Published “Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2” in Nature Biotechnology — cited 21,106 times.
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William G. Morgan
William George Morgan was an American sports educator and the inventor of volleyball, originally called "Mintonette", a name derived from the game of badminton which he later agreed to change to better reflect the nature of the sport. He was born in Lockport, New York, U.S.
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science · Inventor of the volleyball (1870–1942) · inventor · teacher · volleyball player · pedagogue · film editor · also William G. Morgan, William G Morgan, William George Morgan, Morgan
Born 23 January 1870 · Died 27 December 1942 · Q313949
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2001· 1 entry
Published “Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome” in Nature — cited 18,643 times.
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1995· 1 entry
The Morgan Trophy Award was created
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1994· 1 entry
Published “The Commitment-Trust Theory of Relationship Marketing” in Journal of Marketing — cited 19,428 times.
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1985· 1 entry
Was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame as the inaugural member
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1964· 1 entry
At the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Volleyball was introduced to the Olympics
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1942· 1 entry
Died 1942-12-27.
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1920· 1 entry
New rules were instigated which included the three hits per side and the back row attack rules
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1900· 1 entry
Spalding started to produce a special ball, which was designed specifically for the sport – A volleyball
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1897· 1 entry
To start a new career with General Electric and Westinghouse
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1896· 1 entry
The first game of volleyball was played at Springfield College
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1895· 1 entry
In Holyoke, Massachusetts, Morgan invented "Mintonette" a less vigorous team sport more suitable for older members of the YMCA but one that still required athletic skill
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1870· 1 entry
Born 1870-01-23.
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