LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Horatio Alger	Author	13-Jan-1832	18-Jul-1899	Ragged Dick
Rosa Bonheur	Painter	16-Mar-1822	25-May-1899	Horse Fair
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen	Chemist	31-Mar-1811	16-Aug-1899	Spectrum analysis, bunsen burner
Leo von Caprivi	Head of State	24-Feb-1831	6-Feb-1899	Chancellor of Germany, 1890-94
John William Dawson	Geologist	30-Oct-1820	20-Nov-1899	Air Breathers of the Coal Period
Nelson Dingley, Jr.	Politician	15-Feb-1832	13-Jan-1899	Congressman from Maine, 1881-99
Stephen J. Field	Judge	4-Nov-1816	9-Apr-1899	US Supreme Court Justice, 1863-97
Antonio Guzmán Blanco	Head of State	20-Feb-1829	28-Jul-1899	President of Venezuela, 1870-88
James Harlan	Politician	26-Aug-1820	5-Oct-1899	US Senator from Iowa, 1855-73
Franz Ritter von Hauer	Geologist	30-Jan-1822	20-Mar-1899	Geological Map of Austro-Hungary
Garret A. Hobart	Politician	3-Jun-1844	21-Nov-1899	Vice President under McKinley
Robert G. Ingersoll	Author	11-Aug-1833	21-Jul-1899	Orator, politician, agnostic
Ottmar Mergenthaler	Inventor	11-May-1854	28-Oct-1899	Automated typesetting
Lambdin P. Milligan	Criminal	24-Mar-1812	21-Dec-1899	Ex Parte Milligan
Dwight L. Moody	Religion	5-Feb-1837	22-Dec-1899	Revivalist, founder Northfield Mt. Hermon
Sir James Paget	Doctor	11-Jan-1814	20-Dec-1899	Father of modern pathology
Martha M. Place	Criminal	c. 1855	20-Mar-1899	First woman executed by electric chair
Paul Julius Reuter	Journalist	21-Jul-1816	25-Feb-1899	Founder of Reuters News Agency
Johann Strauss	Composer	25-Oct-1825	3-Jun-1899	The Blue Danube
Sir Henry Tate	Philanthropist	1819	5-Dec-1899	Bequeathed the Tate Gallery

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