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Dmitri Ivanovsky
Born: October 28, 1864
Sciencea Russian botanist, the co-discoverer of viruses (1892) and one of the founders of virology.more…James Jeans
Born: September 11, 1877
Sciencean English physicist, astronomer and mathematician.more…Édouard Vuillard
Born: November 11, 1868
Art.Westa French painter, decorative artist and printmakermore…Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
Born: October 11, 1825
Lit.Westa Swiss poet and historical novelist, a master of literary realism who is mainly remembered for stirring narrative ballads like "Die Füße im Feuer" (The Feet in the Fire).more…László Németh
Born: April 18, 1901
Lit.Westa Hungarian dentist, writer, dramatist and essayistmore…Hilaire de Chardonnet
Born: May 1, 1839
Sciencea French engineer and industrialist from Besançon, and inventor of artificial silk.more…
The data is sourced from Charles Murray's Human Accomplishment database available by the Open Science Framework and from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
