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Jacques Charles
Born: November 12, 1746
Sciencea French inventor, scientist, mathematician, and balloonistmore…Benjamin Constant
Born: October 25, 1767
Lit.Westa Franco-Swiss political thinker, activist and writer on political theory and religion.more…Thomas De Quincey
Born: August 15, 1785
Lit.Westan English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821)more…Bruno Rossi
Born: April 13, 1905
Sciencean Italian experimental physicist. He made major contributions to particle physics and the study of cosmic rays.more…John Masefield
Born: June 1, 1878
Lit.Westan English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until 1967more…William Huggins
Born: February 7, 1824
Sciencean English astronomer best known for his pioneering work in astronomical spectroscopy together with his wife, Margaretmore…
The data is sourced from Charles Murray's Human Accomplishment database available by the Open Science Framework and from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
