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Yerkes may
refer to:
Yerkes (surname),
notable people with this
surname Yerkes,
Kentucky Yerkes,
Pennsylvania Yerkes Observatory, an
astronomical observatory...
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Yerkes–Dodson law is an
empirical relationship between arousal and performance,
originally developed by
psychologists Robert M.
Yerkes and John Dillingham...
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Robert Mearns Yerkes (/ˈjɜːrkiːz/; May 26, 1876 –
February 3, 1956) was an
American psychologist, ethologist,
eugenicist and
primatologist best
known for...
- T. (Theodore)
Bruce Yerke (1923–1998) was an
American science fiction author and editor. A
member of "an
extensive network of
active enthusiasts", he...
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Yerkes Observatory (/ˈjɜːrkiːz/ YUR-keez) is an
astronomical observatory located in
Williams Bay, Wisconsin,
United States. The
observatory was operated...
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Charles Tyson Yerkes Jr. (/ˈjɜːrkiːz/ YUR-keez; June 25, 1837 –
December 29, 1905) was an
American financier. He pla**** a part in
developing m****-transit...
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Yerkes is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include: Bob
Yerkes (1932–2024),
American stuntman Carroll Yerkes (1903–1950),
American baseball pitcher...
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Brayton Walter Yerkes (February 11, 1932 –
October 1, 2024),
known professionally as Bob
Yerkes, was an
American stuntman. Born in
Santa Monica, California...
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Royden Keith Yerkes (June 22, 1881 — June 21, 1964) was an
Episcopal priest and theologian.
Yerkes was born in Philadelphia.
Yerkes was
ordained in 1906...
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evenly divided into any sort of
mathematically representable intervals. The
Yerkes spectral classification, also
called the MK, or Morgan-Keenan (alternatively...
