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BENJAMIN

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1. What does BENJAMIN mean?
pronunciation
Gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation (this entry has two senses; see the dictionary for the second meaning).

2. What does GUM BENJAMIN mean?
pronunciation
Gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation

3. What does BENJAMIN BUSH mean?
pronunciation
Deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries

4. Who is/was BENJAMIN RUSH?
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Physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

5. Who is/was BENJAMIN WEST?
pronunciation
English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820)

6. Who is/was BENJAMIN SHAHN?
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United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969)

7. Who is/was BENJAMIN SPOCK?
pronunciation
United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998)

8. Who is/was BENJAMIN HARRIS?
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Publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713)

9. Who is/was BENJAMIN JONSON?
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English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637)

10. Who is/was BENJAMIN JOWETT?
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English classical scholar noted for his translations of Plato and Aristotle (1817-1893)

11. Who is/was BENJAMIN PEIRCE?
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United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880)

12. Who is/was BENJAMIN BRITTEN?
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Major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976)

13. Who is/was BENJAMIN DISRAELI?
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British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881)

14. Who is/was BENJAMIN FRANKLIN?
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Printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790)

15. Who is/was BENJAMIN HARRISON?
pronunciation
23rd President of the United States (1833-1901)

16. Who is/was BENJAMIN KUBELSKY?
definition
United States comedian known for his timeing and delivery and self-effacing humor (1894-1974)

17. Who is/was BENJAMIN THOMPSON?
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English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)

18. Who is/was BENJAMIN DAVID GOODMAN?
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United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including Black as well as White musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)

19. Who is/was BENJAMIN HENRY LATROBE?
pronunciation
United States architect (born in England) whose works include the chambers of the United States Congress and the Supreme Court; considered the first professional architect in the United States (1764-1820)

20. Who is/was WILLIAM BENJAMIN HOGAN?
pronunciation
United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (born in 1912)

21. Who is/was EDWARD BENJAMIN BRITTEN?
pronunciation
Major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976)

22. What does BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRIDGE mean?
pronunciation
It's a suspension bridge across the Delaware River

23. Who is/was BENJAMIN RICKETSON TUCKER?
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United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)

24. Who is/was PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HARRISON?
pronunciation
23rd President of the United States (1833-1901)

25. Who is/was BENJAMIN FRANKLIN NORRIS JR.?
definition
United States writer (1870-1902)

26. Who is/was GEORGES EUGENE BENJAMIN CLEMENCEAU?
definition
French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929)


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