James Hutton
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~ Scottish geologist who described the processes that have shaped the surface of the earth (1726-1797)
James Hargreaves
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~ English inventor of the spinning jenny (1720-1778)
James I
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~ the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566-1625)
James Franck
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~ United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964)
James Harold Doolittle
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~ United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993)
James George Frazer
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~ English social anthropologist noted for studies of primitive religion and magic (1854-1941)
James IV
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~ a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
James Cook
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~ English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
James
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~ (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament
James Arthur Baldwin
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~ United States author who was an outspoken critic of racism (1924-1987)
James Abraham Garfield
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~ 20th President of the United States; assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker (1831-1881)
James Cagney
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~ United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986)
James Butler Hickock
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~ frontier marshal whose adventures have become legendary (1837-1876)
James Buchanan
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~ 15th President of the United States (1791-1868)
James Buchanan Brady
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~ United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917)
James Bay
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~ the southern extension of Hudson Bay in Canada between western Quebec and northeastern Ontario
James
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~ a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri
James Earl Carter
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~ 39th President of the United States (1924-)
James Agee
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~ United States novelist (1909-1955)
James Baldwin
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~ United States author who was an outspoken critic of racism (1924-1987)