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76Alfred Lord Tennyson - English Poet
Alfred Lord Tennyson was an English poet. Born in Somersby, England, August 6, 1809. He died in Haslemere, England, October 6, 1892. Tennyson's works eloquently expressed the sentiments and aspirations of the Victorian period. His poetry is...
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72King Arthur
King Arthur is the hero of many colorful legends of the Middle Ages. He was probably a military chieftain who led the Britons against the Saxons early in the 6th century A.D. Although the Saxons finally won, Arthur's glory was cherished by the defeated Britons.
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71Gottfried Leibniz
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German philosopher and mathematician. Born Leipzig, Germany, July 1, 1646. Died Hanover, Germany, November 14, 1716. Leibniz was one of the most brilliant thinkers of the 17th century. He wrote extensively on philosophy,...
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66Andre Marie Ampere
Andre Marie Ampere was a French physicist and applied mathematician, who helped to establish the science of electrodynamics. He made experiments and formulated laws on the electromagnetic forces between...
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68Walter Elias Disney
The American film and television producer, and the creator of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and world famous amusement parks, Walter Elias Disney (1901-66) was born in Chicago, Illinois. His only formal art training was a brief series of lessons at the...
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84Emperor Trajan
Trajan (53-117), Roman emperor, who directed the last major expansion of the Roman Empire. Trajan was born Marcus Ulpius Traianus in Italica, Spain, on September 18, 53. His father, also Marcus Ulpius...
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67Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), the American statesman, writer and scientist , was born at Boston, Massachusetts. At twelve years of age he was apprenticed to the printing trade, and as a young man worked as a printer in Philadelphia and in London,...
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60Henry Ford
Henry Ford (1863-1947), was born in Michigan, the son of a farmer. He started work in a machine shop in Detroit, became a steam-engineer with the Edison Company and in 1893 studied a small petrol engine on exhibition at the World's Fair in Chicago....
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60Charlemagne
Charlemagne (Charles the Great, 742-814), King of the Franks, was the son of Pepin the Short, whose realm included most of modern France and western Germany. In 772 Charles led a campaign against the heathen Saxons who had been raiding his borders,...
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57Paul Revere
Paul Revere (1735-1818), the American hero whose exploit is celebrated in a poem by Longfellow, was born in Boston, son of Apollos Rivoire, a silversmith who had come to America from Guernsey . Paul served as a lieutenant of artillery (1756) and...
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