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 (rŏb′ĭnz), Frederick Chapman 1916-2003.
American microbiologist and physician. He shared a 1954 Nobel Prize for work on the cultivation of the poliovirus.

Robbins

, Jerome 1918-1998.
American dancer, choreographer, and director of ballets and musicals, including West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959).
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Robbins

(ˈrɒbɪnz)
n
(Biography) Jerome. 1918–98, US ballet dancer and choreographer. He choreographed the musicals The King and I (1951) and West Side Story (1957)
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Rob•bins

(ˈrɒb ɪnz)

n.
Jerome, 1918–98, U.S. choreographer.
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Noun1.Robbins - United States choreographer who brought human emotion to classical ballet and spirited reality to Broadway musicals (1918-1998)
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