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Behring

[ US /ˈbɛɹɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)

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  • Behring, however, who announced, in 1913, his production of a mixture of this kind, and subsequent work which modified and refined the mixture originally produced by Behring resulted in the modern methods of immunization which have largely banished diphtheria from the scourges of mankind. Emil von Behring - Biography
  • Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days 'harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea. Chapter 16
  • Clearly, in Seattle, Behring is few football fans' favorite uncle.
  • talk show host, criticizing the American and European media for labeling self-confessed Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring-Breivika as a Christian extremist, despite the killer's multiple oral and written claims to believe in Christianity TIME.com: Top Stories
  • Kalumah when questioned confirmed all that the Lieutenant had said, so that it appeared probable that the island would be drifted to the south like a huge ice-floe, that is to say, to the narrowest part of Behring Strait, which is much frequented in the summer by the fishermen of New Archangel, who are the most experienced mariners of those waters. The Fur Country
  • In 1898, after having become professor at the University in Marburg (then part of Prussia), Behring moved with his family into a house in Wilhelm-Roser-Strasse in Marburg, where his six sons were born. Emil von Behring: The Founder of Serum Therapy
  • And one of the companies, the Behring company in Marburg, became quite interested in it initially, and so they even funded our research for a certain period of time, with the expectation that we could collaborate on the development of vaccines. Harald zur Hausen - Interview
  • There is also at some distance south of Behring's Straits a remarkable chain of islands, called the Aleutian Islands, which extend in a regular and continuous line from the American to the Asiatic shore. Aboriginal America
  • But not all names in - ing are Anglo-Saxon, e.g. Baring is German; cf. Behring, of the Straits; and Jobling is Fr. Jobelin, a double dim. of Job. The Romance of Names
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