pioneer

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And belying urban legends, there was no link to the Biblical story of Adam and Eve or the death of computing pioneer Alan Turing.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

But somehow it still makes sense coming from alt-comedy pioneer David Cross, who isn’t just complaining; he’s finding his own route to making specials feel special again.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Most of the fossil material was originally collected in 1986 by Dr. Mary Dawson, Curator Emeritus at Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a pioneer in Arctic paleontology.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

The estate later passed to aviation pioneer, Thomas Sopwith, in 1919, and by the 1960s, the tunnel had been repurposed to provide road access through the estate to the Horsley Towers courtyard.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

The Dutch were the first settlers in this part of New York, so it could be that this is a pioneer family.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George