LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul Delaroche	Painter	17-Jul-1797	4-Nov-1856	French academic painter; The Young Martyr
Gérard Paul Deshayes	Geologist	13-May-1797	9-Jun-1875	Mollusques de l'Algérie
Gaetano Donizetti	Composer	29-Nov-1797	8-Apr-1848	Lucia di Lammermoor
George Evans	Politician	12-Jan-1797	6-Apr-1867	US Senator from Maine, 1841-47
Heinrich Heine	Poet	13-Dec-1797	17-Feb-1856	Buch der Lieder
Joseph Henry	Physicist	17-Dec-1797	13-May-1878	Discovered electromagnetic induction
Hiroshige	Artist	1797	12-Oct-1858	Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
George Moses Horton	Poet	c. 1797	c. 1883	The Hope of Liberty
Samuel Lover	Novelist	24-Feb-1797	6-Jul-1868	Handy Andy, an Irish Tale
Charles Lyell	Geologist	14-Nov-1797	22-Feb-1875	Principles of Geology
Mary Lyon	Activist	28-Feb-1797	5-Mar-1849	Founder of Mount Holyoke College
Sir Anthony Panizzi	Curator	16-Sep-1797	8-Apr-1879	Librarian of the British Museum
Giuditta Pasta	Singer	26-Oct-1797	1-Apr-1865	Operatic soprano
Franz Schubert	Composer	31-Jan-1797	19-Nov-1828	Symphony in C Major
Mary Shelley	Novelist	30-Aug-1797	1-Feb-1851	Frankenstein
Gerrit Smith	Activist	6-Mar-1797	28-Dec-1874	Anti-slavery and temperance reformer
Edwin Vose Sumner	Military	30-Jan-1797	21-Mar-1863	Union Army General
Adolphe Thiers	Head of State	18-Apr-1797	3-Sep-1877	First President of the Third Republic
Sojourner Truth	Activist	c. 1797	26-Nov-1883	Abolitionist, former slave
Alfred de Vigny	Poet	27-Mar-1797	17-Sep-1863	Chatterton
Thurlow Weed	Journalist	15-Nov-1797	22-Nov-1882	Newspaperman and Anti-Mason
Archibald Yell	Politician	9-Aug-1797	23-Feb-1847	Congressman and Governor of Arkansas

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