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| 1. | Adam, 1723–90, Scottish economist. |
| 2. | Alfred E(manuel), 1873–1944, U.S. political leader. |
| 3. | Bessie, 1894?–1937, U.S. singer. |
| 4. | Charles Henry (“Bill Arp” ), 1826–1903, U.S. humorist. |
| 5. | David, 1906–65, U.S. sculptor. |
| 6. | Edmond Kir⋅by [kur-bee] , 1824–93, Confederate general in the Civil War. |
| 7. | Francis Hopkinson, 1838–1915, U.S. novelist, painter, and engineer. |
| 8. | George, 1840–76, English archaeologist and Assyriologist. |
| 9. | Hamilton Othanel, born 1931, U.S. microbiologist, codiscoverer of restriction enzymes: Nobel prize 1978. |
| 10. | Hannah Whit⋅all [hwit-awl, wit‑] , 1832–1911, U.S. writer and evangelist. |
| 11. | Ian Douglas, born 1919, Rhodesian political leader: prime minister 1964–79. |
| 12. | Jed⋅e⋅di⋅ah Strong [jed-uh-dahy-uh -strawng, strong] , 1799–1831, U.S. trapper and explorer, one of the mountain men in the early American West. |
| 13. | John, 1580–1631, English adventurer and colonist in Virginia. |
| 14. | Joseph, 1805–44, U.S. religious leader: founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 15. | Julia Ev⋅e⋅li⋅na [ev-uh-lahy-nuh] , 1792–1886, U.S. suffragist. |
| 16. | Kathryn Elizabeth (Kate), 1909–86, U.S. singer. |
| 17. | Lo⋅gan Pear⋅sall [loh-guhn peer-sawl] , 1865–1946, U.S. essayist in England. |
| 18. | Margaret Chase, 1897–1995, U.S. politician. |
| 19. | Michael, 1932–2000, Canadian biochemist, born in England: Nobelprize 1993. |
| 20. | Oliver, 1918–1994, U.S. set designer and theatrical producer. |
| 21. | Red (Walter Wellesley Smith), 1905–82, U.S. sports journalist. |
| 22. | Sydney, 1771–1845, English clergyman, writer, and wit. |
| 23. | Tony, 1912–80, U.S. sculptor. |
| 24. | William, 1769–1839, English geologist. |
| 25. | a male given name. |
| Smith, Jedediah Strong 1799-1831. American trader and explorer who opened a number of trade routes throughout the West. |
Smith (smĭth), Hamilton Othanel. Born 1931.
American microbiologist. He shared a 1978 Nobel Prize for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to molecular genetics.
| Smith, , Michael 1932-2000.
British-born Canadian biochemist who developed a method for making a specific genetic mutation at any spot on a DNA molecule. He shared with American biochemist Kary B. Mullis the 1993 Nobel Prize for chemistry. |
Jedediah Strong Smith
trader and explorer who was the first American to enter California from the east and return from it using an overland route.
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