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James A. Robinson
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James A. Robinson

Scientist · born February 27, 1960

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James Alan Robinson is a British-American economist and political scientist. He is a university professor at the Harris School of Public Policy of the University of Chicago, where he led the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts.

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  1. ~64Received the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2024

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1983 · United States

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John Steinbeck

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1902–1968 · United States

John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters".

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