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    Another clue to help move this one along:

    He is a Nobel laureate.
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    Which discipline?

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    Not Chemistry, Peace, Literature, Economic Sciences or Medicine/Physiology.

    Another clue - he's French.
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    Antoine Henri Becquerel French physicist
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    Sorry to hijack this thread a bit but while you are playing with the real ones............who is this ???
    If at first you don't succeed, give something else a go. Life is far too short to waste time trying.

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    I agree with Iain. He won Physics prize in 1903 for the discovery of radio activity. He shared it with M. & Madame Curie.
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    Bingo!

    Becquerel was famous for his work on radioactivity, but his main area of research was in fluorescence. This eventually lead to the invention that allowed woodies to work late into the night - the fluorescent lamp.

    http://inventors.about.com/library/i...luorescent.htm

    Iain next?
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    Thats easy Gumby- That's you.!
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    Nup :eek:
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    It's Ozwinner in his fleecy inner foiled pyjamas.
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    Bugger orf Gumby, it's my go.
    Who is this character
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    Hubert Cecil Booth....
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    Mark Knopfler (with a hat on)
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    It's Hercule "Guitar" Poirot just after he shaved off the silly moustache and took up residence in Nashville, Tennessee.
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    Wrong, wrong wrong, the placement of the left hand should be of some help.
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