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Also Known As James Ephraim Lovelock
Born July 26, 1919 • Letchworth • England
Died July 26, 2022 (aged 103) • England
Inventions electron-capture detector
Subjects Of Study Gaia hypothesis

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British chemist
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Stephen Hawking
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Elsie Widdowson
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John Frederic Daniell
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Joseph Swan
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William Nicholson
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Dorothy Hodgkin
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