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Word: viniculturist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Baron Henri de Rothschild, 75. French financier, physician, philanthropist and viniculturist; of a heart ailment; near Lausanne, Switzerland. Probably the most noteworthy of the Rothschilds, Baron Henri won respect for his work on infants' diseases, on milk as a food, and on the radium treatment of cancer (he set up the famed Pierre Curie Institute for radium research). He also found time to write plays for the Paris stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 20, 1947 | 10/20/1947 | See Source »

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