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Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish ships and settlements in the Caribbean and was acting governor of Jamaica (1680-1682). |
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American biologist. He won a 1933 Nobel Prize for his discoveries concerning the function of chromosomes and the arrangement of genes on them. |
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American anthropologist who, in Ancient Society (1877), proposed that cultures progress from "savagery" to "barbarism" to "civilization." |
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American architect who designed over 700 buildings in California and Hawaii, including Hearst Castle (completed 1947). |
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American Confederate soldier who led cavalry raids behind Union lines in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. |
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