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Carl Jacob Löwig
Born: March 17, 1803
Sciencea German chemist and discovered bromine independently of Antoine Jérôme Balard.more…Francesco Redi
Born: February 18, 1626
Sciencean Italian physician, naturalist, biologist, and poet. He is referred to as the "founder of experimental biology", and as the "father of modern parasitology".more…Clemens von Pirquet
Born: May 12, 1874
Sciencean Austrian scientist and pediatrician best known for his contributions to the fields of bacteriology and immunologymore…Martin Andersen Nexø
Born: June 26, 1869
Lit.Westa Danish writer. He was one of the authors in the Modern Breakthrough movement in Danish art and literaturemore…Georges Braque
Born: May 13, 1882
Art.Westa major 20th-century French painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptormore…Egon Schiele
Born: June 12, 1890
Art.Westan Austrian Expressionist painter. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude self-portraitsmore…
The data is sourced from Charles Murray's Human Accomplishment database available by the Open Science Framework and from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.