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Nabokov was an entomologist at the american museum of natural history, before joining wellesley college as the chair of the comparative literature department in 1941. Vladimir nabokov 18991977 was a russian american scientist, poet, translator, and professor of literature. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Vladimir nabokov taught at cornell university from 1948 to 1959.
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