Chick Webb

Chick Webb

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William Henry Webb, usually known as Chick Webb (February 10, 1905 –June 16, 1939) was a jazz and swing music drummer as well as a band leader.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was an 18th-century German scientist, satirist and Anglophile. As a scientist, he was the first to hold a professorship... More
Charles Proteus Steinmetz

Charles Proteus Steinmetz

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Charles Proteus Steinmetz (April 9, 1865-October 26, 1923) was an American Mathematician and Electrical Engineer. He fostered the development of... More
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Juan Ruiz de Alarcón

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Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza, one of the greatest Spanish dramatists of the Golden Age, was born in New Spain.
Raymond A. Palmer

Raymond A. Palmer

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Raymond Arthur Palmer (1910-1977) was the influential editor of "Amazing Stories" from 1938 through 1949, when he left publisher Ziff-Davis to form... More
Lady Mary Grey

Lady Mary Grey

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Lady Mary Grey (1545-April 20, 1578), sometimes spelled Marie, was the third and last daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Lady Frances... More
Cristoforo Solari

Cristoforo Solari

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Cristoforo Solari also known as il Gobbo (c. 1460 - 1527) was an Italian sculptor and architect. He was the brother of the painter Andrea Solari.... More
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Edmund Crouchback 1st Earl of Lancaster

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Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster (January 16, 1245 - June 5, 1296) was the second surviving son of Eleanor of Provence and King Henry III... More
Pippin The Hunchback

Pippin The Hunchback

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Pippin the Hunchback (born before 770 - 813) was the first son of Charles the Great (Charlemagne) of his first wife (or concubine) Himiltrude.... More
Benjamin Lay

Benjamin Lay

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Benjamin Lay (1681-1760) was a philanthropist and abolitionist. Lay was born in Colchester, England. In 1710 he moved to Barbados as a merchant,... More