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This document contains biographical information on multiple individuals: - The first section describes a Tennessee native who received degrees from the University of Tennessee and is currently a doctoral student who has written on environmental issues. - The second section provides details on an American author, documentary filmmaker, and professor born in 1950 in West Virginia who teaches at Harvard. - The third section notes a Scottish-born educator born in 1906 who taught humanities in the US and published essays and books.
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