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61Thackeray, William Makepeace — (1811 1863) Novelist, s. of Richmond T., who held various important appointments in the service of the East India Company, and who belonged to an old and respectable Yorkshire family, was b. at Calcutta, and soon after the death of his f.,… …
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64George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle — The Duke of Albemarle George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle , part of the Flagmen of Lowestoft series from the studio of Sir Pe …
65Carl Gustaf Wrangel — Infobox Military Person name=Carl Gustaf Wrangel lived=December 23 1613 July 5 1676 placeofbirth=Uppsala, Sweden placeofdeath=Rügen, Swedish Pomerania caption=Carl Gustaf Wrangel in 1662 nickname= allegiance=Sweden serviceyears= rank=Field… …
66Charles Kean — as Hamlet (1838). Charles John Kean (18 January 1811 22 January 1868), was born at Waterford, Ireland, the son of the actor Edmund Kean. After preparatory education at Worplesdon and at Greenford, near Harrow, he was sent to Eton College, where… …
67François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers — (March 1, 1769 ndash; September 21, 1796) was a French general of the Revolutionary Wars.BiographyEarly lifeDesgraviers was born at Chartres. His father served as a legal officer, and Marceau received an education for a legal career, but at the… …
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69Louis Auguste Blanqui — (born February 8, 1805 in Puget Théniers, France, died January 1, 1881) was a French political activist, notable for the revolutionary theory of Blanquism , attributed to him. Biography Early life, political activity and first imprisonment (1805… …
70Jean Améry — (October 31, 1912 – October 17 1978), born Hans Mayer, was an Austrian born essayist whose work was often informed by his experiences during World War II. Formerly a philosophy and literature student in Vienna, Améry s participation in organized… …
