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| 1. | James, 1682–1754, Scottish architect and author. |
| 2. | Josiah Willard, 1839–1903, U.S. physicist. |
| 3. | Oliver Wol⋅cott [woo l-kuht] , 1822–1908, U.S. chemist and educator. |
| 4. | Sir Philip, 1877–1962, English journalist and writer. |
James Gibbs
Scottish architect whose synthesis of Italian and English modes, exemplified in his church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, set a standard for 18th-century British and American church architecture.
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