An·der·son ( n d r-sn) A city of east-central Indiana northeast of Indianapolis. There are numerous prehistoric mounds nearby. Population: 57,500. |
| Anderson, Carl David 1905-1991. American physicist. He won a 1936 Nobel Prize for his discovery of the positron. |
| Anderson, Dame Judith 1898-1992. Australian-born actress noted for her roles in the plays of Shakespeare and Eugene O'Neill and for her chilling portrayal of Mrs. Danvers in the 1940 film Rebecca. |
| Anderson, Margaret Caroline 1893?-1973. American editor who founded and edited The Little Review (1914-1929), an influential literary magazine. |
| Anderson, Marian 1897-1993. American contralto. Acclaimed for her renditions of spirituals, she was the first African-American singer to perform at New York City's Metropolitan Opera (1955). |   |
| Anderson, Maxwell 1888-1959. American playwright whose works, some of which are in blank verse, include Both Your Houses, which won a 1933 Pulitzer Prize, and Winterset (1935). |
| Anderson, Philip Warren Born 1923. American physicist. He shared a 1977 Nobel Prize for developments in computer memory systems. |
| Anderson, Sherwood 1876-1941. American writer whose often autobiographical works include Winesburg, Ohio (1919). |
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(Placename) a river in N Canada, in the Northwest Territories, rising in lakes north of Great Bear Lake and flowing west and north to the Beaufort Sea. Length: about 580 km (360 miles)
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1. (Biographies / Anderson, Carl David (1905-1991) M, US, SCIENCE: physicist) Carl David. 1905-91, US physicist, who discovered the positron in cosmic rays (1932): Nobel prize for physics 1936
2. (Biographies / Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett (1836-1917) F, English, MEDICINE: physician, POLITICS: feminist) Elizabeth Garrett. 1836-1917, English physician and feminist: a campaigner for the admission of women to the professions
3. (Biographies / Anderson, John (1893-1962) M, Australiannational of birth: Scottish, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) John. 1893-1962, Australian philosopher, born in Scotland, whose theories are expounded in Studies in Empirical Philosophy (1962)
4. (Biographies / Anderson, Judith (1898-1992) F, Australian, THEATRE: actress) Dame Judith, real name Frances Margaret Anderson. 1898- 1992, Australian stage and film actress
5. (Biographies / Anderson, Lindsay (Gordon) (1923-1994) M, British, FILMS AND TV: director, THEATRE: theatre director) Lindsay (Gordon) 1923-94, British film and theatre director: his films include This Sporting Life (1963), If (1968), O Lucky Man! (1973), and The Whales of August (1987)
6. (Biographies / Anderson, Marian (1902-1993) F, US, MUSIC: contralto) Marian. 1902-93, US contralto, the first Black permanent member of the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York
7. (Biographies / Anderson, Philip Warren (1923 M, US, SCIENCE: physicist) Philip Warren. born 1923, US physicist, noted for his work on solid-state physics. Nobel prize for physics 1977
8. (Biographies / Anderson, Sherwood (1874-1941) M, US, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: short-story writer) Sherwood. 1874-1941, US novelist and short-story writer, best known for Winesburg Ohio (1919), a collection of short stories illustrating small-town life
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| Noun | 1. |  Anderson - United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941) |
| 2. | Anderson - United States physicist who studied the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-) | |
| 3. | Anderson - United States dramatist (1888-1959) | |
| 4. |  Anderson - United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993) | |
| 5. | Anderson - United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991) |
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