jan : Idioms & Phrases

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ignace jan paderewski

  • noun Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941)
    Ignace Paderewski; Paderewski.
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jan amos komensky

  • noun Czech educational reformer (1592-1670)
    John Amos Comenius; Comenius.
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jan christian smuts

  • noun South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950)
    Smuts.
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jan evangelista purkinje

  • noun Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (1787-1869)
    Johannes Evangelista Purkinje; Purkinje.
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jan hendrix oort

  • noun Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992)
    Oort.
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jan hus

  • noun Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415)
    John Huss; Huss; Hus.
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jan steen

  • noun Dutch genre painter (1626-1679)
    Steen.
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jan swammerdam

  • noun Dutch naturalist and microscopist who proposed a classification of insects and who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and was the first to see red blood cells (1637-1680)
    Swammerdam.
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jan tinbergen

  • noun Dutch economist noted for his work in econometrics (1903-1994)
    Tinbergen.
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jan van der meer

  • noun Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675)
    Jan van der Meer; Vermeer.
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jan van eyck

  • noun Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441)
    van Eyck; Eyck.
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jan vermeer

  • noun Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675)
    Jan van der Meer; Vermeer.
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