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Henry Frick
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Henry Frick
Art Collector, Entrepreneur / 1849 - 1919
Henry Frick was an industrialist who headed the Carnegie Steel Company and the United States Steel Corporation. His mansion later became the Frick Museum.
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William Ernest Henley
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William Ernest Henley
Literary Critic, Editor, Poet / 1849 - 1903
William Ernest Henley was a British poet, critic and editor remembered chiefly for his poem "Invictus."
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Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
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Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
Surgeon, Scientist / 1849 - 1936
Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov studied "conditioned reflex" through an experiment that made hungry dogs salivate at the sound of a dinner bell.
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Author, Playwright / 1849 - 1924
British-U.S. playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote children’s novels including the classics Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden. -
Luther Burbank
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Luther Burbank
Botanist, Journalist / 1849 - 1926
Luther Burbank was a plant breeder whose methods have led to advances in modern genetic study. -
Emma Lazarus
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Emma Lazarus
Poet / 1849 - 1887
Poet Emma Lazarus wrote the lines "Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" which are inscribed on the Statue of Liberty.
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