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• Bruno Walter (noun)
  1. 1876-1962 german conductor
• De La Mare, Walter
  1. (1873-1956) a British writer famous especially for his poems for children
• Mitty, Walter
  1. the main character in a story by James THURBER called The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1932). He has a very ordinary life, but spends a lot of time imagining that he is a brave and important person living a dangerous and exciting life. His name is used, especially in newspapers, to describe someone who seems very ordinary but who either imagines they have an exciting secret life or who actually does have one
• Raleigh, Sir Walter
  1. (?1552-1618) an English EXPLORER who made several journeys to North and South America and later wrote books about them. He is the person who first brought POTATO es and TOBACCO to Britain.
• Scott, Sir Walter
  1. (1771-1832) a Scottish writer and poet who was one of the most popular British writers of the 19th century. He wrote many historical novels based on Scottish history, such as ROB ROY, and on old English stories, such as IVANHOE . One of his best known poems is The LADY OF THE LAKE .
• Sir Harold Walter Kroto (noun)
  1. born in 1939 british chemist who with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry
• Sir Howard Walter Florey (noun)
  1. 1898-1968 british pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming
• Sir Walter Norman Haworth (noun)
  1. 1883-1950 english biochemist who was a pioneer in research on carbohydrates; when he synthesized vitamin C he became the first person to synthesize a vitamin artificially
• Sir Walter Ralegh (noun)
  1. 1552-1618 a favourite of Elizabeth I english courtier who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England
• Sir Walter Raleigh (noun)
  1. 1552-1618 a favourite of Elizabeth I english courtier who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England
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