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Theoretical physicist in quantum field theory, mathematician, statistician
1923-2020 (97)
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22nd and 24th President of the United States from 1885-1889 and 1893-1897, politician for the National Democratic Party, worked with JP Morgan during the railway Panic of 1893
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CIA intelligence officer, lawyer, attorney, US foreign affairs for JFK and LBJ, author of A Tangled Web
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