Woodward
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C(omer) Vann, 1908–99, U.S. historian.
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Robert Burns, 1917–79, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1965.
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a town in northwestern Oklahoma.
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Sir Clive . born 1956, English Rugby Union player and subsequently (1997–2004) coach of the England team that won the Rugby World Cup in 2003.
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R ( obert ) B ( urns ). 1917–79, US chemist. For his work on the synthesis of quinine, strychnine, cholesterol, and other organic compounds he won the Nobel prize for chemistry 1965
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Cyber security Professor Alan Woodward from Surrey University told reporters OpenAI had "egg on it's face", and Katie Moussouris from Luta Security went further, suggesting the AI industry is failing to control its dangerous inventions.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Geologist Samuel Pickworth Woodward, who was a professor at the college in the 1800s and a correspondent of Charles Darwin, collected many of the plants and flowers.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
“But,” Woodward and Costa write, as if paraphrasing Graham’s thoughts, “there was no changing him. You just kept the conversation going.”
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Woodward seized more influence over antitrust after a series of internal upheavals at the division.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Woodward helped to perform the autopsy on Lincoln's body at the White House on the day of his death.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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