Died in 1848

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Died in 1848

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

John Quincy Adams Head of State 11-Jul-1767 23-Feb-1848 6th US President, 1825-29

John Jacob Astor Business 17-Jul-1763 29-Mar-1848 Wealthiest man in America

Jöns Jacob Berzelius Chemist 20-Aug-1779 7-Aug-1848 Inventor of modern chemical notation

Steen Steensen Blicher Author 11-Oct-1782 26-Mar-1848 Fragments from the Diary of a Parish Clerk

Branwell Brontë Poet 26-Jun-1817 24-Sep-1848 The Brontë sisters' brother

Emily Brontë Novelist 30-Jul-1818 19-Dec-1848 Wuthering Heights

George W. Campbell Politician 9-Feb-1769 17-Feb-1848 Senator from Tennessee, Treasury Secretary

François-René de Chateaubriand Author 4-Sep-1768 4-Jul-1848 Génie du christianisme

Thomas Cole Painter 1-Feb-1801 11-Feb-1848 American landscape painter

Gaetano Donizetti Composer 29-Nov-1797 8-Apr-1848 Lucia di Lammermoor

Samuel Guthrie Doctor 1782 19-Oct-1848 Discovered chloroform

Caroline Herschel Astronomer 16-Mar-1750 9-Jan-1848 Astronomer, sister of William

Ambrose Spencer Politician 13-Dec-1765 13-Mar-1848 Congressman and Judge from New York

George Stephenson Engineer 9-Jun-1781 12-Aug-1848 Early railroad builder

Rodolphe Töpffer Cartoonist 31-Jan-1799 8-Jun-1848 The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck

Horace Wells Scientist 21-Jan-1815 24-Jan-1848 Nitrous oxide as a surgical anesthetic

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