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99 Cards in this Set
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Abraham
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101
circa 2000BCE |
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Aesop
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102
6th Century BCE |
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Howard Hathaway Aiken
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103
1900-1973 |
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Susan B. Anthony
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104
1820-1906 |
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St Thomas Aquinas
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105
1225-1274 |
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Archimedes of Syracuse
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106
287-212BCE |
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Aristarchus of Samos
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107
310-230BCE |
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Neil Armstrong
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108
1930-... (First man on the moon 1969) |
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Charles Babbage
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109
1791-1871 |
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Jeremy Bentham
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110
1748-1832 |
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Bismark von Otto
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111
1815-1898 |
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Robert Boyle
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112
1627-1691 |
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Louis de Broglie
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113
1892-1987 |
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Nicolas Sadi Carnot
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114
1796-1832 |
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Charles V Holy Roman Emperor
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115
1500-1558 |
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Khufu (Cheops)
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116
2589-2566BCE |
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Zhu Xi
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117
1130-1200 |
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Winston Churchill
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118
1874-1965 |
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Karl von Clausewitz
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119
1780-1831 |
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Rudolph Clausius
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120
1822-1888 |
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Marie Curie
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121
1867-1934 |
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Gottlieb Daimler
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122
1834-1900 |
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Dante Alighieri
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123
1265-1321 |
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Darius I of Persia
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124
549-486/5BCE (Ruler of Persia: 522-486/5BCE) |
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King David
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125
1005-970BCE 2nd King of unified Israel |
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Democritus
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126
460-370BCE |
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Mary Eddy Baker
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127
1821-1910 Founded Church of Christ, Scientist in 1879 |
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Robert Ettinger
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128
1918-... Published book in 1962 |
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George Fox
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129
1624-1691 Regarded as founder of the Religious Society of Friends |
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Benjamin Franklin
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130
1706-1790 |
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Frederick the Great
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131
1712-1786 King of Prussia from 1740-1786 |
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Betty Friedan
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132
1921-2006 |
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Galen
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133
129-200/16 |
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
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134
1869-1948 |
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Karl Friedrich Gauss
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135
1777-1855 |
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Hammurabi
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136
1810-1750BCE |
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Emperor Wu of Han
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137
156-87BCE 7th Emperor of Han from 141-87BCE |
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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138
1770-1831 |
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Henry VIII
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139
1491-1547 King of England from 1509-1547 |
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Henry the Navigator
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140
1394-1460 |
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Theodor Herzl
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141
1860-1904 |
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Hippocrates
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142
Same time as Democritus? 460-370BCE |
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Thomas Hobbes
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143
1588-1679 Published Leviathan in 1651 |
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James Hutton
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144
1726-1797 |
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Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV)
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145
Reigned between either 1351-1334BCE 1353-1336BCE |
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Isaiah
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146
Born in early 8th Century BCE |
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Joan of Arc
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147
1412-1431 |
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Joseph Marie Jacquard
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148
1752/57-1834 |
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Immanuel Kant
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149
1724-1804 |
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John Maynard Keynes
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150
1883-1946 |
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Har Gobind Khorana
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151
1922-... Won Nobel Prize in 1968 |
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Martin Luther King Jnr
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152
1929-1968 |
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Alfred Kinsey
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153
1894-1956 |
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Kublai Khan
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154
1215-1294 Khagan of Mongol Empire in 1260 Emperor of Yuan Dynasty in China in 1271 |
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Leibniz
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155
1646-1716 |
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Etienne Lenoir
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156
1822-1900 |
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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157
1452-1519 |
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Abraham Lincoln
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158
1809-1865 |
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Emperor Gaozu of Han
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159
256/47-195BCE Emperor of Han from 202-195BCE |
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Louis XIV
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160
1638-1715 King of France from 1643 but didn't rule until death of First Minister in 1661 |
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James Madison
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161
1751-1836 Fourth President of the USA from 1809-1817 |
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Ferdinand Magellan
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162
1480-1521 |
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Virgin Mary
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163
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Emperor Meiji
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164
1852-1912 Emperor of Japan from 1867-1912 |
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Mehmet II
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165
1451-1481 Sultan of Ottoman Empire from 1444-46 and again 1451-1481 Took Constantinople in 1453 |
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Montesquieu
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166
1689-1750 |
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Maria Montessori
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167
1870-1952 |
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Samuel Morse
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168
1791-1872 |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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169
1756-1791 |
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Muawiyah I
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170
602-680 Caliph from 661-680 |
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Gerard K. O'Neill
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171
1927-1992 |
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Blaise Pascal
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172
1623-1662 |
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Ivan Pavlov
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173
1849-1936 |
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Marco Polo
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174
1254-1324/5 |
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Ptolemy
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90-168 |
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Pythagoras
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176
From between 572 and 580 BCE - between 500 and 490 BCE |
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Rembrandt
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177
1606-1669 |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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178
1882-1945 |
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Sankara (Adi Shankara)
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179
788-820 |
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Zargon of Akkad
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180
23rd and 24th centuries BCE |
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Erwin Schrodinger
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181
1887-1961 |
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William B Shockley
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182
1910-1989 |
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Joseph Smith
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183
1805-1844 |
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Socrates
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184
470-399BCE |
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Sophocles
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185
495-406BCE |
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Sun Yat-Sen
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186
1866-1925 |
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Tamerlane (Timur)
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1336-1405 Founder of Timurid Empire and dynasty in 1470 |
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Taizong of Tang
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599-649 |
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Edward Teller
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189
1908-2003 |
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Henry David Thoreau
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190
1817-1862 |
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Leo Tolstoy
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191
1828-1910 |
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Charles Hard Townes
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192
1915-... |
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Harry S. Truman
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193
1884-1972 |
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Selman Waksman
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194
1888-1973 |
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James Watson
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195
1928-... Nobel prize in 1962 |
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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196
1759-1797 Published book on woman's rights (A Vindication of the Right's of Woman) in 1792 |
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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197
1867-1959 |
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Vladimir Zworykin
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198
1889-1982 |
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William Henry Fox Talbot
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199
1800-1877 |
