Meaning of Cornell in English

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  2. Noun
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  1. Noun

    Cornell

    Definitions

    1. United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974)
  2. 2. United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874)

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  • « But I spent just two calendar years at Cornell University, though it was covering more than three years of work, and then went to medical school and did become interested in psychiatry, and even helped form a kind of psychiatry club in medical school. »
    Robert Jay Lifton
  • « I am a teacher, and I am proud of it. At Cornell University I have taught primarily undergraduates, and indeed almost every year since 1966 have taught first-year general chemistry. »
    Roald Hoffmann

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