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31Filippo Salvatore Gilii — (1721–1789) (in Spanish: Felipe Salvator Gilij) was an Italian Jesuit priest who lived in Nueva Granada (in present day central Venezuela) on the Orinoco river. Gilii is a celebrated figure in early South American linguistics due to his advanced… …
32History of Darfur — The recorded history of Darfur begins in the 14th century with the establishment of a Tunjur sultanate. Independent Darfur reached a height as the Keira dynasty began in the seventeenth century. In 1875, the Anglo Egyptian Co dominion in Khartoum …
33Clifford J. Laube — (1891–1974) was an American Catholic poet, magazine and newspaper editor and publisher. Born to a prospecting couple in Telluride, Colorado, Clifford J. Laube spent most of his early years in poverty in Rico, Colorado. Upon the death of his… …
34Custodio García Rovira — This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is García and the second or maternal family name is Rovira. José Custodio Cayetano García Rovira …
35Andree Connors — Andrée Connors was a poet and novelist. Amateur People was first published by the Fiction Collective in 1977, and has remained continuously in print since that time. [ [http://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/womens… …
36Leo Lesquereux — Charles Léo Lesquereux (November 18, 1806 October 25, 1889) was a Swiss bryologist and a pioneer of American paleobotany. He was born in the town of Fleurier, located in the canton of Neuchâtel.Due to a childhood accident, Lesquereux suffered… …
37Cervantes (Saavedra), Miguel de — born Sept. 29?, 1547, Alcalá de Henares, Spain died April 22, 1616, Madrid Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet, the most celebrated figure in Spanish literature. After studying in Madrid, Cervantes joined the Italian infantry, fought the Turks …
38Yeats, William Butler — born June 13, 1865, Sandymount, Dublin, Ire. died Jan. 28, 1939, Roquebrune Cap Martin, France Irish poet, dramatist, and prose writer. The son of a well known painter, Yeats early developed an interest in mysticism and visionary traditions as… …
39Cervantes, Miguel de — ▪ Spanish writer Introduction in full Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra born September 29?, 1547, Alcalá de Henares, Spain died April 22, 1616, Madrid Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet, the creator of Don Quixote (1605, 1615) and the most… …
40Stratton, Charles — ▪ American showman pseudonym General Tom Thumb born Jan. 4, 1838, Bridgeport, Conn., U.S. died July 15, 1883, Middleboro, Mass. American showman noted for his small stature. He was the first major attraction promoted by the American circus… …
