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Duve

American  
[dy-vuh] / ˈdü və /

noun

  1. Christian René de 1917–2013, Belgian biologist, born in England: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1974.


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A Eurowings board member, Kai Duve, said in a statement earlier this week that the demands endanger the viability of the airline.

From Reuters • Oct. 6, 2022

Could it be, in the words of Nobel laureate Christian de Duve, a “cosmic imperative?”

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2017

Earlier this month, Christian de Duve, a Belgian Nobel laureate in medicine, was euthanized at his home at age 95 after various health problems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2013

Dr. de Duve was 95, and his health had been in decline over the past month.

From Forbes • May 8, 2013

Lieutenant von Stolzenberg stepped with the pass to the light of the fire, read it, and returned it to Herr Duve.

From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar