ABSTRACT

This volume provides a critical examination of the lives and works of the leading novelists, poets, dramatists, artists, philosophers, social thinkers, mathematicians and scientists of the period. The subjects are assessed in the light of their cultural importance, and each entry is deliberately interpretative, making this work both an essential reference tool and an engaging collection of essays. Figures covered include: Marx, Wagner,Darwin, Malthus, Balzac, Jane Austen, Nietzsche, Babbage, Edgar Allan Poe, Ruskin, Schleiermacher, Herbert Spencer, Harriet Martineau and Oscar Wilde.

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ACTON, John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord 1834—1902

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ADAMS, Henry Brooks 1838–1918

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AFGHANI, Jamal Uddeen A1 1838–94

entry 4|2 pages

AGASSIZ, Jean Louis Rodolphe 1807–73

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ALCOTT, Louisa May 1832–88

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ALGER, Horatio, Jr 1832–99

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ALKAN, Charles-Valentin 1813—88

entry 8|2 pages

ANDERSEN, Hans Christian 1805–75

entry 9|3 pages

ANTHONY, Susan Brownell 1820–1906

entry 10|2 pages

ANTOINE, André 1858–1943

entry 11|3 pages

ARNOLD, Matthew 1822–88

entry 12|2 pages

ARNOLD, Thomas 1795–1842

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AUDUBON, John James 1785–1851

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AUSTEN, Jane 1775–1817

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AUSTIN, John 1790–1859

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BABBAGE, Charles 1792–1871

entry 17|2 pages

BAER, Karl Ernst von 1792–1876

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BAGEHOT, Walter 1826–77

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BAKST, Léon Samôlivich 1866?—1924

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BAKUNIN, Mikhail Alexandrovich 1814–76

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BALAKIREV, Mily Alexeyevich 1837–1910

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BALZAC, Honoré de 1799–1850

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BARNUM, Phineas Taylor 1810–91

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BARRÉS, Auguste-Maurice 1862–1923

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BARRY, Sir Charles 1795–1860

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BAUDELAIRE, Charles Pierre 1821–67

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BAUER, Bruno 1809–82

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BAUR, Ferdinand Christian 1792–1860

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BEARDSLEY, Aubrey Vincent 1872–98

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BECQUER, Gustavo Adolfo 1836–70

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BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770–1827

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BEETON, Samuel Orchart 1831–77

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BELL, Alexander Graham 1847–1922

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BELLINI, Vincenzo 1801–35

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BENTHAM, Jeremy 1748–1832

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BERLIOZ, Louis-Hector 1803–69

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BERNARD, Claude 1813–78

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BERWALD, Franz Adolf 1796–1868

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BIERCE, Ambrose 1842–1914?

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BISMARCK, Otto von 1815–98

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BIZET, Georges 1838–75

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BJØRNSON, Bjørnstjerne 1832–1910

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BÖCKLIN, Arnold 1827–1901

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BOLIVAR, Simon 1783–1830

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BOLTZMANN, Ludwig 1844–1906

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BOOLE, George 1815–64

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BOOTH, William 1829–1912

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BORODIN, Alexander Porfirevich 1833–87

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BOUCICAULT, Dionysius Lardner (né Boursiquot) 1820–90

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BRADDON, Mary Elizabeth 1837–1915

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BRADLEY, Francis Herbert 1846–1924

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BRAHMS, Johannes 1833–97

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BRIDGES, Robert Seymour 1844–1930

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BRIGHT, John 1811–89

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BRONTE, Charlotte 1816–55

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BRONTË, Emily 1818–48

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BROWN, Ford Madox 1821–93

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BROWN, Robert 1773–1858

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BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett 1806–61

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BROWNING, Robert 1812–89

entry 61|2 pages

BRUCKNER, Anton 1824–96

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BRUNEL, Isambard Kingdom 1806–59

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BRYANT, William Cullen 1794–1878

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BÜCHNER, Georg 1813–37

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BUCKLE, Thomas Henry 1821—62

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BULWER-LYTTON, Edward, 1st Baron Lytton 1803–73

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BUNTLINE, Ned (Edward Zane Carroll JUDSON) 1823–86

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BURCKHARDT, Jacob Christoph 1818–97

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BURNE-JONES, Sir Edward 1833–98

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BURTON, Sir Richard Francis 1821–96

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BUTLER, Samuel 1835–1902

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BYRON, Lord (George Gordon Noel) 1788–1824

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CANOVA, Antonio 1757–1822

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CANTOR, Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp 1845–1918

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CARDUCCI, Giosuè 1835–1907

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CARLYLE, Thomas 1795–1881

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CARNEGIE, Andrew 1835–1919

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CARROLL, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) 1832–98

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CARVER, George Washington 1860–1943

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CAYLEY, Sir George 1773–1857

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CÉZANNE, Paul 1839–1906

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CHAMBERLAIN, Houston Stewart 1855–1927

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CHATEAUBRIAND, Françoise René, Vicomte de 1768–1848

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CHEKHOV, Anton Pavlovich 1860–1904

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CHERUBINI, Luigi 1760–1842

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CHOPIN, Frédéric 1810–49

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CHOPIN, Kate 1850–1904

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CLARE, John 1793–1864

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CLAUSEWITZ, Carl von 1780–1831

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CLAUSIUS, Rudolf Julius Emmanuel 1822–88

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CLOUGH, Arthur Hugh 1819–61

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COBBETT, William 1763–1835

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COBDEN, Richard 1804–65

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COLE, Thomas 1801–48

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COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor 1772–1834

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COLLINS, William Wilkie 1824–89

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COMTE, Auguste 1798–1857

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CONSTABLE, John 1776–1837

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CONSTANT DE REBECQUE, Henri Benjamin 1767–1830

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COOPER, James Fenimore 1789–1851

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COROT, Jean-Baptiste-Camille 1796–1875

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COURBET, Gustave 1819–77

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CRABBE, George 1754–1832

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CRANE, Stephen 1871–1900

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CRUIKSHANK, George 1792–1878

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CURIE, Marie Sklodowska 1867–1934

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CUVIER, Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, called Georges 1769–1832

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DALTON, John 1766–1844

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DARWIN, Charles Robert 1809–82

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DAUDET, Alphonse 1840–97

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DAUMIER, Honoré-Victorin 1808–79

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DAVID, Jacques-Louis 1748–1825

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DAVY, Sir Humphry 1778–1829

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DEDEKIND, (Julius Wilhelm) Richard 1831–1916

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DEGAS, Edgar 1834–1917

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DELACROIX, Eugène 1798–1863

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DE MAISTRE, Joseph 1753–1821

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DE QUINCEY, Thomas 1785–1859

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DICKENS, Charles John Huffam 1812–70

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DICKINSON, Emily 1830–86

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DILTHEY, Wilhelm 1833–1911

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D'INDY, (Paul Marie Théodore) Vincent 1851–1931

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DISRAELI, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield 1804–81

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DOLLINGER, Johann Joseph Ignaz von 1799–1890

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DONIZETTI, Gaetano 1797–1848

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DORÉ, Gustave 1832–83

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DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor Mikhailovich 1821–81

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DOUGHTY, Charles Montagu 1843–1926

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DOUGLASS, Frederick 1818–95

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DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan 1859–1930

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DUHEM, Pierre-Marie-Maurice 1861–1916

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DUMAS, Alexandre (pere) 1802–70

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DUMAS, Alexandre fils 1824–95

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DVOŘÁK, Antonin 1841–1904

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EAKINS, Thomas 1844–1916

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EASTMAN, George 1845–1936

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EÇA DE QUEIROZ, Jośe Maria 1845–1900

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EDDY, Mary Baker 1821–1910

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EDGEWORTH, Maria 1767–1849

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EDISON, Thomas Alva 1847–1931

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EICHENDORFF, Joseph von 1788–1857

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EIFFEL, Gustave 1832–1923

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ELIOT, George (Mary Anne or Marian Evans) 1819–80

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EMERSON, Ralph Waldo 1803–82

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ENGELS, Friedrich 1820–95

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ENSOR, James 1860–1949

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ESPRONCEDA, José de 1808–42

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EVANS, Sir Arthur 1851–1941

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EVANS, Sir John 1823–1908

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FARADAY, Michael 1791–1867

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FAURÉ, Gabriel Urbain 1845–1924

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FAWCETT, Millicent Garrett, Dame 1847–1929

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FEUERBACH, Ludwig Andreas 1804–72

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FEYDEAU, Georges (Léon Jules Marie) 1862–1921

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FICHTE, Johann Gottlieb 1762–1814

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FITZGERALD, Edward 1809–83

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FLAUBERT, Gustave 1821–80

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FONTAINE, Pierre 1762–1853

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FONTANE, Theodor 1819–98

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FOSCOLO, Ugo 1778–1827

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FOSTER, Stephen Collins 1826–64

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FOURIER, Charles 1772–1837

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FRANCE, Anatole (pseudonym of Anatole-François Thibault) 1844–1924

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FRANCK César (Auguste Jean Guillaume Hubert) 1822–90

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FRAZER, Sir James George 1854—1941

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FREGE, Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob 1848–1925

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FRESNEL, Augustin Jean 1788–1827

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FRIEDRICH, Caspar David 1774–1840

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FROEBEL, Friedrich 1782–1852

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FROUDE, James Anthony 1818–94

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FRY, Elizabeth 1780–1845

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FUKUZAWA Yukichi 1835–1901

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FULLER, Margaret 1810–49

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GALOIS, Evariste 1811–32

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GALTON, Sir Francis 1822–1911

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GARIBALDI, Giuseppe 1807–82

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GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn 1810–65

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GAUDI, Antoni 1852–1926

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GAUDIER-BRZESKA, Henri 1891–1915

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GAUGUIN, Paul 1848–1903

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GAUSS, Carl Friederich 1777–1855

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GAUTIER, Pierre-Jules-Théophile 1811–72

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GÉRICAULT, Théodore 1791–1824

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GILBERT, William Schwenck, Sir 183&-1911

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GISSING, George Robert 1857–1903

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GLADSTONE, William Ewart 1809–98

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GLINKA, Mikhail Ivanovich 1804–57

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GOBINEAU, Arthur de 1816–82

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GODW IN, William 1756–1836

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GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von 1749–1832

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GOGOL, Nikolai 1809–52

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GONCHAROV, Ivan Alexandrovich 1812–91

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GONCOURT, de, Edmond 1822–96 and Jules 1830–70

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GOSSE, Edmund William 1849–1928

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GOSSE, Philip Henry 1810–88

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GOUNOD, Charles (François) 1818–93

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GRIEG, Edvard (Hagerup) 1843–1907

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GRILLPARZER, Franz 1791–1872

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GRIM M, Jacob Ludwig Carl 1785–1863

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HAECKEL, Ernst Heinrich 1834–1919

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HAGGARD, Sir Henry Rider 1856–1925

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HAMSUN, Knut 1859–1952

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HARDY, Thomas 1840–1928

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HARNACK, Adolf von 1851–1930

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HARRIS, Joel Chandler 1848–1908

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HARTE, Francis Bret 1836–1902

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HAUPTMANN, Gerhart 1862–1946

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HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel 1804–64

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HAYDON, Benjamin Robert 1786–1846

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HAZLITT, William 1778–1830

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HEBBEL, Friedrich 1813–63

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HEGEL, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich 1770–1831

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HEINE, Heinrich 1797–1856

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HELMHOLTZ, Hermann Ludwig von 1821–94

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HEREDIA, Jośe-Maria de 1842–1905

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HERTZ, Heinrich Rudolf 1857–94

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HERZEN, Alexandr Ivanovich 1812–70

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HERZL, Theodor 1860–1904

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Hiroshige Utagawa (Andô) 1797–1858

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HOFFMANN, Ernst Theodor Amadeus 1776–1822

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Hokusai Katsushika, 1760–1849

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HOLABIRD, William 1854–1923

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HÖLDERLIN, Johann Christian Friedrich 1770–1843

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HOLMES, Oliver Wendell 1809–94

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HOMER, Winslow 1836–1910

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HONE, William 1780–1842

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HOPKINS, Gerard Manley 1844—89

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HOUSMAN, Alfred Edward 1859–1936

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HOWELLS, William Dean 1837–1920

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HUGO, Victor-Marie 1802–85

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HUMBOLDT, (Friedrich Heinrich) Alexander von, Baron 1769–1859

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HUMBOLDT, (Karl) Wilhelm von, Baron 1767–1835

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HUNT, William Holman 1827–1910

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HUXLEY, Thomas Henry 1826–95

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HUYSMANS, Joris-Karl 1848–1907

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IBSEN, Henrik 1828–1906

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INGRES, Jean Auguste Dominique 1780–1867

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IRVING, Washington 1783–1859

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JAMES, Henry 1843–1916

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JAMES, William 1842–1910

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JARRY, Alfred 1873–1907

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JEVONS, William Stanley 1835–82

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JOULE, James Prescott 1818–89

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JOWETT, Benjamin 1817–93

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KEATS, John 1795–1821

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KELVIN, Lord (William Thomson) 1824–1907

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KIERKEGAARD, Soren Aabye 1813–55

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KINGSLEY, Charles 1819–75

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KLEIST, Heinrich von 1777–1811

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KLIMT, Gustav 1862–1918

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KOCH, Heinrich Hermann Robert 1843–1910

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KRASIŃSKI, Zygmunt, Count 1812–59

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KROPOTKIN, Petr Alekseyevich 1842–1921

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LAFORGUE, Jules 1860–87

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LAMARCK, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de 1744–1829

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LAMARTINE, Alphonse-Marie-Louis de Prat de 1790–1869

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LAMB, Charles 1775–1834

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LANDOR, Walter Savage 1775–1864

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LAPLACE, Pierre-Simon, Marquis de 1749–1827

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LARRA, Mariano José de 1809–37

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LARTET, Edouard Armand Isidore 1801–71

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LAUTRÉAMONT, Comte de (Isidore-Lucien DUCASSE) 1846–70

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LAWRENCE, Sir Thomas 1769–1830

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LEAR, Edward 1812–88

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LE FANU, Joseph Thomas Sheridan 1814–73

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Leo XIII 1810–1903

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LEOPARDI, Giacomo 1798–1837

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LERMONTOV, Yuriy Mikhailovich 1814–41

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LEWES, George Henry 1817–78

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LIEBIG, Justus von 1803—73

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LINCOLN, Abraham 1809–65

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LIST, Friedrich 1789–1846

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LISTER, Joseph 1827–1912

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LISZT, Ferencz 1811–86

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LIVINGSTONE, David 1813–73

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LOBACHEVSKY, Nikolas Ivanovich 1793–1856

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LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth 1807–82

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LORENTZ, Hendrik Antoon 1853–1928

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LOWELL, James Russell 1819–91

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LUBBOCK, Sir John (created 1st Baron Avebury, 1900) 1834—1913

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LYELL, Charles 1797–1875

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MACAULAY, Thomas Babington, Baron Macaulay 1800–59

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MACH, Ernst 1838–1916

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MACHADO DE ASSIS, Joaquim Maria 1839–1908

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MAETERLINCK, Mauritius Polydorus Maria Bernardus 1862–1949

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MAHLER, Gustav 1860–1911

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MAINE DE BIRAN, Marie François Pierre Gontler 1766–1824

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MALLARMÉ, Stéphane 1842–98

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MALTHUS, Thomas Robert 1766–1834

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MANET, Edouard 1832–83

entry 291|2 pages

MANNING, Henry Edward 1808–92

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MANZONI, Alessandro 1785–1873

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MARC, Franz 1880–1916

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MARCONI, Guglielmo 1874–1937

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MARRY AT, Captain Frederick 1792–1848

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MARTI, José 1853–1905

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MARTIN, John 1789–1854

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MARTINEAU, Harriet 1802–76

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MARX, Karl Heinrich 1818–83

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MAUPASSANT, Henri René Albert Guy de 1850–93

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MAXWELL, James Clerk 1831–79

entry 302|2 pages

MAZZINI, Giuseppe 1805–72

entry 303|4 pages

MELVILLE, Herman 1819–91

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MENDEL, Gregor 1822–84

entry 305|2 pages

MENDELEYEV, Dmitry Ivanovitch 1834–1907

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MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY, Jakob Ludwig Felix 1809–47

entry 307|3 pages

MEREDITH, George 1828–1909

entry 308|2 pages

MÉRIMÉE, Prosper 1803–70

entry 309|2 pages

MEYERBEER, Giacomo 1791–1864

entry 310|2 pages

MICHELET, Jules 1798–1874

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MICKIEWICZ, Adam Bernard 1798–1855

entry 312|2 pages

MILL, James 1773–1836

entry 313|3 pages

MILL, John Stuart 180G—73

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MILLAIS, Sir John Everett 1829–96

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MILLET, Jean François 1814–75

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MOMMSEN, Theodor 1817–1903

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MONET, Claude 1840–1926

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MOORE, George (Augustus) 1852–1933

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MOREAU, Gustave 1826–98

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MORELLI, Giovanni 1816–91

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MORGAN, Lewis Henry 1818–81

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MÖRIKE, Eduard 1804–74

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MORRIS, William 1834–96

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MORSE, Samuel Finlay Breese 1791–1872

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MOSCA, Gaetano 1858–1941

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MURRAY, Sir James 1837–1915

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MUSSET, (Louis-Charles-) Alfred de 1810–57

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MUSSORGSKY, Modest Petrovich 1839–81

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Napoleon Bonaparte 1769–1821

entry 330|1 pages

NASH, John 1752–1835

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NERVAL, Gérard de (Gérard Labrunie) 1808–55

entry 332|4 pages

NEWMAN, John Henry, Cardinal 1801–90

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NIETZSCHE, Friedrich 1844–1900

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NIGHTINGALE, Florence 1820–1910

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NOBEL, Alfred Bernhard 1833–96

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NORWID, Cyprian Kamil 1821–83

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OFFENBACH, Jacques (Jacob) 1819–80

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O'GRADY, Standish James 1846–1928

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OWEN, Robert 1771–1857

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PAGANINI, Niccolo 1782–1840

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PALMER, Samuel 1805–81

entry 342|2 pages

PARKMAN, Francis 1823–93

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PARNELL, Charles Stewart 1846–91

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PARRY, Charles Hubert Hastings 1848–1918

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PASCOLI, Giovanni 1855–1912

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PASTEUR, Louis 1822–95

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PATER, Walter Horatio 1830–94

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PAVLOV, Ivan Petrovich 1849–1936

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PAXTON, Sir Joseph 1803–65

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PEACOCK, Thomas Love 1785–1866

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PEARSON, Karl 1857–1936

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PEIRCE, Charles Sanders 1839–1914

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PÉREZ GALDÓS, Benito 1843–1920

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PETRIE, Sir William Matthew Flinders 1853—1942

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PISSARRO, Camille 1831–1903

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PITT RIVERS, Augustus Lane Fox 1827–1900

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POE, Edgar Allan 1809–49

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POINCARÉ, Henri 1854–1912

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PRESCOTT, William Hickling 1796–1859

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PROUDHON, Pierre-Joseph 1809–65

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PUCCINI, Giacomo 185&-1924

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PUGIN, Augustus Welby Northmore 1812–52

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PUSHKIN, Aleksandre 1799–1837

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PUVIS DE CHAVANNES, Pierre 1824–98

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RACHMANINOV, Sergei 1873–1943

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RANKE, Leopold von 1795–1885

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REDON, Odilon 1840–1916

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RENAN, Joseph-Ernest 1823–92

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RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste 1841–1919

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RIBOT, Théodule-Armand 1839–1916

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RICARDO, David 1772–1823

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RICHARDSON, Henry Hobson 1838–86

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RIEMANN, Georg Friedrich Bernhard 1826–66

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RIMBAUD, Arthur 1854–91

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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Nikolay Andreyevich 1844–1908

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RITSCHL, Albrecht Benjamin 1822–89

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ROBERTSON, John Mackinnon 1856–1933

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RODIN, François-Auguste-René 1840–1917

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RODÓ, José Enrique 1872–1917

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ROLFE, Frederick William 1860–1913

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ROSSETTI, Christina Georgina 1830–94

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ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel (Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti) 1828–82

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ROSSINI, Gioachino 1792–1868

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ROSTAND, Edmond 1868–1918

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ROUSSEAU, Henri (known as Le Douanier) 1844–1910

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ROY, Ram Mohun 1772–1833

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RUSKIN, John 1819–1900

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SAINT-SIMON, Claude-Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de 1760–1825

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SAND, George (Amantine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin) 1804–76

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SARDOU, Victorien 1831–1908

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SARGENT, John Singer 1856–1925

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SARMIENTO, Domingo Faustino 1811–88

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SCHINKEL, Carl Friedrich 1781–1841

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SCHLEGEL, (Carl Wilhelm) Friedrich (von) 1772–1829

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SCHLEIERMACHER, Friedrich 1768–1834

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SCHLIEMANN, Heinrich 1822–90

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SCHREINER, Olive 1855–1920

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SCHUMANN, Robert Alexander 1810–56

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SCOTT, George Gilbert 1811–78

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SCOTT, Sir Walter 1771–1832

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SCRIABIN, Aleksandr Nikolayevich 1872–1915 (also SKRYABIN, SCRIABINE, SKRJABIN)

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SHAW, Richard Norman 1831–1912

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SHELLEY, Mary 1797–1851

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SIDGWICK, Henry 1838–1900

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SISLEY, Alfred 1839–99

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SMETANA, Bedfich 1824–84

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SMILES, Samuel 1812–1904

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SMITH, Joseph 1805–44

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SMITH, William Robertson 1846–94

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SOUTHEY, Robert 1774–1843

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STEVENSON, Robert Louis (Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson) 1850–94

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STRAUSS, Johann 1825–99

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STRINDBERG, Johan August 1849–1912

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SULLIVAN, Sir Arthur 1842–1900

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SULLIVAN Louis Henry 1856–1924

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TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord 1809–92

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THACKERAY, William Makepeace 1811–63

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THOMAS, Philip Edward 1878–1917

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THOREAU, Henry David 1817–62

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TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de 1805–59

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TOENNIES, Ferdinand 1855–1936

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TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich (Count) 1828–1910

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TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de 1864–1901

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TRELAWNY, Edward John 1792–1881

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TROELTSCH, Ernst 1865–1923

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TROLLOPE, Anthony 1815–82

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TURGENEV, Ivan Sergeyevich 1818–83

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TURNER, Joseph Mallord William 1775–1851

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VAN GOGH, Vincent 1853–90

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VERDI, Giuseppe 1813–1901

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VERGA, Giovanni 1840–1922

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VERLAINE, Paul 1844–96

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VERNE, Jules 1828–1905

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VICTORIA and ALBERT 1819–1901 and 1819–61

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VIGNY, Alfred-Victor de 1797–1863

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WALLACE, Alfred Russel 1823–1913

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WASHINGTON, Booker Taliaferro 1856–1915

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WEBSTER, Noah 1758–1843

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WEDEKIND, Benjamin Franklin (Frank) 1864—1918

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WHISTLER, James Abbot McNeill 1834–1903

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WHITMAN, Walt 1819–92

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WHITNEY, Eli 1765–1825

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WHITTIER, John Greenleaf 1807–92

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WILBERFORCE, William 1759–1833

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WILDE, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills 1854—1900

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WISTER, Owen 1860–1938

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WOLF, Hugo 1860–1903

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WORDSWORTH, William 1770–1850

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WUNDT, Wilhelm 1832–1920

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YOUNG, Thomas 1773–1829

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