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71Deák, Ferenc — born Oct. 17, 1803, Söjtör, Hung., Austrian Empire died Jan. 28/29, 1876, Budapest Hungarian politician. He entered the Hungarian Diet in 1833, becoming a leader of the reform movement for the political emancipation of Hungary. Appointed minister …
72Dickens, Charles (John Huffam) — born Feb. 7, 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, Eng. died June 9, 1870, Gad s Hill, near Chatham, Kent British novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. When Dickens s father, a clerk, was thrown into debtors prison, the boy… …
73Hendrix, Jimi — byname of James Marshall Hendrix born Nov. 27, 1942, Seattle, Wash., U.S. died Sept. 18, 1970, London, Eng. U.S. blues and rock guitarist (see rock music). Of mixed black Cherokee ancestry, the left handed Hendrix taught himself to play the… …
74Muḥammad ibn Tughluq — born с 1290, Delhi, India died March 20, 1351, Sonda Second sultan (r. 1325–51) of the Tughluq dynasty, who briefly extended the rule of the Delhi sultanate of northern India over most of the subcontinent. He transferred the capital from Delhi to …
75Rubens, Peter Paul — born June 28, 1577, Siegen, Westphalia died May 30, 1640, Antwerp, Spanish Neth. Flemish painter and diplomat. After apprenticeships in Antwerp, he was admitted to its painters guild in 1598. He went to Italy in 1600 and until 1608 worked for the …
76Holtzman, Jerome — ▪ 2009 American sportswriter born July 12, 1926, Chicago, Ill. died July 19, 2008, Evanston, Ill. possessed an encyclopaedic knowledge of baseball and was dubbed the “dean” of sportswriters; he chronicled the games of the Chicago Cubs and… …
77Arciniegas, Germán — ▪ Colombian writer and diplomat born December 6, 1900, Bogotá, Colombia died November 29/30, 1999, Bogotá Colombian historian, essayist, diplomat, and statesman whose long career in journalism and public service strongly influenced the… …
78Kumarajiva — ▪ Buddhist scholar born 343/344 died 413 Buddhist scholar and seer, famed for his encyclopaedic knowledge of Indian and Vedantic learning. He is recognized as one of the greatest translators of Buddhist scriptures from Sanskrit into Chinese …
79Psellus, Michael — ▪ Byzantine philosopher, theologian, and statesman born 1018, Constantinople died c. 1078 Byzantine philosopher, theologian, and statesman whose advocacy of Platonic philosophy as ideally integrable with Christian doctrine initiated a… …
80Rehnquist, William — ▪ chief justice of United States in full William Hubbs Rehnquist born October 1, 1924, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. died September 3, 2005, Arlington, Virginia 16th chief justice of the United States, appointed to the Supreme Court (Supreme… …
