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Sherrington

American

[sher-ing-tuhn] / ˈʃɛr ɪŋ tən /

noun

Sir Charles Scott, 1861–1952, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1932.

Sherrington British

/ ˈʃɛrɪŋtən /

noun

Sir Charles Scott. 1857–1952, English physiologist, noted for his work on reflex action, published in The Integrative Action of the Nervous System (1906): shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine with Adrian (1932)

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Mr Smith's body was found near his home in Shevington, Wigan, on 24 November.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2023

The body of Liam Smith, 38, was found at the bottom of his driveway on Kilburn Drive in Shevington, Wigan, in the early evening of 24 November 2022.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2023

The body of Liam Smith, 38, was found on Kilburn Drive in Shevington, Wigan, on the evening of 24 November.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2023

She urged anyone with any information or footage from the Kilburn Drive or Shevington area of Wigan on the evening of 24 November to come forward.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2023

He was a land owner in Shevington, but sold his possessions there and took up his residence in Halifax Parish, Sowerby, in Yorkshire.

From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885 by Various

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