe's somewhere in the sunlight strong,
Her tears are in the falling rain,
She calls me in the wind's soft song,
And with the flowers she comes again.Yon bird is but…
Richard DollAge: 92 British epidemiologist who was among the first scientists to link smoking with such diseases as lung cancer and emphysema. His work also showed that radiation and asbestos…
Richard FleischerAge: 89 film director whose hits include 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Tora! Tora! Tora!, and Fantastic Voyage. Died: Los Angeles, March 25, 2006Cy FeuerA - FGerald R. Ford…
Richard PoughAge: 99 ecologist who was a founder of the Nature Conservancy. He spent his entire career protecting threatened and endangered species of birds. He wrote the Audobon Bird Guide.…
Richard Denningactor Best known for his role as the Governor of Hawaii in Hawaii Five-O. Denning's film credits include Some Like it Hot, The Creature From the Black Lagoon and An Affair to…
Richard SchultesAge: 86 considered the father of ethnobotany, Schultes spent months at a time in the Amazon, chronicling the use of plants by Colombia's indigenous population. He examined…
Richard ScammonAge: 85 elections expert and political scientist whose encyclopedic knowledge of election results, polls, and census figures made him an invaluable source for journalists and…
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