- Whipple
Whipple may refer to:
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Abraham Whipple (1733–1819), American revolutionary naval commander
*Allen Whipple (1881–1963), American surgeon, eponym of the Whipple procedure (Pancreaticoduodenectomy ) andWhipple's triad
*Amiel Weeks Whipple (1816–1863), American military engineer and surveyor
*Diane Whipple (1968–2001), fatal victim of a dog attack in San Francisco
*Edwin Percy Whipple (1819–1886), American essayist and critic
*Frances Harriet Whipple Green McDougall , born Frances Harriet Whipple (1805–1878), abolitionist, poet, novelist, editor, botanist, spiritualist medium, and advocate of women's, voters', and workers' rights
*Francis John Welsh Whipple (1876–1943), British mathematician and meteorologist
*Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906–2004), American astronomer
*George Whipple (1878–1976), American physician, biomedical researcher, Nobel Prize winner
*Henry Benjamin Whipple (1822–1901), first Episcopal bishop of Minnesota, U.S.A.
*John Adams Whipple (1822–1891), American inventor and early photographer
*Manley Nehemiah Whipple (1814–1843), American folk art portraitist and stone sculptor
*Mary Margaret Whipple (1940– ), Virginia politician
*Prince Whipple , eighteenth century African, participant in American Revolution
*Jessica Whipple , Daughter of Sherman Whipple, economist who coined the term NEBBIES
*Walter Whipple , Associate Teaching Professor of Polish, author of many English translations of Polish poetry
*William Whipple (1730–1785), signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New HampshireGiven name
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Whipple Van Ness Jones , skierFictional
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Mr. Whipple , fictional character in American television ads for Charmin toilet paperThings
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Fort Whipple , fort established in 1863 in Arizona Territory near Prescott (after Amiel Weeks Whipple)
*Triple Whipple Truss , bridge design used in the 1800s
*USS Whipple , designation of three U.S. Navy ships (after Abraham Whipple)
*Whipple Mountains , mountain range in southeastern California, U.S.Acience
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Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory , astronomical observatory in Arizona, U.S.A.
*Whipple's index , measure used in demography (study of human population dynamics)
*Whipple Museum of the History of Science , science museum of the University of Cambridge
*Whipple shield , meteor shield for spacecraft invented by Fred Whipple
*36P/Whipple , periodic comet discovered by Fred WhippleMedicine
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Whipple's disease , a rare bacterial disease (first described by George Whipple)
*Whipple procedure , surgical removal of pancreatic cancer (devised by Allen Whipple)
*Whipple's triad , conditions necessary for proving a diagnosis of hypoglycemia (by Allen Whipple)
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