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    Robert Liston FRCSE FRCS FRS (28 October 1794 – 7 December 1847) was a British surgeon. Liston was noted for his speed and skill in an era prior to anaesthetics...
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    The two fights between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston for boxing's World Heavyweight Championship were among the most controversial fights in the sport's...
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    Charles L. "Sonny" Liston (c. 1930 – December 30, 1970), nicknamed "the Big Bear", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1953 to 1970. A...
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  • Scotland in 1787/88. Robert Liston, was born 22 March 1730, the son of John Liston (1687-1764), minister of Aberdour. The Liston family had been much...
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  • American jazz musician Robert Liston (1794–1847), Scottish surgeon Robert Liston (diplomat) (1742–1836), British diplomat Robert Liston (minister) (1730–1796)...
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    The Liston knife is a type of knife used in surgical amputation. The knife was named after Robert Liston, a Scottish surgeon noted for his skill and speed...
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    Sir Robert Liston, GCB FRSE PC (8 October 1742 – 15 July 1836) was a Scottish diplomat and ambassador to several countries. Liston was born at Overtoun...
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    wards. It soon became known as University College Hospital. In 1835, Robert Liston became the first professor of clinical surgery at UCH, and the first...
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    and Robert Liston. Sonsthagen, Teresa (2013), Veterinary Instruments and Equipment: A Pocket Guide, Elsevier, p. 663, ISBN 9780323263139 Liston-type...
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    Tuberculosis Robert Liston (1794–1847), Scottish surgeon Robert F. Maronde (1920–2008), professor at University of Southern California Medical School Robert Andrews...
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    Henrietta Liston (19 December 1751 – 6 October 1828) was a British botanist and wife of diplomat Robert Liston. The National Library of Scotland has digitized...
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    Murray Anthony Hayes (Chargé d'affaires only) 1775–1794 Sir Robert Ainslie 1794–1795 Robert Liston Spencer Smith (Chargé d'affaires) Francis James Jackson...
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    and James Lind, pilot Eric Brown, surgeons James Barry, Joseph Bell, Robert Liston and B. K. Misra, sociologists Sir Patrick Geddes and David Bloor, writers...
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  • plague vaccine. Liston was born in Secunderabad where his father was an Army Chaplain. The surgeon Robert Liston, known for Liston's Splint, was a cousin...
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    Wiener Kongress Although the Ottoman Empire was officially invited by Robert Liston and Klemens von Metternich to actively participate in the Congress on...
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    Henry Liston (30 June 1771 – 24 February 1836) was a Scottish minister and inventor. Born on 30 June 1771, he was the oldest son of Robert Liston, minister...
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    of the dissecting room of Robert Liston, who had started as an extramural teacher of anatomy in competition with Liston's old master, John Barclay; in...
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    as Sayan 1963 Jacob and Esau as Esau 1964 None But the Lonely Spy as Robert Liston 1964 Hercules the Invincible as Kabol 1964 FX 18 Secret Agent as Francis...
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    younger son of John Lewis, founder of the chain of department stores Robert Liston, surgeon Alexander Litvinenko, Russian dissident, murdered by poisoning...
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    leaving the consul general at Philadelphia, Phineas Bond, in charge until Robert Liston arrived in America. Following his return from the United States, Hammond...
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  • diplomat Sir Robert Liston, and assumed the additional surname of Liston. The thirteenth Baronet discontinued the use of the surname of Liston in 1988 by...
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    be maintained at this rank for almost 100 years.: 1  1796–1800: Sir Robert Liston 1800–1804: Sir Edward Thornton 1803–1806: Anthony Merry 1807–1809: Hon...
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  • Remington, American businessman, founded Remington Arms (d. 1861) 1794 – Robert Liston, Scottish surgeon (d. 1847) 1804 – Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian...
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  • – Charles Wilkins Short, American botanist (died 1863) October 28 – Robert Liston, Scottish surgeon (died 1847) December 31 – Pierre Adolphe Piorry, French...
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    weddings. Notable past and present residents of the town include: Rev Robert Liston Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1787...
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    sanitation and hygiene, and the conditions in which surgeons such as Robert Liston in Britain and elsewhere, had to operate. Florence Nightingale famously...
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    attack and hit Liston repeatedly with jabs. Liston fought better in round two, but at the beginning of the third round Clay hit Liston with a combination...
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    the mid-1970s. He won the world heavyweight championship, defeating Sonny Liston in a major upset on February 25, 1964, at age 22. During that year, he denounced...
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