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Isn’t that also the name of the character from Brave New World?

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Yes. There’s a character in the book named Helmholtz Watson.

I don’t think Helmholtz is a first name in reality though, but I’ve seen worse.

I used to have a teacher named Dethleff Dethleffsen, so I suppose anything is possible.

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