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Felix Hausdorff
Born: November 8, 1868
Sciencea German mathematician, who is considered to be one of the founders of modern topology and who contributed to set theory, descriptive set theory, measure theory, and functional analysis.more…André Malraux
Born: November 3, 1901
Lit.Westa French novelist, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs.more…Hermann Staudinger

Born: March 23, 1881
Sciencea German organic chemist who demonstrated the existence of macromolecules, which he characterized as polymers.more…Kazimierz Fajans
Born: May 27, 1887
Sciencea Polish American physical chemist of Polish-Jewish origin, a pioneer in the science of radioactivity and the discoverer of chemical element protactiniummore…Norman Haworth

Born: March 19, 1883
Sciencea British chemist best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid (vitamin C) while working at the University of Birminghammore…Carl Jung
Born: July 26, 1875
Sciencea Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychologymore…
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