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Calamity Jane
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- Wild West
- Imbibers
- Famous Taureans
Calamity Jane
Folk Hero / 1852 - 1903
Calamity Jane was a woman of the Wild West who was respected for her talent with a gun and kindness toward others.
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Santiago Ramón y Cajal
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- Famous Academics
- Famous Taureans
- Famous Neurologists
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Academic, Neurologist / 1852 - 1934
Santiago Ramón y Cajal was a Spanish histologist and professor whose work led to the discovery of neurons.
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Antoni Gaudí
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- Famous Cancerians
- Famous People Who Died in Accidents
- Famous Architects
Antoni Gaudí
Architect / 1852 - 1926
Antoni Gaudí was a Barcelona-based Spanish architect whose free-flowing works were greatly influenced by nature.
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Henri Becquerel
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- Fantastic Facial Hair
- Famous Academics
- Famous Sagittarians
Henri Becquerel
Philosopher, Physicist / 1852 - 1908
Henri Becquerel was a French physicist who discovered radioactivity, an achievement for which he won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.
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Lady Gregory
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- Famous Pisceans
- Famous Poets
- Famous Playwrights
Lady Gregory
Playwright, Poet / 1852 - 1932
Irish dramatist Lady Gregory, also known as Isabella Augusta, collaborated with William Butler Yeats and J.M. Synge to found the Irish National Theater and the Abbey Theater company.
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William S. Halsted
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- Famous Libras
- Famous Surgeons
- Famous People Named William
William S. Halsted
Doctor, Surgeon, Scientist / 1852 - 1922
William S. Halsted was a pioneer of scientific surgery who opened a surgical school at Johns Hopkins University.
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