CALVIN

Calvin, John Calvin, Jean Cauvin, Jean Caulvin, Jean Chauvin

(noun) Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)

Calvin, Melvin Calvin

(noun) United States chemist noted for discovering the series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis (1911-)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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