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T. S. Eliot
Born: September 26, 1888
Lit.Westa poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Considered one of the 20th century's major poets, he is a central figure in English-language Modernist poetrymore…Fritz Pregl
Born: September 3, 1869
Sciencea Slovenian-Austrian chemist and physicianmore…Michel Rolle
Born: April 21, 1652
Sciencea French mathematician. He is best known for Rolle's theorem (1691). He is also the co-inventor in Europe of Gaussian elimination (1690).more…Grundtvig, Nikolai
Born: September 8, 1783
Lit.Westa Danish pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician. He was one of the most influential people in Danish history,more…Thomas Sydenham
Born: September 10, 1624
Sciencean English physician. He was the author of Observationes Medicae which became a standard textbook of medicine for two centuries so that he became known as 'The English Hippocrates'.more…Warren De la Rue
Born: January 18, 1815
Sciencea British astronomer, chemist, and inventor, most famous for his pioneering work in astronomical photographymore…
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