Claude
Albert, 1899–1983, U.S. biologist, born in Belgium: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1974.
Also, Claud. a male given name: from a Roman family name meaning “lame.”.
Contemporary Examples
Rupert Everett Unleashed Kevin Sessums April 5, 2009
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days David Freeman December 12, 2014
In 2005, ‘Iowa Nice’ Ernst Helped to Oust Veterans From Local Board After They Opposed Her Candidacy Ben Jacobs October 12, 2014
Rick Perry’s Lethal Overconfidence David R. Dow September 8, 2011
Life After Wasserstein Ralph Gardner, Jr. December 13, 2009
Historical Examples
Fragments of an Autobiography Felix Moscheles
Chip, of the Flying U B. M. Bower
Marguerite De Roberval T. G. Marquis
Self-Help Samuel Smiles
A Mysterious Disappearance Gordon Holmes
noun
Albert. 1898–1983, US cell biologist, born in Belgium: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1974) for work on microsomes and mitochondria
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