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
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
Cynthia said that in the early 1970s, her father — James Henry Hawkins — was approached by government officials seeking to buy out properties in the path of the future 105 Freeway.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2021
James Henry, the pastor at St. James United Methodist Church in Alexandria, said he would do it again.
From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2018
James Henry Trotter was lying bruised and battered on the floor of the room amongst a tangled mass of Centipede and Earthworm and Spider and Ladybug and Glow-worm and Old-Green-Grasshopper.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
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