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  • 51Clive, Robert, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey — ▪ British colonial administrator Introduction born , Sept. 29, 1725, Styche, Shropshire, Eng. died Nov. 22, 1774, London  soldier and first British (British Empire) administrator of Bengal, who was one of the creators of British power in India.… …

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  • 53John Cowper Powys — Born 1872 (1872) Derbyshire Died 1963 (1964) …

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  • 54GOITEIN, SHLOMO DOV — (Fritz; 1900–1985), Orientalist. Descended from a Hungarian family of rabbis, Goitein was born in Burgkunstadt, a small village in southern Germany. He acquired an extensive Jewish education before his student years at the University of Frankfurt …

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  • 55David B. Steinman — Not to be confused with David Steinman, American environmentalist.. David Bernard Steinman (June 11, 1886[1] August 21, 1960) was an American structural engineer. He was the designer of the Mackinac Bridge and many other notable bridges, and a… …

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  • 56Mahar — Not to be confused with Mahar, a Pakistani tribe. For other uses, see Mahar (disambiguation). Mahar is an important social group within the Indian state of Maharashtra and surrounding states. A grouping of related endogamous castes, the Mahar are …

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  • 57Richard Wright (author) — Infobox Writer name = Richard Nathaniel Wright imagesize = 200px caption = Richard Wright photographed in 1939 by Carl Van Vechten pseudonym = birthdate = birth date|1908|9|4|mf=y birthplace = Rucker Plantation, Adams County, Mississippi, United… …

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  • 58Ancient Greek literature — refers to literature written in the Greek language until the 4th century AD. Classical and Pre Classical Antiquity This period of Greek literature stretches from Homer until the 4th century BC and the rise of Alexander the Great. Alfred North… …

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  • 59Gary Rydstrom — Gary Roger Rydstrom (born 1959) is an American seven time Academy Award winning sound designer and director. Rydstrom graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1981. [http://cinema.usc.edu/alumni/alumni… …

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  • 60Aleixandre Merlot, Vicente — b. 1898, Seville; d. 1984, Madrid    Poet    One of the most accomplished avant garde poets of the pre war period, Vicente Aleixandre served as a mentor to younger poets of successive generations, writing socially engaged verse in the 1950s and… …

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