Irish physicist who with Sir John Cockcroft succeeded in splitting atomic nuclei by bombarding them with protons. The two men shared a 1951 Nobel Prize for this work. |
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British composer of chamber music and orchestral works, including Façade (1923), an extravaganza accompanying poems by Edith Sitwell. |
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American business executive. In 1962 he founded Wal-Mart, which he built into one of America's most successful discount retail chains. |
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English writer primarily known for The Compleat Angler (1653), a literary treatise on fishing. |
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