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William Lescaze

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American architect (1896–1969)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1896
Died: 1969
Works: 5

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Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1958-02-01
Active to: 2020-03-24

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5 total works indexed

VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,493x
Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,862x
Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,972x
QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,722x
Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,525x

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Key dates

Born: 27 March 1896
Died: 9 February 1969

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: William
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Geneva
Place of death: New York City
Occupation: designer
Educated at: ETH Zurich
Image: William Lescaze Lord Calvert whiskey advertisement (cropped).jpg

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1896 births 1969 deaths 20th-century American architects École des Beaux-Arts alumni ETH Zurich alumni Fellows of the American Institute of Architects Modernist architects from the United States People from the canton of Geneva Swiss architects Swiss emigrants to the United States

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