Thorndike
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Ashley Horace, 1871–1933, U.S. literary historian and teacher.
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Edward Lee, 1874–1949, U.S. psychologist and lexicographer.
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(Everett) Lynn, 1882–1965, U.S. historian and scholar (brother of Ashley Horace Thorndike).
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Dame Sybil, 1882–1976, English actress.
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Edward Lee. 1874–1949, US psychologist, who worked on animals and proposed that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments ( Thorndike's law or law of effect )
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Dame ( Agnes ) Sybil . 1882–1976, British actress
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