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Sum⋅ner

[suhm-ner]
–noun
1. Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
2. James Batch⋅el⋅ler [bach-uh-ler] , 1887–1955, U.S. biochemist: Nobel prize 1946.
3. William Graham, 1840–1910, U.S. sociologist and economist.
4. a male given name.
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Sum·ner   (sŭm'nər)   
American politician. A U.S. senator from Massachusetts (1851-1874), he was a noted orator with an uncompromising opposition to slavery.
Sumner, James Batcheller 1887-1955.  
American biochemist. He shared a 1946 Nobel Prize for his pioneering work on crystallizing enzymes.
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Sumner Sum·ner (sŭm'nər), James Batcheller. 1887-1955.

American biochemist. He shared a 1946 Nobel Prize for his pioneering work on crystallizing enzymes.

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