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  • 51KAHN, ALEXANDER — (1881–1962), U.S. lawyer and newspaper executive. Kahn, who was born in Smolensk, Russia, was taken to the U.S. in 1893. He was an active member of the Socialist literary club that took part in the founding of the jewish daily forward (1897) and… …

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  • 52KAHN, ROGER — (1927– ), U.S. sportswriter. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Kahn worked at the New York Herald Tribune in the early 1950s covering the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was named sports editor at Newsweek in 1956, and editor at large at the Saturday… …

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  • 53Kahn Fotuali’i — Kahn Fotuali’i, born 22 May, 1982, is a New Zealand rugby union player for the Crusaders in the Super 14 competition. He plays as a Scrum half.ReferencesExternal links* [http://www.crusaders.co.nz/profile/kahn fotuali i/11/player details.aspx… …

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  • 54Kahn test — [kän] n. [after R. L. Kahn (1887 1979), U.S. immunologist] a modified form of the Wassermann test for the diagnosis of syphilis …

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  • 55KAHN, ALBERT — (1869–1942), U.S. industrial architect. Kahn was born in Rhaunen, Germany, and was taken to the United States in 1881. He was trained in Detroit and specialized in factory design. He was engaged by Henry Ford as one of his principal architects.… …

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  • 56KAHN, DOROTHY C. — KAHN, DOROTHY C. (1893–1955), U.S. social worker. Dorothy Kahn, who was born in Seattle, Washington, began her career as a caseworker for the Jewish Social Service Bureau, Chicago (1915–18). She subsequently held several important posts in the… …

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  • 57KAHN, ERICH ITOR — (1905–1956), composer and pianist. Born in Germany, Kahn spent some time in France and then settled in the United States. He was a distinguished performer of chamber music. As a composer, he was influenced by the schoenberg school, and he also… …

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  • 58KAHN, LÉON — (1851–1900), French historian and publicist. Born in Paris, Kahn became secretary general of the Paris consistory in 1895. He was active in many Jewish associations in Paris; for a time he edited Univers Israélite and collaborated on the yearbook …

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  • 59Kahn, Gustave — Kahn, Gustave, franz. Dichter und Romanschriftsteller, geb. 1859 in Paris, besuchte daselbst das Lyzeum, gelangte aber, da ihn nur seine dichterischen Versuche beschäftigten, nicht zum Bakkalaureat und mußte daher von 1880–85 in Tunis… …

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  • 60Kahn-Eisen — Kahn Eisen, s. Spezialeisen …

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