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Woodward

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Wood·ward  (wdwrd), C(omer) Vann Born 1908.
American historian whose works include Origins of the New South (1951) and The Strange Career of Jim Crow (1955).
Woodward, Robert Burns 1917-1979.
American chemist. He won a 1965 Nobel Prize for work in synthesizing complicated organic compounds.
Woodward [ˈwʊdwəd]
n
(Biographies / Woodward, R(obert) B(urns) (1917-1979) M, US, SCIENCE: chemist) R(obert) B(urns). 1917-79, US chemist. For his work on the synthesis of quinine, strychnine, cholesterol, and other organic compounds he won the Nobel prize for chemistry 1965
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Noun1.Woodward - United States historian (1908-1999)Woodward - United States historian (1908-1999)
C. Vann Woodward, Comer Vann Woodward
2.Woodward - United States chemist honored for synthesizing complex organic compounds (1917-1979)
Bob Woodward, Robert Burns Woodward, Robert Woodward
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