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1. What does JAN mean?
pronunciation
The first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice

2. Who is/was JAN HUS?
definition
Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415)

3. Who is/was JAN STEEN?
pronunciation
Dutch genre painter (1626-1679)

4. Who is/was JAN VERMEER?
pronunciation
Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675)

5. Who is/was JAN VAN EYCK?
definition
Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441)

6. Who is/was JAN TINBERGEN?
definition
Dutch economist noted for his work in econometrics (1903-1994)

7. Who is/was JAN SWAMMERDAM?
definition
Dutch naturalist and microscopist who proposed a classification of insects and who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and was the first to see red blood cells (1637-1680)

8. Who is/was JAN HENDRIX OORT?
definition
Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992)

9. Who is/was JAN VAN DER MEER?
pronunciation
Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675)

10. Who is/was JAN AMOS KOMENSKY?
definition
Czech educational reformer (1592-1670)

11. Who is/was JAN CHRISTIAN SMUTS?
definition
South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950)

12. Who is/was IGNACE JAN PADEREWSKI?
pronunciation
Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941)

13. Who is/was JAN EVANGELISTA PURKINJE?
definition
Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (1787-1869)


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