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English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966)
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joint monarchs of England; William III and Mary II
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United States evangelist (1862-1935)
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English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)
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United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986)
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United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853)
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United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (1912-1997)
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visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
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British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817)
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United States printer (born in England) whose press produced the first American prayer book and the New York City's first newspaper (1663-1752)
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United States physicist (born in England) who contributed to the development of the electronic transistor (1910-1989)
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United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)
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Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)
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English architect who designed many churches (1814-1900)
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English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623)
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United States poet (1883-1963)
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English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491)
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English architect (1723-1796)
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United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)
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United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1899-1966)
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United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River; Clark was responsible for making maps of the area (1770-1838)
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United States film actor (1901-1960)
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United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
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English playwright remembered for his comedies (1670-1729)
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English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)
William Cowper
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English poet who wrote hymns and poetry about nature (1731-1800)
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United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920)
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English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919)
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English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799)
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United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962)
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American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799)
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United States writer and editor (1837-1920)
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United States labor leader and militant socialist who was one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World (1869-1928)
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United States civil rights leader and political activist who campaigned for equality for Black Americans (1868-1963)
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liberal British statesman who served as prime minister four times (1809-1898)
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United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917)
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United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962)
William Faulkner
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United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962)
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United States basketball center (born in 1934)
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United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
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United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917)
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United States senator who is remembered for his creation of grants that fund exchange programs of teachers and students between the United States and other countries (1905-1995)
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a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)
William Gilbert
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English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)
William Gladstone
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liberal British statesman who served as prime minister four times (1809-1898)
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English novelist (1911-1993)
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United States sociologist (1840-1910)
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United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952)
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United States outlaw who was said to have killed 21 men (1859-1881)
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United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983)
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