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Vandyke

[van-dahyk] / vænˈdaɪk /




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To produce the detailed anatomical drawings in “Gray’s Anatomy,” Henry Vandyke Carter relied on human cadavers.

From New York Times Aug. 2, 2023

Vandyke was an acquaintance of Steven’s father, Champaign County State's Attorney Julia Rietz told the News-Gazette, an area newspaper.

From Fox News Jul. 31, 2021

His wire-rimmed glasses, Vandyke beard, and thick head of dark hair combined to give him a striking resemblance to the man then commanding Soviet Russia’s Red Army, Leon Trotsky.

From The New Yorker Nov. 4, 2019

In stark contrast, Charles Lang Freer made his money in Detroit from the manufacture of railroad cars, and was “reclusive, fastidious, idiosyncratic, lean in frame, with an immaculately groomed Vandyke beard.”

From Washington Post Mar. 11, 2015

The office door opened and a tall, fleshless man with hard-etched features, wearing horn-rim glasses and a fuzzy Vandyke beard, appeared.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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