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Benjamin Franklin male, deceased (1790): inventor, Founding Father of the United States, Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, lightning rod, electricity, great scientist…signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Member of the Lunar Society, signer of the United States Constitution, American expatriates in the United Kingdom; Benjamin Franklin (April 17 1790) was one of the most critical Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist,...

Thomas Paine male, deceased (1809): Christian, British-born United States political figure, The American Crisis, Deputy to the French National Convention, Montagnards, The Mountain…enlightenment, age of enlightenment, Deputies to the French National Convention, the age of reason, TheEnlightenment; Thomas Paine (Thetford, England, 29 January 1737 - 8 June 1809, New York City, USA) was a pamphleteer, revolutionary, radical, and intellectual....

Roy Porter male, deceased (2002): Wilson's School, Kingdom of Great Britain, briton, South London, Andrew Wheatcroft, age of enlightenment…TheEnlightenment, enlightenment, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, director of the Centre; Roy Porter (31 December 1946 to 3 March 2002) was a British historian noted for his work on the history of medicine. He grew up in South London and...

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing male, deceased (1781): German literature, poet, Freemason, TheEnlightenment, Playwright, German…Enlightenment philosopher; Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (22 January, 1729 - 15 February, 1781) was a German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic, and one of the most...

Ludwig van Beethoven male, deceased (1827): composer, Romantic composer, Classical era composer, Classical music era, Classical composer, genius…buried at the Zentralfriedhof, TheEnlightenment; Ludwig van Beethoven, (baptized December 17, 1770 - March 26, 1827) was a German composer. He is regarded as one of the greatest composers in the...

Joseph Haydn male, deceased (1732): House of Esterházy, TheEnlightenment, Freemason, Classical music era, Viennese composer, Tenor…father of the symphony, father of the string quartet; Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) is the composer of three wonderful trios for flute, cello and piano, the first of which was composed in 1790 and ranks...

William Robertson male, deceased (1793): Principal of the University of Edinburgh, buried at Greyfriars Kirkyard, jacobite, buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard, historian, church of scotland…TheEnlightenment, Alumni of the University of Edinburgh, Principals of the University of Edinburgh, Academic of the University of Edinburgh, Scottish Enlightenment; William Robertson was a Scottish historian and Principal of the University of Edinburgh. ("The thirty years during which (he) presided over the...

Neil Postman male, deceased (2003) (New Jersey, United States): amusing ourselves to death, Television studies, from New York City, Youth rights individuals, Academic, Essayist…TheEnlightenment, enlightenment, The Steinhardt School of Education; Neil Postman (March 8, 1931 - October 5, 2003) was an American professor, media theorist, and cultural critic who is best known by the general...

Leandro Fernández de Moratín male, deceased (1828): Spanish Enlightenment literature, afrancesado, supporter, spanish inquisition, Neoclassicism, TheEnlightenment…Spanish Enlightenment; Leandro Fernández de Moratín was a Spanish dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet. He was the son of Nicolás Fernández de Moratín (1737...

Alexander Radishchev male, deceased (1802): jacobin, University of Leipzig, French Revolution, catherine the great, TheEnlightenment, Siberia; Aleksandr Nikolayevich Radishchev (August 31, 1749-September 24, 1802) was a Russian author and social critic who was arrested and exiled under...

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