Ricketts

[rĭk′ĭtz]Howard Taylor 1871-1910

American pathologist who discovered bacteria of the genus Rickettsia and determined the cause and methods of transmission of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and typhus.

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Contemporary Examples of ricketts

Two other Ricketts siblings, Todd and Peter, also have a piece of the action with the ball club.
Joe Ricketts’s Retreat From Obama Attack Campaign: Are the Chicago Cubs to Blame?
Jim Warren
May 18, 2012
But by early afternoon, a Ricketts aide was disavowing the Jeremiah Wright plan, proclaiming that it went too far.
Joe Ricketts’s Retreat From Obama Attack Campaign: Are the Chicago Cubs to Blame?
Jim Warren
May 18, 2012
I've never met Ricketts, and for all I know, he may ultimately have had the sense to kill the plan.
Race-Baiting Campaign Proposed Against Obama Revisits What We Thought Was Past
Mark McKinnon
May 17, 2012

Historical Examples of ricketts

"Mrs. Ricketts has been good enough, your Highness—" began the Jew.
The Daltons, Volume II (of II)
Charles James Lever
Nor was he all this time in ignorance of Mrs. Ricketts's character.
The Daltons, Volume II (of II)
Charles James Lever
"My heart's chain wove,'" smiled and whispered Mrs. Ricketts.
The Daltons, Volume II (of II)
Charles James Lever
"He has not ventured to present himself," said Mrs. Ricketts, proudly.
The Daltons, Volume I (of II)
Charles James Lever
"If they be moral and of irreproachable reputation," said Mrs. Ricketts.
The Daltons, Volume I (of II)
Charles James Lever