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Jean Stas
Born: August 21, 1813
Sciencea Belgian analytical chemist who co-discovered the atomic weight of carbon.more…Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville
Born: March 11, 1818
Sciencea French chemist, discoverer of toluenemore…Christian Morgenstern
Born: May 6, 1871
Lit.Westa German writer and poet from Munich.more…Walter Hasenclever
Born: July 8, 1890
Lit.Westa German Expressionist poet and playwright. His works were banned when the Nazis came to power and he went into exile in France. There he was imprisoned as a "foreign enemy".more…Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Born: August 21, 1725
Art.Westa French painter of portraits, genre scenes, and history painting.more…Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom
Born: January 19, 1790
Lit.Westa Swedish romantic poet, and a member of the Swedish Academy.more…
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