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Economist, professor, and Nobel laureate. From the description of Kenneth J. Arrow papers, 1939-2009, (bulk 1980s-2002). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36635625 From the description of Kenneth Joseph Arrow Papers, 1939-2002, (bulk [1980s]-2002). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 82695867 1921 Born in New York, NY 1940 ...

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Irish novelist and educationist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edgeworth's Town, Ireland, to August Louis, Baron de Staël-Holstein and Achille-Léon-Victor, Duc de Broglie, 1826 May 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270994866 Irish-English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Dominique François Jean Arago, the French scientist, [n.d., paper is watermarked 1818]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742984 ...

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Frederick Mosteller taught mathematical statistics in the Department of Social Relations and the Department of Statistics, 1946 to 1987, and was Irving Professor of Mathematical Statistics in the School of Public Health. From the description of Papers of Frederick Mosteller, 1946-1988 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77061000 Frederick Mosteller, 1916- , BSc, 1938, MSc, 1939, Carnegie Institute of Technology; AM, 1941, PhD, 1946, Princeton University; R...

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