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Alfred Kastler | Scientist | Astrophysicist |
A physicist is a scientist who does research in physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made (particle physics) to...
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| Alfred Pérot | Theoretical Physicist | ||||
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| x Astronomer |
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Hervé Faye | Astrophysicist |
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.
Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these...
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| x Astrophysicist | Stephen Thorsett | Physicist | |||
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| x Biologist |
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Jacques Loeb | Scientist | Evolutionary Biologist |
A biologist is a scientist devoted to the study of living organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work. Biologists involved in...
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| Charles Darwin | Molecular Biologist | ||||
| Craig Venter | Microbiologist | ||||
| Jeffrey E. Barlough | Biochemist | ||||
| Patrick Bateson | Glycobiologist | ||||
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| x Microbiologist |
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Nick Perumov | Biologist |
A microbiologist is a scientist who works in the field of microbiology. Microbiologists investigate the growth and characteristics of microscopic organisms such as bacteria, algae, or fungi. Most microbiologists specialize in environmental, food,...
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| x Molecular Biologist | Jacques Monod | Biologist |
A Molecular Biologist is a biologist who studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life. Molecular biology as a field overlaps with other areas of biology and chemistry, particularly genetics and biochemistry.
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| x Evolutionary Biologist | Richard Dawkins | Biologist | |||
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| x Scientist |
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Richard Smalley | Chemist |
A scientist, in a broad sense, is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method. The person may be an expert in one or more areas of science. This...
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| Jerome Apt | Physicist | ||||
| Gregory T. Linteris | Biologist | ||||
| Roger K. Crouch | Neuroscientist | ||||
| Kalpana Chawla | Sociologist | ||||
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| x Chemist |
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Albin Haller | Scientist | Biochemist |
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the...
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| Alexandre Brongniart | |||||
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| x Politician | Abdel-Razak al-Yehiyeh |
A politician, political leader, or political figure (from Greek "polis") is someone who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those...
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| Abdul Kalam | |||||
| Abdul Karim Qassim | |||||
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| Abdullah of Saudi Arabia | |||||
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| x Businessperson |
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Daisuke Enomoto |
A businessperson (also businessman, business man, or businesswoman) is someone involved in a particular undertaking of activities, commercial or industrial, for the purpose of generating revenue from a combination of human, financial, and physical...
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| x Physician |
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Ron Paul | Healthcare professional | Anesthesiologist |
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental...
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| Alfred Moquin-Tandon | Otolaryngologist | ||||
| Karl Oskar Medin | Laryngologist | ||||
| Yvonne Cagle | Dentist | ||||
| Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor | endocrinologist | ||||
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| x Pharmacist | George Ryan |
Pharmacists are healthcare professionals who practice in pharmacy, the field of health sciences focusing on safe and effective medication use. The role of the pharmacist has shifted from the classical "lick, stick, and pour" dispensary role (that is...
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| x Singer |
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Michael Bublé | Musician | Opera singer |
A singer is a person who uses his or her voice to produce music. Singers are often accompanied by musicians and instruments, while other people sing to have fun. Vocal skill is usually a combination of innate talent and professional training....
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| Britney Spears | Backing vocalist | ||||
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| x Musician |
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Brian Eno | Artist | Composer |
A musician usually plays a musical instrument, especially as a profession. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music. It's also a person who makes music a...
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| Sting | Conductor | ||||
| Rory Gallagher | Pianist | ||||
| Joni Mitchell | Cellist | ||||
| Richard Müller | Organist | ||||
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| x Athlete |
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Michael J. Bloomfield | Triathlete |
A sportsperson (American English: Sports person), (gendered as sportsman or sportswoman) or athlete is a person trained to compete in a sport involving physical strength, speed or endurance. Sportspeople may be professional or amateur.
Most...
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| Debashish Mohanty | Track and field athlete | ||||
| Alexander Vinokourov | Tennis player | ||||
| Roger Federer | Swimmer | ||||
| Pete Sampras | Surfer | ||||
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Jesus Christ |
A carpenter (builder) is a skilled craftsperson who works with timber to construct, install and maintain buildings, furniture, and other objects. The work, known as carpentry, may involve manual labor and work outdoors.
Carpentry skill is gained...
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| x Architect |
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Victor Horta | Enterprise architect |
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings...
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| Alvar Aalto | Software Architect | ||||
| Richard Neutra | Naval Architect | ||||
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| x Coroner |
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Joshua Perper | Physician |
A coroner is a government official who
Local laws define the deaths a coroner must investigate, but most often include those that are sudden, unexpected, and have no attending physician—and deaths that are suspicious or violent. In some places in...
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| x Truck driver |
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Bradley John Murdoch |
A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; a lorry driver or driver in Ireland and the United Kingdom), is a person who earns a living as the driver of a truck...
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| x Taxi driver | Gerhard Müller | ||||
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| x Newscaster | Keith Olbermann |
A person who presents the news on radio or television.
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| x Chef |
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Thomas Keller | Cook | Celebrity chef |
A chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food...
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| Austin Leslie | Pastry chef | ||||
| Rob Rainford | TV chef | ||||
| Jennifer Paterson | Personal chef | ||||
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Rachael Ray | Chef |
A cook is a person who prepares food for consumption. In Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Canada this profession requires government approval (examination after three years apprenticeship).
A cook is sometimes referred to as a chef, although in the...
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| x Electrician |
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Jean Robert Beaulé | Tradesman |
An electrician is a tradesman specializing in electrical wiring of buildings, stationary machines and related equipment. Electricians may be employed in the installation of new electrical components or the maintenance and repair of existing...
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| x Tradesman |
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Joseph Smith, Jr. | Master tradesman |
This article is about the skilled manual worker meaning of the term; for other uses see Tradesperson (disambiguation).
A tradesman is a skilled manual worker in a particular trade or craft. Economically and socially, a tradesman's status is...
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| UKTradeStreet | Electrician | ||||
| Ladislav Borbas | Bricklayer | ||||
| Bartolomeo Gradenigo | |||||
| Tim Craig | |||||
| x Master tradesman | Tradesman |
A master tradesman is a person who has a greater level of skill than most in the licensed trades; this is usually granted following instruction, testing and a period of practical experience.
The name is derived from the guild system.
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| x Aviator |
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Georgi Shonin | Airline Pilot |
An aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term (aviateur in French) was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis (meaning bird), coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation...
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| Yuri Onufrienko | |||||
| Yuri Gidzenko | |||||
| Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov | |||||
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| x Airline Pilot | Ingmar Bergman, Jr. | Aviator | |||
| Chesley Sullenberger | |||||
| William J. O’Neill | |||||
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| x Sailor | William Bligh |
A sailor, mariner, or seaman is a person who navigates water-borne vessels or assists in their operation, maintenance, or service. The term can apply to professional mariners, military personnel, and recreational sailors as well as a plethora of...
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| x Actuary |
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Nathaniel Bowditch |
An actuary is a business professional who deals with the financial impact of risk and uncertainty. Actuaries provide expert assessments of financial security systems, with a focus on their complexity, their mathematics, and their mechanisms ...
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| x Astrologer |
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Fernando Pessoa |
An astrologer practices one or more forms of astrology. Typically an astrologer draws a horoscope for the time of an event, such as a person's birth, and interprets celestial points and their placements at the time of the event to better understand...
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| x Attorney at law | Joe Scarborough |
An attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in such court on the retainer of clients. Alternative terms include counselor (or counsellor-at...
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| Howard W. Smith | |||||
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| x Barrister |
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John A. Costello |
A barrister is a member of one of the two classes of lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions with split legal professions. Barristers specialise in courtroom advocacy, drafting legal pleadings and giving expert legal opinions. They can be...
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| x Business Analyst | David Koch |
A Business Analyst (BA) is someone who analyzes the organization and design of businesses, government departments, and non-profit organizations; BAs also assess business models and their integration with technology.
There are at least four tiers of...
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| Henry Blodget | |||||
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| x Clinician | Bill Troiano |
Clinician is a term used to describe medical professionals, including veterinary medicine who are engaged in actual patient care as opposed to researchers and academicians. The root is the Greek klinikos referring to the bed, and extended to the...
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| x Company secretary | Juanita Wagner |
A Company Secretary is a senior position in a private sector company or public sector organisation, normally in the form of a managerial position or above. In large American and Canadian publicly listed corporations, a company secretary is typically...
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| x Computer repair technician |
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Armin Meiwes |
A computer repair technician is a person who repairs and maintains computers and servers. The technician's responsibilities may extend to include building or configuring new hardware, installing and updating software packages, and creating and...
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| x Copyist |
A copyist is a person who makes written copies. In ancient times, a scrivener was also called a calligraphus (pl. calligraphi). The term's modern use is almost entirely confined to music copyists, who are employed by the music industry to produce...
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| x Dental assistant | Lynn Organ |
Dental assistants assist the dental operator (dentist or other treating dental auxiliary) provide more efficient dental treatment, by preparing the patient for treatment, sterilizing instruments, passing instruments during the procedure, holding a...
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| x Dental hygienist |
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Lauren M. Weimar Tornetta |
A registered dental hygienist (RDH) is a licensed dental professional who specializes in preventive oral health, typically focusing on techniques in oral hygiene. Local dental regulations determine the scope of practice of dental hygienists. In most...
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| x Dental technician |
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Winton Dean |
A dental technologist is a member of the dental team who, upon prescription from a dental clinician, constructs custom made restorative and dental appliances.
There are four major disciplines within dental technology. These are fixed prosthesis...
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| x Economist |
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Steven D. Levitt | Behavioral Economist |
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this field there are many sub-fields,...
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| x Engineer |
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Oleg Makarov | Mechanical engineer |
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures and systems while considering the...
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| Vitali Sevastyanov | Textile Engineer | ||||
| Fernando Caldeiro | Agricultural engineer | ||||
| James Buchli | Industrial Engineer | ||||
| Albert H. Crews | Telecommunications Engineer | ||||
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| x Financial Analyst | Zviad Kliment Lazarashvili |
A financial analyst, securities analyst, research analyst, equity analyst, or investment analyst is a person who performs financial analysis for external or internal clients as a core part of the job.
Writing reports or notes expressing opinions is...
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| x Lawyer |
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Mahatma Gandhi | Civil law notary |
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to...
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| Derek Bok | Human Rights Lawyer | ||||
| Rudy Giuliani | Civil Rights Lawyer | ||||
| George Booker | Corporate lawyer | ||||
| George Washington Woodward | Patent attorney | ||||
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| x Nurse |
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Louisa May Alcott | Healthcare professional |
A nurse is a healthcare professional who, in collaboration with other members of a health care team, is responsible for: treatment, safety, and recovery of acutely or chronically ill individuals; health promotion and maintenance within families,...
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| x Patent attorney | Chester Carlson | Lawyer |
A patent attorney is an attorney who has the specialized qualifications necessary for representing clients in obtaining patents and acting in all matters and procedures relating to patent law and practice, such as filing an opposition. The term is...
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| Günter Wächtershäuser | |||||
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| x Petroleum geologist | Kevin Duncan |
A petroleum geologist is an occupation that involves all aspects of oil discovery and production in the field of petroleum geology. Petroleum geologists are usually linked to the actual discovery of oil and the identification of possible oil...
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| x Professor |
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John Tufts | Educator |
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank. In much of the world,...
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| x Programmer | Peter Stock | Engineer | Software Developer |
A programmer, computer programmer, or coder is a person who writes computer software. The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist who writes code for many kinds of software. One who...
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| Justin Frankel | Game programmer | ||||
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| x Roofer |
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Aaron C. Hall |
A roofer specializes in roof construction, concentrating on the application of materials that water proof and / or weather proof buildings, designed material—as a substrate for the roofing materials to be installed on. The rafters, beams, and...
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| x Safety engineer |
To perform their professional functions, safety engineering professionals must have education, training and experience in a common body of knowledge. They need to have a fundamental knowledge of physics, chemistry, biology, physiology, statistics,...
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| x Shopkeeper | Nathan T. Stratton |
A shopkeeper is an individual who owns a shop. Generally, shop employees are not shopkeepers, but are often incorrectly referred to as shopkeepers. Today, a shopkeeper is usually referred to as a manager, though this term could apply to larger firms...
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| x Solicitor | David Jones |
A solicitor is a lawyer who traditionally deals with any legal matter including conducting proceedings in courts.
In the United Kingdom, a few Australian states, Hong Kong and the Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split between solicitors...
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| x Statistician | Harold Wilson | Statistical graphics |
A statistician is someone who works with theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private and public sectors.
It is common to combine statistical knowledge with expertise in other subjects.
According to the United States...
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| x Stock broker | Frank D. White |
A stock broker is a regulated professional broker who buys and sells shares and other securities through market makers or Agency Only Firms.
Roles similar to that of a stockbroker include investment advisor, and financial advisor. A stockbroker may...
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| x Structural engineer | Othmar Ammann | Engineer |
Structural engineers analyze, design, plan, and research structural components and structural systems to achieve design goals and ensure the safety and comfort of users or occupants. Their work takes account mainly of safety, technical, economic and...
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| x Technician |
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Ross Mitton |
A technician is a worker in a field of technology who is proficient in the relevant skills and techniques, with a relatively practical understanding of the theoretical principles. Experienced technicians in a specific tool domain typically have...
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| x Village head |
The village headman or village chief is a central government post. The village headman is the person appointed to administer an area that is often a single village.
The headman has several official duties in the village. More importantly perhaps the...
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