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Calvin

1. John,original name Jean Cauvin, Caulvin, or Chauvin. 1509--64, French theologian: a leader of the Protestant Reformation in France and Switzerland, establishing the first presbyterian government in Geneva. His theological system is described in his Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536)

2. Melvin. 1911--97, US chemist, noted particularly for his research on photosynthesis: Nobel prize for chemistry 1961

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