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Isaac Newton
Born: January 4, 1642
Sciencean English mathematician, and physicist widely recognized as one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists of all time and among the most influential scientistsmore…Stanisław Przybyszewski
Born: May 7, 1868
Lit.Westa Polish novelist, dramatist, and poet of the decadent naturalistic schoolmore…Gerard Manley Hopkins
Born: July 28, 1844
Lit.Westan English poet and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame placed him among leading Victorian poets.more…Jan Evangelista Purkyně
Born: December 18, 1787
Sciencea Czech anatomist and physiologist. In 1839, he coined the term protoplasm for the fluid substance of a cell.more…Daniel Rutherford
Born: November 3, 1749
Sciencea Scottish physician, chemist and botanist who is known for the isolation of nitrogen in 1772.more…Jaroslav Hašek
Born: April 30, 1883
Lit.Westa Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian and anarchist. He is best known for his novel The Fate of the Good Soldier Švejk during the World Warmore…
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