craigie | (n) English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966), Syn. Sir William Alexander Craigie, William A. Craigie |
moore | (n) United States poet noted for irony and wit (1887-1872), Syn. Marianne Craig Moore, Marianne Moore |
selkirk | (n) Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721), Syn. Alexander Selkirk, Alexander Selcraig, Selcraig |
ventner | (n) United States geneticist who published the complete base sequences for all the genes of a free-living organism, the influenza bacterium; later led team that developed a first draft of the entire human genome (born in 1946), Syn. J. Craig Ventner, Craig Ventner |