James Joyce
One of the most radical innovators of 20th century writing, James Joyce
dedicated himself to exuberant exploration of the total resources of
language. Learn more about his life and work
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., a Baptist minister, was the youngest man
to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection,
he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the
furtherance of the civil rights movement. Learn more about his life and
work
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Georges Lemaître
A Mendel Medal recipient in 1934,
Georges Lemaître, a Catholic priest, is a Belgian astronomer and cosmologist who formulated
the modern big-bang theory, which holds that the universe began in a
cataclysmic explosion of a small, primeval “super-atom.” Learn more
about him
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Luis de Leon, O.S.A.
Spanish poet, theologian, and an Augustinian friar, de Leon is one of the greatest masters of
Castilian lyric poetry. His virile national spirit, at once religious
and patriotic, and his rare classical purity, magnanimity, and sure
judgment conspire to save him from effeminacy, affectation, and
pedantry. Learn more about his life and work
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Gregor Mendel, O.S.A.
Gregor Johann Mendel, Abbot of the Augustinian Monastery, Brünn,
Austria, (now Brno, the Czech Republic), discovered the celebrated laws
of heredity which now bear his name: the law of segregation and the law
of independent assortment -- that prove the existence of paired
elementary units of heredity (factors) and establish the statistical
laws governing them. Learn more
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Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison is a Nobel Prize-winning American author, editor, and
professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialog, and
richly detailed African American characters. Learn more about her life
and works
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