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ALEXANDER

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1. What does ALEXANDER mean?
pronunciation
European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb (this entry has two senses; see the dictionary for the second meaning).

2. Who is/was ALEXANDER I?
pronunciation
The czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825)

3. Who is/was ALEXANDER II?
definition
The son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881)

4. Who is/was ALEXANDER VI?
pronunciation
Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503)

5. Who is/was ALEXANDER III?
definition
Son of Alexander II who was czar of Russia (1845-1894)

6. Who is/was ALEXANDER BELL?
pronunciation
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)

7. Who is/was ALEXANDER POPE?
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English poet and satirist (1688-1744)

8. Who is/was ALEXANDER CALDER?
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United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)

9. Who is/was ALEXANDER WILSON?
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Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)

10. Who is/was CZAR ALEXANDER I?
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The czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825)

11. Who is/was ALEXANDER FLEMING?
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English bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955)

12. Who is/was ALEXANDER PUSHKIN?
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Russian poet (1799-1837)

13. Who is/was ALEXANDER SELKIRK?
pronunciation
Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721)

14. Who is/was CZAR ALEXANDER II?
definition
The son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881)

15. Who is/was POPE ALEXANDER VI?
pronunciation
Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503)

16. Who is/was ALEXANDER HAMILTON?
pronunciation
United States statesman and leader of the Federalists; as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank; was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr (1755-1804)

17. Who is/was ALEXANDER SELCRAIG?
definition
Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721)

18. Who is/was CZAR ALEXANDER III?
definition
Son of Alexander II who was czar of Russia (1845-1894)

19. Who is/was ALEXANDER THE GREAT?
pronunciation
King of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC)

20. Who is/was ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT?
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United States drama critic and journalist (1887-1943)

21. Who is/was SIR ALEXANDER KORDA?
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British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956)

22. Who is/was ALAN ALEXANDER MILNE?
pronunciation
English writer of stories for children (1882-1956)

23. What does ALEXANDER ARCHIPELAGO mean?
pronunciation
It's a group of islands off southeastern Alaska

24. Who is/was ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL?
pronunciation
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)

25. Who is/was SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING?
pronunciation
English bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955)

26. Who is/was ALEXANDER MELVILLE BELL?
pronunciation
It's a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)

27. Who is/was ALEXANDER THE LIBERATOR?
pronunciation
The son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881)

28. Who is/was HERBERT ALEXANDER SIMON?
pronunciation
United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001)

29. Who is/was PETER ALEXANDER USTINOV?
pronunciation
British actor and playwright (born in 1921)

30. Who is/was SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE?
pronunciation
Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North American by land north of Mexico (1764-1820)

31. Who is/was ROBERT ALEXANDER SCHUMANN?
pronunciation
German romantic composer known for piano music and songs (1810-1856)

32. Who is/was SIR ALEXANDER ROBERTUS TODD?
definition
Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907)

33. Who is/was ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVICH BLOK?
definition
Russian poet (1880-1921)

34. Who is/was BARON ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT?
pronunciation
German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859)

35. Who is/was SIR DAVID ALEXANDER CECIL LOW?
pronunciation
British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)

36. Who is/was SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER CRAIGIE?
pronunciation
English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966)

37. Who is/was ALEXANDER ISAYEVICH SOLZHENITSYN?
definition
Soviet writer and political dissident whose novels exposed the brutality of Soviet labor camps (born in 1918)

38. Who is/was BARON FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT?
pronunciation
German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859)


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