James, Henry
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The philosopher and psychologist William James was Henry James's brother.
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For Burton, the show unearthed the secret that his great-great-grandmother on his mother’s side, Mary Sills, was actually the biological daughter of a white farmer named James Henry Dixon.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024
Her biological father was a man named James Henry Dixon, a white farmer who was married with several children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
After Northam ordered the investigation in the fall of 2020, retired Gen. James Henry Binford Peay, the longtime White superintendent, resigned.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2022
They are now in the throes of landmark genealogy work to link the country's modern-day residents - many of whom share surnames like Joseph, James, Henry and Gardner - back to their African ancestors.
From BBC ● May 4, 2022
And James Henry Trotter, who once, if you remember, had been the saddest and loneliest little boy that you could find, now had all the friends and playmates in the world.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
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