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Helen Keller
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Helen Keller
Educator, Journalist / 1880 - 1968
Educator Helen Keller overcame the adversity of being blind and deaf to become one of the 20th century's leading humanitarians, and co-founder of the ACLU. -
Isaac Newton
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Isaac Newton
Philosopher, Mathematician, Astronomer, Physicist / 1643 - 1727
English physicist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton, most famous for his work on gravity, was instrumental in the scientific revolution of the 17th century.
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Alexander Graham Bell
Educator, Linguist, Inventor, Scientist / 1847 - 1922
Alexander Graham Bell was one of the primary inventors of the telephone, did important work in communication for the deaf and held over 18 patents.
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Booker T. Washington
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Booker T. Washington
Educator / 1856 - 1915
Educationist and reformer, Booker T. Washington, was the most influential spokesman for black Americans between 1895 and 1915. Leader of the Tuskegee Institute.
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John Locke
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John Locke
Philosopher / 1632 - 1704
English philosopher John Locke's works lie at the foundation of modern philosophical empiricism and political liberalism.
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Franz Liszt
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Franz Liszt
Educator, Songwriter, Pianist / 1811 - 1886
Franz Liszt was a Hungarian pianist and composer of enormous influence and originality. He was renowned in Europe during the Romantic movement.
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