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Stonewall Jackson
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Stonewall Jackson
General / 1824 - 1863
Stonewall Jackson was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He served under Robert E. Lee.
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William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs
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William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs
Physicist, Academic Author / 1824 - 1907
Lord Kelvin was an Irish physicist who developed a temperature scale based on absolute zero, named the Kelvin scale.
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Leland Stanford
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Leland Stanford
Entrepreneur, U.S. Representative, U.S. Governor / 1824 - 1893
Amasa Leland Stanford was a U.S. entrepreneur and a builder of the first transcontinental railroad. He also served in the U.S. Senate.
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Ambrose Burnside
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Ambrose Burnside
General, U.S. Governor / 1824 - 1881
Ambrose Burnside is best known for his leadership as a general of the Union army in the Civil War, and for originating the fashion of sideburns in the United States.
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Gustav Kirchhoff
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- Famous Physicists
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Gustav Kirchhoff
Physicist / 1824 - 1887
German physicist Gustav Kirchoff became the first scientist to show that electric current flows at the speed of light through a conductor. -
Jean-Léon Gérôme
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Jean-Léon Gérôme
Academic, Painter, Sculptor / 1824 - 1904
Jean-Leon Gerome was a French painter, sculptor, and teacher. His best-known works are scenes inspired by his travels in Egypt.
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profile name: Leland Stanford profile occupation: Entrepreneur, U.S. Representative, U.S. Governor
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profile name: Ambrose Burnside profile occupation: General, U.S. Governor
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profile name: William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs profile occupation: Physicist, Academic Author
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profile name: Jean-Léon Gérôme profile occupation: Academic, Painter, Sculptor
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