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Nicholas Biddle 1801 Opposed Abolition and Facilitated the Slave Trade
Nicholas Biddle 1801 (1786-1844)
A Stellar Student, He Transformed Our Understanding of the Stars
Henry Norris Russell 1897 *1900
How the First Historian of the A-Bomb Achieved a Misinformation Coup
Henry DeWolf Smyth *1921 penned Atomic Energy for Military Purposes for the War Department
Kenneth Clark 1905 Wrote ‘Going Back’
Kenneth Clark 1905
A Tragic Candidate in the Princeton ‘Conclave’ for University President
E. Harris ‘Jinks’ Harbison 1928
He Watched Biology from Up Close and Afar
Lewis Thomas ’33 (1913-1993)
He Inspired Hemingway Before Falling Out Over a Famous Fish
Henry Strater 1919
The Vatican Looked to Him to Build a Better Library
William Warner Bishop
A Traveler Among the First International Reporters
Herbert Adams Gibbons *1914
A Journal Finds Its Way Home
William Hamlin Neely 1917 (1896-1962)
Donated Death Mask Collection
Laurence Hutton
He Was Princeton’s Favorite Author During Prohibition
Norman Anthony (1889-1968)
She Brought America and Greece Together
Princeton Portrait: Mary Alison Frantz (1903-1995)
How CJ the DJ Gave the Beatles Their Big Break in America
Princeton Portrait: Carroll James ’58 (1937-1997)
He Wrote the Song That Poked Fun at Professors for Some 85 Years
Princeton Portrait | Andrew Clerk Imbrie 1895 (1875-1965)
Math Be Damned, He Fell Upward Through a Career in Medicine
Princeton Portrait: John Finney 1884 (1863-1942)
Princeton Portrait: He Wrote a Cookbook for Those Best at Making Reservations
Charles Browne 1896 *1899 (1875-1947)
His Name Made Him Worthy of America’s First Medical Degree
John Archer 1760 *1763 (1741-1810)
A Bond Forged While Advancing Mathematics
Emmy Noether (1882-1935) and Anna Pell Wheeler (1883-1966)
An Influential Author Who Got His Start at a Student Publication
José Donoso ’51 (1924-96)
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