[shles-in-jer, shley-zing-er] 
| 1. | Arthur Mei⋅er [mahy-er] , 1888–1965, U.S. historian. |
| 2. | his son, Arthur Meier, Jr., born 1917, U.S. historian and writer. |
| 3. | John Richard, 1926–2003, English film director. |
| Schles·in·ger (shlěs'ĭn-jər) American historian whose works include The Rise of the City (1933). His son Arthur Meier, Jr. (1917-2007), also a historian, was an adviser to President John F. Kennedy, whose administration is chronicled in A Thousand Days (1965). |
| Schlesinger, John Richard 1926-2003. British director whose works include the motion pictures Far From the Madding Crowd (1967) and Midnight Cowboy (1969), which both won Academy Awards. |
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