Died in 1855

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Charlotte Brontë Novelist 21-Apr-1816 31-Mar-1855 Jane Eyre

Bill The Butcher Boxing Jul-1821 8-Mar-1855 Inspired Gangs of New York

Henry de la Beche Geologist 1796 13-Apr-1855 Created first Geologic Survey

Thomas Gaisford Scholar 22-Dec-1779 2-Jun-1855 English classical scholar

Carl Friedrich Gauss Mathematician 30-Apr-1777 23-Feb-1855 Perhaps the greatest German mathematician

John Gorrie Inventor 3-Oct-1803 29-Jun-1855 Invented air conditioning

Søren Kierkegaard Philosopher 5-May-1813 11-Nov-1855 Father of existentialism

Robert Mills Architect 12-Aug-1781 3-Mar-1855 Washington Monument

Gérard de Nerval Poet 22-May-1808 26-Jan-1855 Unbalanced French romantic poet

Tsar Nicholas I Royalty 25-Jun-1796 18-Feb-1855 Repressive Tsar of Russia, 1825-55

John C. Spencer Politician 8-Jan-1788 18-May-1855 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1843-44

Charles François Sturm Mathematician 29-Sep-1803 18-Dec-1855 Sturm's Theorem

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