LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Brooks Adams	Historian	24-Jun-1848	13-Feb-1927	The Law of Civilization and Decay
William Waldorf Astor	Publisher	31-Mar-1848	18-Oct-1919	The Observer
Arthur Balfour	Head of State	25-Jul-1848	19-Mar-1930	UK Prime Minister, 1902-05
John G. Brady	Politician	25-May-1848	17-Dec-1918	Territorial Governor of Alaska 1897-1906
Wyatt Earp	Government	19-Mar-1848	13-Jan-1929	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Paul Gauguin	Painter	7-Jun-1848	8-May-1903	French post-impressionist painter
Joel Chandler Harris	Novelist	9-Dec-1848	3-Jul-1908	Uncle Remus
Joris-Karl Huysmans	Author	5-Feb-1848	12-May-1907	Decadent author, À Rebours
Alexander Muirhead	Physicist	26-May-1848	13-Dec-1920	Submarine cable telegraphy
George T. Oliver	Politician	26-Jan-1848	22-Jan-1919	US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1909-17
Albert Parsons	Activist	20-Jun-1848	11-Nov-1887	Haymarket Martyr
James Ford Rhodes	Author	1-May-1848	22-Jan-1927	History of the Civil War
Henry Augustus Rowland	Physicist	27-Nov-1848	16-Apr-1901	Studied optics, magnetism, etc.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens	Sculptor	1-Mar-1848	3-Aug-1907	Leading 19th c. American sculptor
James Murray Spangler	Inventor	20-Nov-1848	22-Jan-1915	Invented the upright vacuum cleaner
Louis Comfort Tiffany	Artist	18-Feb-1848	17-Jan-1933	Stained glassmaker, jewelry designer
Matthew Webb	Swimmer/Diver	18-Jan-1848	24-Jul-1883	First to swim the English Channel

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