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Sheldon Munson Griswold
Sheldon Munson Griswold (1861–1930) was an American Episcopal bishop who served as Missionary Bishop of Salina, Kansas, from 1903, building a cathedral, hospital, and military school, then became Bishop of Chicago in 1930.
Sheldon Penman
Sheldon Penman (1930–2021) was an American molecular biologist at MIT who was among the first to show messenger RNA in a mammalian cell and studied RNA metabolism.
Sheldon Rankins
Sheldon Rankins, defensive tackle born 1994 in Covington, Georgia; Louisville standout drafted 12th overall by the Saints in 2016; later Jets, Texans, Bengals; 2018 career-high 8.0 sacks.
Sheldon Richardson
Sheldon Richardson, defensive tackle from Missouri, drafted 13th overall by the Jets in 2013; 2013 Defensive Rookie of the Year, 2014 Pro Bowler; played for Seattle, Minnesota, and Cleveland through 2021.
Sheldon S. King
Sheldon S. King is an American health care executive who led UC San Diego Hospitals, Stanford University Medical Center, and Cedars-Sinai, and belongs to the National Academy of Medicine.
Sheldon Schultz
Sheldon Schultz (1933–2017) was an American experimental physicist and founding member of the physics department at UC San Diego, known for discovering the first negative-index metamaterial in 2000.
Sheldon Solomon
Sheldon Solomon is a social psychologist and professor at Skidmore College, best known as a co-founder of terror management theory with Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski.
Sheldon Souray
Sheldon Souray, born 1976 in Elk Point, Alberta, is a retired Canadian Métis NHL defenseman (Devils, Canadiens, Oilers, Stars, Ducks); 758 games, 300 points, three-time All-Star, and record holder for power-play goals by a defenseman in a season.
Sheldon Stone
Sheldon Stone is a co-founding Principal of Oaktree Capital Management, the Los Angeles alternative investment firm he helped found in 1995, where he built and co-managed its high yield bond business.
Sheldon Weinbaum
Sheldon Weinbaum is an American biomedical engineer, CUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the City College of New York, elected to all three U.S. National Academies.
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse, Democratic U.S. senator from Rhode Island since 2007, former state attorney general and U.S. Attorney; known for climate advocacy, Supreme Court reform, and the opioid CARA law.
Sheldon-Hall syndrome
Sheldon-Hall syndrome, or distal arthrogryposis type 2B (DA2B, MIM 601680), is a rare autosomal dominant congenital contracture disorder of the distal limb joints with mild triangular-face features, caused by MYH3, TNNI2, TNNT3, or TPM2 mutations, distinct from Freeman-Burian syndrome.
Shelf edge
Shelf edge (shelf break): the line of marked gradient increase at the seaward margin of a continental or island shelf, conventionally at 183-200 m depth but ranging 50-550 m, controlled by tectonics, sediment supply, and sea level.
Shelf life
Shelf life: the period a food, drug, or cosmetic stays safe and of suitable quality when stored as instructed. Marked by 'use by' (safety) or 'best before' (quality) dates; determined by real-time or accelerated shelf life studies.
Shelf valley
A shelf valley is a valley incised into the continental shelf floor, cut by rivers when sea level fell, often extending an existing river and feeding submarine canyons.
Shelie A. Miller
Shelie A. Miller is an environmental engineer and professor at the University of Michigan who uses life cycle assessment to identify unintended environmental consequences of emerging technologies.
Shelikhov Gulf
Shelikhov Gulf (залив Шелихова), largest gulf of the Sea of Okhotsk between mainland Asia and Kamchatka; 650 km long, up to 350 m deep, tides to 12.9 m, ice-covered December to May, named for explorer Grigory Shelikhov.
Shelina Zadorsky
Shelina Laura Zadorsky (born 1992, London, Ontario) is a Canadian centre-back, Olympic gold (Tokyo 2020) and bronze (Rio 2016) medallist, two-time World Cup player, formerly of Tottenham and West Ham, now AFC Toronto.
Shell (2024 film)
Shell (2024 film), also called Shell: Jeunesse éternelle, is Max Minghella's body-horror dark comedy starring Elisabeth Moss and Kate Hudson; it premiered at TIFF 2024, was released October 3, 2025, and earned 63% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Shell (computing)
In computing, a shell, also called an operating system shell, is a program that reads and executes commands typed by a user or from a script.
Shell (projectile)
A shell, also known as an artillery shell, is a projectile launched by a propelling charge that may carry an explosive bursting charge or another payload, unlike solid shot.
Shell and tube heat exchanger
A shell and tube heat exchanger is a device in which one fluid flows through a bundle of tubes while another flows around them in a shell, transferring heat.
Shell Chemicals
Shell Chemicals is the petrochemicals business of Shell plc, founded in 1929, which produces base, intermediate, and performance chemicals for about 1,000 industrial customers worldwide.
Shell Coal Gasification Process
The Shell Coal Gasification Process (SCGP) is an oxygen-blown coal gasification technology developed by Shell that converts dried pulverized coal into synthesis gas at high temperature and pressure.
Shell game
The shell game, also known as thimble rigging, is a game of chance in which a player tracks a ball hidden under shuffled cups, best known as a street hustle.
Shell geochemical paleoclimate proxies
Shell geochemical paleoclimate proxies reconstruct past water temperatures from the chemistry of bivalve shells, which grow in layers preserving seasonal records. Oxygen and clumped isotopes are robust; element ratios remain contested.
Shell Grotto, Margate
The Shell Grotto in Margate, Kent, is a Grade I listed underground passageway lined with about 4.6 million seashells in mosaic, opened as an attraction in 1838.
Shell MDS
Shell MDS, short for Shell Middle Distillate Synthesis, is a Shell gas-to-liquids plant in Bintulu, Malaysia, opened in 1993 as the world's first commercial-scale GTL plant.
Shell method (program verification)
The shell method is a refinement-based proof technique for interactive theorem proving in which a generic correctness theorem is proved once and instantiated with concrete data structures.
Shell Midstream Partners
Shell Midstream Partners was a Shell master limited partnership, formed in 2014 to own pipelines serving the US Gulf Coast and Midwest, taken fully private by Shell in 2022.