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31Nikolai Medtner — Nikolai Medtner, Postcard (1910) Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (Russian: Николай Карлович Метнер, Nikoláj Kárlovič Métner) (5 January 1880 [O.S. 24 December 1879]–13 November 1951) was a Russian composer and pianist. A younger contemporary of Sergei… …
32Niko Pirosmani — (Niko Pirosmanashvili) (Georgian: ნიკო ფიროსმანი) (1862 1918) was a Georgian primitivist painter. Contents 1 …
33John Profumo — Infobox Person name = John Profumo image size = caption = Profumo at the War Office in 1960 birth name = John Dennis Profumo birth date = birth date|1915|01|30 birth place = Kensington, London, England death date = death date and… …
34Naphtali Hirz Wessely — Naphtali( )Herz (Hartwig) Wessely, aka Naphtali( )Hirz Wessely, also Wesel (Yiddish: נפתלי הירץ וויזעל Vezel, 1725, Hamburg February 28, 1805, Hamburg) was a 18th century German Jewish Hebraist and educationist born at Hamburg. Contents 1 …
35Georg Brandes — Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (4 February 1842 19 February 1927) was a Danish critic and scholar who had great influence on Scandinavian and European literature from the 1870s through the turn of the 20th century. Normally he is seen as the theorist …
36Lovell, Sir Bernard — ▪ British scientist born Aug. 31, 1913, Oldland Common, Gloucestershire, Eng. English radio astronomer, founder and director (1951–81) of England s Jodrell Bank Experimental Station (Jodrell Bank Observatory). Lovell attended the… …
37Jacques Cretineau-Joly — Jacques Crétineau Joly † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jacques Crétineau Joly Journalist and historian; b. at Fontenay le Comte, Vendee, France, 23 Sept., 1803; d. at Vincennes near Paris, 1 Jan., 1875. At first he studied theology at the… …
38Thompson, Hunter S(tockton) — (1937–2005) Although not usually considered a full fledged member of the Beat Generation, Hunter S. Thompson maintained an association with several principle Beat figures. Thompson’s body of work would seem at first to be at odds ideologically …
39Edgar Lee Hewett — Infobox Person name = Edgar Lee Hewett, D.Sc. image size = 180px caption = Edgar Lee Hewett, president of New Mexico Normal University in 1898 birth date = 23 November 1865 birth place = Warren County, Illinois death date = 31 December 1946 death …
40Jon Stewart — Infobox Comedian name=Jon Stewart imagesize=200px caption=Stewart performing at a 2008 USO show alma mater=William Mary pseudonym= birth name=Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz birth date=birth date and age|1962|11|28 birth place=New York City, New York,… …
