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| Jay Leno |
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James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an American stand-up comedian and television host. From 1992 to 2009, Leno was the host of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. During his tenure, the show held the top ratings position in its...
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Automobile | Porsche Carrera GT | |
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| Freddie Mercury |
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Larry Lurex was the artist name used for a musical project by Trident Studios’ house engineer Robin Geoffrey Cable, in 1972.
The name is a pun on the stage name of glam rock star Gary Glitter and the metallic yarn Lurex.
Cable was experimenting with...
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Postage stamp | ||
| Rainier III, Prince of Monaco |
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Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi, Count of Polignac; 31 May 1923 – 6 April 2005), styled His Serene Highness The Sovereign Prince of Monaco, ruled the Principality of Monaco for more than 50 years, making...
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Postage stamp | ||
| Anatoly Karpov |
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Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов Anatolij Evgen'evič Karpov; born May 23, 1951) is a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was world champion from 1975 to 1985, played three more matches...
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Postage stamp | ||
| Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom |
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Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known informally as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada,...
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Postage stamp | ||
| Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin |
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Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (20 July 1766, Broomhall, Fife - 14 November 1841, Paris) was a British nobleman and diplomat, known for the removal of marble sculptures (also known as the Elgin Marbles) from the...
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Ancient Greek sculpture | ||
| William Hamilton |
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Sir William Hamilton, KB, PC (13 December 1730 – 6 April 1803) was a Scottish diplomat, antiquarian, archaeologist and vulcanologist.
Hamilton was the fourth son of Lord Archibald Hamilton, governor of Jamaica. He was commissioned into the 3rd Foot...
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Pottery of Ancient Greece | ||
| Jerry Seinfeld |
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Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld (born April 29, 1954) is an American comedian, actor and writer, whoms style is often described as observational comedy. Aside from being a stand-up comedian, he is best known for playing a semi-fictional version of...
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Automobile | Porsche 550 | |
| Porsche 959 | |||||
| Richard Kraft | Disneyana | Sea serpent from Submarine Voyage | |||
| Dumbo ride car | |||||
| Space Mountain car | |||||
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| Bertha Mae | |||||
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| Theme park souvenir | Sea serpent from Submarine Voyage | ||||
| Theme park souvenir | Dumbo ride car | ||||
| Richard Kraft | Popular culture | Bob's Big Boy statue | |||
| Daniel Abrutyn |
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Watch | Type XXI Breguet | |
| Michael Ovitz |
Michael S. Ovitz (b. December 14, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is a former talent agent and Hollywood powerhouse who served as the head of the Creative Artists Agency from 1975 to 1995.
After graduating from UCLA with a degree in theater, film...
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Art | Untitled (dervish) | ||
| Tontauben | |||||
| The Great Conspirator | |||||
| David Bautista |
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David Michael Bautista, Jr. (born January 18, 1969), better known by his ring name, Batista, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand.
In professional wrestling, Batista is a five...
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Lunch box | ||
| Cheech Marin |
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Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an American comedian and actor who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s, and as Don Johnson's quick-and-scheme partner, Insp. Joe...
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Art | ||
| Sergei Shchukin |
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Sergei Ivanovich Shchukin Сергей Иванович Щукин (27 May 1854, Moscow – 10 January 1936, Paris) was a Russian businessman who became an art collector, mainly of French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, following a trip to Paris in 1897, when...
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Impressionism | The Dance | |
| La Musique | |||||
| Sergei Shchukin |
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Sergei Ivanovich Shchukin Сергей Иванович Щукин (27 May 1854, Moscow – 10 January 1936, Paris) was a Russian businessman who became an art collector, mainly of French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, following a trip to Paris in 1897, when...
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Post-Impressionism | ||
| Sergei Shchukin |
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Sergei Ivanovich Shchukin Сергей Иванович Щукин (27 May 1854, Moscow – 10 January 1936, Paris) was a Russian businessman who became an art collector, mainly of French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, following a trip to Paris in 1897, when...
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Cubism | Three Women | |
| Metaweb Technologies, Inc. |
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Metaweb Technologies, Inc., builds infrastructure for Web application
developers and publishers. Based in San Francisco, Metaweb was spun out
of Applied Minds, Inc., in July 2005 by veterans of Netscape, The
Internet Archive, Alexa, Tellme, Intel...
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Toy | Darth Tater | |
| Dylan Osborn |
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Toy | Darth Tater | ||
| Ralph Lauren |
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Ralph Lauren (b. October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer and business executive; best-known for his Polo Ralph Lauren clothing brand.
Ralph Lauren was born as Ralph Rueben Lifshitz in The Bronx, New York to Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants from...
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Automobile | Ferrari 250 GTO | |
| McLaren F1 GTR | |||||
| Bugatti Veyron | |||||
| Rowan Atkinson |
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Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is a British comedian, actor and writer, famous for his work on sitcoms such as Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line, Mr. Bean and his voiceover work in Walt Disney's The Lion King . He has been listed in The...
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Automobile | Aston Martin DB7 | |
| Aston Martin V8 Zagato | |||||
| McLaren F1 | |||||
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| Travis Barker |
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Travis Landon Barker (born November 14, 1975) is an American drummer and the current drummer for pop punk trio Blink-182. He has also been a drummer for several side projects including +44, Box Car Racer, Transplants and Expensive Taste.
After the...
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Automobile | ||
| Clive Cussler |
Clive Eric Cussler (born July 15, 1931 in Aurora, Illinois) is an American adventure novelist and marine archaeologist.
Clive Cussler was born in Aurora, Illinois, and grew up in Alhambra, California. He was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout when he...
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| James Glickenhaus |
James Glickenhaus is an American movie director and stock exchange magnate. He wrote, directed, and produced a number of films in the 1980s and 1990s including the controversial film The Exterminator and the Jackie Chan vehicle, The Protector....
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Automobile | Duesenberg J446 | ||
| Stutz DV-32 | |||||
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| Lola T70 | |||||
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| Hassanal Bolkiah |
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Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, GCB GCMG (born 15 July 1946) is the 29th Sultan of Brunei, the eldest son of Omar Ali Saifuddien III, the previous Sultan of Brunei, and Pengiran Anak Damit...
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Automobile | Rolls-Royce Phantom VI | |
| Porsche Carrera GT | |||||
| Lamborghini Diablo Jota | |||||
| Porsche 959 | |||||
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| Jason Kay |
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Jason Kay, known by his stage name Jay Kay (born 30 December 1969 in Stretford, Manchester, England) is an English musician. He is the principal member, songwriter, and lead singer of the band Jamiroquai. He is the son of Karen Kay, jazz singer,...
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Automobile | Ferrari Enzo | |
| Ferrari F40 | |||||
| Ferrari F50 | |||||
| Jason Kay |
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Jason Kay, known by his stage name Jay Kay (born 30 December 1969 in Stretford, Manchester, England) is an English musician. He is the principal member, songwriter, and lead singer of the band Jamiroquai. He is the son of Karen Kay, jazz singer,...
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Motorcycle | ||
| Chris Webber |
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Mayce Edward Christopher Webber, III (born March 1, 1973, in Detroit, Michigan), better known as Chris Webber and nicknamed C-Webb, is a retired American professional basketball player. He is a five-time NBA All-Star, a former All-NBA First Teamer,...
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Historiana | ||
| Chris Webber |
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Mayce Edward Christopher Webber, III (born March 1, 1973, in Detroit, Michigan), better known as Chris Webber and nicknamed C-Webb, is a retired American professional basketball player. He is a five-time NBA All-Star, a former All-NBA First Teamer,...
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African American art | ||
| Chris Webber |
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Mayce Edward Christopher Webber, III (born March 1, 1973, in Detroit, Michigan), better known as Chris Webber and nicknamed C-Webb, is a retired American professional basketball player. He is a five-time NBA All-Star, a former All-NBA First Teamer,...
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Letter | ||
| Chris Webber |
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Mayce Edward Christopher Webber, III (born March 1, 1973, in Detroit, Michigan), better known as Chris Webber and nicknamed C-Webb, is a retired American professional basketball player. He is a five-time NBA All-Star, a former All-NBA First Teamer,...
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Postcard | ||
| Curt Schilling |
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Curtis Montague Schilling (born November 14, 1966 in Anchorage, Alaska) is a former American Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He helped lead the Philadelphia Phillies to the World Series in 1993 and has won World Series...
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World War II | ||
| David Bowman |
David Bowman (3 September 1838 – 25 June 1868) was a Scottish plant collector who, in 1866, was sent by James Veitch & Sons to collect in Brazil. The species Dieffenbachia bowmanii is named after him.
Bowman was born at Arniston near Edinburgh,...
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Plant collecting | |||
| Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland |
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Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (Welbeck Abbey, 11 February 1715 – 17 July 1785, Bulstrode Park, Buckinghamshire), styled Lady Margaret Harley before 1734, Duchess of Portland from 1734 to her husband's death in 1761, and Dowager...
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Plant collecting | ||
| Thomas Lobb |
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Thomas Lobb (1817 - 1894) was a British botanist and, along with his brother, William Lobb, collected plants for the plant nursery Veitch.
Lobb worked in India, Indonesia and the Philippines. In 1845 he discovered the first orchid species of the...
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Plant collecting | ||
| Patrick Russell |
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Patrick Russell (6 February 1726, Edinburgh - 2 July 1805) was a Scottish surgeon and naturalist who worked in India. He studied the snakes of India and is considered the 'Father of Indian Ophiology'. The Russell's viper, Daboia russelii, is named...
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Plant collecting | ||
| Henry Chesterton |
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Joseph Henry Chesterton (c.1840 – 26 January 1883) was a plant collector who was sent by James Veitch & Sons to search for orchids in South America with much success.
Little is known of Chesterton's early life until early 1870, when, as a valet to a...
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Plant collecting | ||
| Walter Davis |
Walter Davis (14 September 1847 – 18 November 1930) was an English plant collector, who collected in South America for James Veitch & Sons of Chelsea, London.
Davis was born at Sarson Street, now part of Amport, near Andover, Hampshire. According to...
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Plant collecting | |||
| Charles Maries |
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Charles Maries (18 December 1851 – 11 October 1902) was an English botanist and plant collector who was sent by James Veitch & Sons of Chelsea, London to search for new hardy plants in Japan, China and Taiwan between 1877 and 1879; there he...
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Plant collecting | ||
| Gustav Wallis |
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Gustav Wallis (1 May 1830 - 20 June 1878) was a German plant collector, who introduced over 1,000 plant species to Europe, many of which were named after him.
Wallis was born in Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany, where his father was an advocate....
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Plant collecting | ||
| William Lobb |
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William Lobb (1809 – May 1864) was an English plant collector, employed by Veitch Nurseries of Exeter, who was responsible for the commercial introduction to England of Araucaria araucana (the "Monkey-Puzzle" tree) from Chile and the massive...
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Plant collecting | ||
| Robert Fortune |
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Robert Fortune (16 September 1812 – 13 April 1880) was a Scottish botanist and traveller best known for introducing tea plants from China to India.
Fortune was born in Kelloe, Berwickshire. He was employed in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and...
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Plant collecting | ||
| William Purdom |
William Purdom (10 April 1880 – 7 November 1921) was a British plant explorer sent by Veitch and the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University to the northern provinces of China in 1909. He collected and photographed plants for the Arboretum along...
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Plant collecting | |||
| Guillermo Kalbreyer |
Wilhelm (Guillermo) Kalbreyer (1847 – 1912) was a German plant collector who was sent by James Veitch & Sons of Chelsea, London to collect new plants in West Africa and South America.
According to Hortus Veitchii, the Veitch family history:
...
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Plant collecting | |||
| Frederick William Burbidge |
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Frederick William Thomas Burbidge (1847 in Wymeswold, Leicestershire, England – 1905 in Dublin, Ireland) was a British explorer who collected many rare tropical plants for the famous Veitch Nurseries. Burbidge's first job was as a gardener at Kew...
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Plant collecting | ||
| Hendrik van Rijgersma |
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The Dutch naturalist Hendrik Elingsz van Rijgersma (born January 5, 1835 in Lemmer, Province of Friesland, the Netherlands, died March 4, 1877 in St. Martin) was a physician and amateur botanist, malacologist and ichthyologist. He became a physician...
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Plant collecting | ||
| Peter MacOwan |
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Peter MacOwan born Hull, England on 14 November 1830 - died Uitenhage, Cape Province 30 November 1909, was a colonial botanist and teacher in South Africa.
He was the son of Peter McOwan, a Wesleyan Minister from Scotland, and changed his name at...
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Plant collecting | ||
| Charles Curtis |
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Charles Curtis (1853 – 23 August 1928) was an English botanist who was sent by James Veitch & Sons to search for new plant species in Madagascar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and the Moluccas, before settling in Penang, where he became the first...
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Plant collecting | ||
| Paul Sintenis |
Paul Ernst Emil Sintenis (4. 4. 1847 Seidenberg, Oberlausitz, Prussia - ?. ?. 1907, ?) was a German botanist, pharmacist and plant collector. He studied at the gymnasium in Görlitz, became a pharmacist’s apprentice in 1863 and worked as such in...
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Plant collecting | |||
| John Gould Veitch |
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John Gould Veitch (April 1839 – 13 August 1870) was a horticulturist and traveller, one of the first Victorian plant hunters to visit Japan. A great-grandson of John Veitch, the founder of the Veitch horticulture dynasty, he also visited the...
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Plant collecting | ||
| Joseph Dalton Hooker |
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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM, GCSI, CB, MD, FRS (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the 19th century. Hooker was one of the founders of geographical botany, and Charles Darwin's closest friend....
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Plant collecting | ||
| Richard Pearce |
Richard Pearce (c.1835 – 17 July 1868) was a Victorian plant collector, who introduced the tuberous begonia to England, which led to the development of the hybrid begonias grown today.
Pearce was born at Stoke, Devonport in Devon. His first...
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Plant collecting | |||
| David Burke |
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David Burke (1854 – 11 April 1897) was one of the most widely travelled plant collectors, who was sent by James Veitch & Sons to collect plants in British Guiana, Burma and Colombia. In his later life, Burke became rather eccentric, preferring the...
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Plant collecting | ||
| Harry Keith |
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Henry George Keith (1899-1982), known as Harry Keith, was a British forester and plant collector. Keith is credited with starting the process of large-scale conservation of the forests of North Borneo (now Sabah). In 1984 a new species of Rafflesia...
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Plant collecting | ||
| Josiah Gregg |
Josiah Gregg (19 July 1806 – 25 February 1850) was a merchant, explorer, naturalist, and author of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico. He is most famous for his book Commerce of the Prairies, which came out in two volumes in 1844. The book...
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Plant collecting | |||
| Todd McFarlane |
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Todd McFarlane (born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian cartoonist, writer, toy designer and entrepreneur, best known for his work in comic books, such as the fantasy series Spawn.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, McFarlane became a comic book...
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Ball | 1998 Sammy Sosa 33rd homerun ball | |
| 1998 Sammy Sosa 61st homerun ball | |||||
| 1998 Sammy Sosa 66th homerun ball | |||||
| 1998 Mark McGwire 1st homerun ball | |||||
| 1998 Mark McGwire 63rd homerun ball | |||||
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| Bob Pace | Sports memorabilia | ||||
| Barry Halper |
Barry Halper was an extensive collector of baseball memorabilia. During the auction of the collection, Sotheby's Auction House called it the "World Series of Sports Auctions." Many items from his collection have since turned out to have been stolen...
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Baseball card | T206 Honus Wagner | ||
