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John Hughlings Jackson
Born: April 4, 1835
Sciencean English neurologist. He is best known for his research on epilepsy.more…Zdeněk Fibich
Born: December 21, 1850
Music.Westa Czech composer of classical musicmore…James Joseph Sylvester
Born: September 3, 1814
Sciencean English mathematician. He made fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, partition theory, and combinatorics.more…Joris-Karl Huysmans
Born: February 5, 1848
Lit.Westa French novelist and art critic most famous for the novel À rebours (1884), published in English as Against the Grain or Against Nature).more…Pietro Aretino
Born: April 20, 1492
Lit.Westan Italian author, playwright, poetmore…Vittorio Alfieri
Born: January 16, 1749
Lit.Westan Italian dramatist and poet, considered the "founder of Italian tragedy." He wrote nineteen tragedies, sonnets, satires, and a notable autobiography.more…
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