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Elihu Root was an American politician who lived from 1845 to 1937 and played significant roles in U.S. government during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is historically important because of his influence on American foreign policy and institutional development during a transformative period in the nation's history.
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- Born
- 1845
- Died
- 1937
- Works
- 156
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- Discurso presidencial pronunciado en la decimaquinta conferencia anual de la Sociedad americana de derecho internacional
- The constitution of the United States
- History of amendments proposed to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty ...
- Address ... before the Union League club of Chicago, February 22, 1904
- Codification of American international law
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- Group
- Origin
- Czechia
- Active from
- 1987
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- Mutation in the α-Synuclein Gene Identified in Families with Parkinson's Disease
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- Genome-Scale CRISPR-Cas9 Knockout Screening in Human Cells
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- Diagnosis and management of AML in adults: 2017 ELN recommendations from an international expert panel
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- Optimized sgRNA design to maximize activity and minimize off-target effects of CRISPR-Cas9
· 2016 · cited 4,522x
- Systematic RNA interference reveals that oncogenic KRAS-driven cancers require TBK1
· 2009 · cited 3,343x
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Elihu Root (/ˈɛlɪhjuː ˈruːt/; February 15, 1845 – February 7, 1937) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and statesman who served as the 41st United States Secretary of War under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt and the 38th United States Secretary of State, also under Roosevelt. In both positions as well as a long legal career, he pioneered the American practice of international law. Root is sometimes considered the prototype of the 20th-century political "wise man", advising presidents on a range of foreign and domestic issues. He also served as a United States Senator from New York and received the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize.
Root was a leading New York City lawyer who moved frequently between high-level appointed government positions in Washington, D.C., and private-sector legal practice in New York. He headed organizations such as the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the American Society of International Law.