#1Science & Medicine
Edward Adelbert Doisy
1893–1986American biochemist
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Edward Adelbert Doisy, the American biochemist, was born in 1893. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. Articles about them exist in 59 languages. The longest list of any town in Illinois belongs to Alton, with 65.
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Edward Adelbert Doisy
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Edward Adelbert Doisy
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hume and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
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- Edward Adelbert Doisy: The Nobel Foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons