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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Washington Allston
Painter
5-Nov-1779 9-Jul-1843 The Dead Man Revived
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Chemist
20-Aug-1779 7-Aug-1848 Inventor of modern chemical notation
Stephen Decatur
Military
5-Jan-1779 22-Mar-1820 US Naval commander, fought at Tripoli
Thomas Gaisford
Scholar
22-Dec-1779 2-Jun-1855 English classical scholar
John Galt
Novelist
2-May-1779 11-Apr-1839 The Ayrshire Legatees
Samuel D. Ingham
Politician
16-Sep-1779 5-Jun-1860 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1829-31
Francis Scott Key
Poet
1-Aug-1779 11-Jan-1843 The Star-Spangled Banner
Clement Clarke Moore
Poet
15-Jul-1779 10-Jul-1863 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Zebulon Pike
Military
5-Jan-1779 27-Apr-1813 Lent his name to Pike's Peak
Peter Mark Roget
Author
18-Jan-1779 12-Sep-1869 Roget's Thesaurus
Joseph Story
Judge
18-Sep-1779 10-Sep-1845 US Supreme Court Justice, 1812-45
Robert Surtees
Historian
1779 11-Feb-1834 History of Durham


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