LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Louis Agassiz	Paleontologist	28-May-1807	14-Dec-1873	Ichthyologist at Harvard
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton	Novelist	25-May-1803	18-Jan-1873	The Last Days of Pompeii
Salmon P. Chase	Politician	13-Jan-1808	7-May-1873	Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64
John White Geary	Politician	30-Dec-1819	8-Feb-1873	Governor of Kansas and Pennsylvania
John Parker Hale	Politician	31-Mar-1806	19-Dec-1873	Anti-slavery US Senator from NH
Christopher Hansteen	Astronomer	26-Sep-1784	15-Apr-1873	Studied terrestrial magnetism
William Joseph Hardee	Military	10-Nov-1815	6-Nov-1873	Confederate Army General
Johns Hopkins	Philanthropist	19-May-1795	24-Dec-1873	Johns Hopkins University and Hospital
Joseph Howe	Government	13-Dec-1804	1-Jun-1873	Premier of Nova Scotia, 1860-63
Justus Liebig	Chemist	12-May-1803	18-Apr-1873	Reformed pedagogy of chemistry
David Livingstone	Explorer	19-Mar-1813	1-May-1873	Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
William Charles Macready	Actor	3-Mar-1793	27-Apr-1873	19th c. English actor and manager
Alessandro Manzoni	Poet	7-Mar-1785	22-May-1873	I Promessi Sposi
Matthew Fontaine Maury	Military	14-Jan-1806	1-Feb-1873	Father of modern oceanography
William M. Meredith	Government	8-Jun-1799	17-Aug-1873	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1849-50
John Stuart Mill	Philosopher	20-May-1806	8-May-1873	Liberal philosopher and essayist
Napoleon III	Royalty	20-Apr-1808	9-Jan-1873	Emperor of France, 1852-70
Samuel Nelson	Judge	10-Nov-1792	13-Dec-1873	US Supreme Court Justice, 1845-72
José Antonio Páez	Head of State	13-Jun-1790	7-May-1873	First President of Venezuela
Hiram Powers	Sculptor	29-Jun-1805	27-Jun-1873	American neoclassical sculptor
Auguste-Arthur de La Rive	Physicist	9-Oct-1801	27-Nov-1873	Traité d'électricité théorique et appliquée
John Torrey	Botanist	15-Aug-1796	10-Mar-1873	Flora of North America
Fyodor Tyutchev	Poet	23-Nov-1803	15-Jul-1873	Russian Golden Age poet

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