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Jean Stas
Born: August 21, 1813
Sciencea Belgian analytical chemist who co-discovered the atomic weight of carbon.more…Johan Wilcke
Born: September 6, 1732
Sciencea Swedish physicist conducted significant research in electricity and caloric theorymore…Jean Giono
Born: March 30, 1895
Lit.Westa French author who wrote works of fiction mostly set in the Provence region of Francemore…Jean de La Fontaine
Born: July 8, 1621
Lit.Westa French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century.more…Jean de La Bruyère
Born: August 16, 1645
Lit.Westa French philosopher and moralist, who was noted for his satire.more…Leonid Andreyev
Born: August 21, 1871
Lit.Westa Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer, who is considered to be a father of Expressionism in Russian literature.more…
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