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De Vries

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De Vries (d vrs), Hugo Marie 1848-1935.
Dutch botanist who studied evolution by observing mutations rather than natural selection. He was an early proponent of the works of Gregor Mendel.
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Award-winning writer Maggie de Vries and prize-winning illustrator Renne Benoit present Tale of a Great White Fish: A Sturgeon Story, a children's picturebook about Big Fish, an ancient sturgeon nearly 177 years old who has dodged death many times, from drainage to disease to the threat of sports fishermen.
Tale of a Great White Fish by Children's Bookwatch
After the excitement of his encounters with pirates, cloud cats, and the rich and alluring Kate de Vries, Matt Cruse finds life at the Airship Academy significantly anticlimactic.
Kenneth Oppel, Skybreaker by Smith, Vicky / The Horn Book Magazine
He and his girlfriend Kate de Vries, along with a mysterious gypsy girl who holds a key to the Hyperion, and a dashing young airship captain, head off together to the skies of frigid Skyberia to try to capture this ship and its riches, despite the dangerously high altitude at which it is flying.
Oppel, Kenneth. Skybreaker by Rohrlick, Paula / Kliatt
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