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    Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a leading writer, scientist, inventor...
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    collection of Benjamin Franklin papers in the world, which it received as a gift in 1935 from William Smith Mason, of the Yale class of 1888, and is considered...
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  • acid), viruses, coal, and graphite. Although her works on coal and viruses were appreciated in her lifetime, Franklin's contributions to the discovery of...
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    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president...
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    André 3000 (redirect from Andre Benjamin)
    Lauren Benjamin (born May 27, 1975), better known by his stage name André 3000, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor....
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    Benjamin Franklin High School is a charter high school and a magnet high school in New Orleans, Louisiana. Commonly nicknamed "Franklin" or "Ben Franklin"...
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  • William Labov (category The Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science laureates)
    English (2006). Labov was awarded the 2013 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science by the Franklin Institute with the citation for "establishing...
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    The Social Security Act of 1935 is a law enacted by the 74th United States Congress and signed into law by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The law...
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  • Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, has been described as the greatest exemplar of the self-made man. Inspired by Franklin's...
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    in 1665 by the Royal Society (London). The institutionalization of science occurred throughout the 18th century. In 1731, Benjamin Franklin established...
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    the ethical writings of Benjamin Franklin: Remember, that time is money. He that can earn ten shillings a day by his labor, and goes abroad, or sits idle...
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  • Harvard University and the author of many books on the history of science and, in particular, Isaac Newton and Benjamin Franklin. Cohen was a Harvard...
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    Ivcevic, Z. (2010). Creativity polymathy: What Benjamin Franklin can teach your kindergartener. Learning and Individual Differences, 20(4), 380–387. Kaufman...
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    the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt began on March 4, 1933, when he was inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States, and the second term...
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    William Franklin Graham III (born July 14, 1952) is an American evangelist and missionary in the evangelical movement. He frequently engages in Christian...
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    Adrian Bejan (category Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute) laureates)
    2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering. He was cited for "his pioneering interdisciplinary contributions in thermodynamics and convection...
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    also worked on cybernetics and the use of computers for economic planning. The International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) awarded Oskar Lange an...
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    One-Dimensional Man (category Works by Herbert Marcuse)
    One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society is a 1964 book by the German–American philosopher and critical theorist Herbert...
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    Demography (redirect from Social Demography)
    followed later by Augustus De Morgan, On the Application of Probabilities to Life Contingencies (1838). In 1755, Benjamin Franklin published his essay...
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    Lucy Suchman (category The Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science laureates)
    Excellence in Science and Technology Award 2002 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science [1] 2005 Outstanding Contribution to Research Award...
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  • Jacques Fournier, and Jacques Attali. However, the themes and concepts in social innovation existed long before. Benjamin Franklin, for example, talked...
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    donors by 1930, and was averaging yearly contributions of $750,000 during the Great Depression. The expanding Department of the Interior under Franklin D....
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    school of thought practiced by the Frankfurt School theoreticians Herbert Marcuse, Theodor Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Erich Fromm, and Max Horkheimer. Horkheimer...
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  • criticism, media studies, philosophy, political science, political economy, psychology, science studies, sociology, urban planning, and theatre. Marxism...
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    Phoenix Award (Congressional Black Caucus Foundation) (category Awards for contributions to society)
    are conferred by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. This annual event recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to society while...
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  • Erving Goffman (category American social psychologists)
    Benjamin Franklin Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, 1969–82. 1959: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. University of Edinburgh Social Sciences...
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    Judea Pearl (category The Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science laureates)
    psychology, medicine and the social sciences" according to the Association for Computing Machinery. A summary of Pearl's scientific contributions is available...
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    Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 [O.S. December 24, 1745] – April 19, 1813) was an American revolutionary, a Founding Father of the United States and signatory...
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    scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of...
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    colonial colleges and was chartered prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence when Benjamin Franklin, the university's founder and first president,...
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