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Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
Writer / 1854 - 1900
Author Oscar Wilde published several acclaimed works, including The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest.
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Paul Ehrlich
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Paul Ehrlich
Immunologist / 1854 - 1915
Paul Ehrlich is a German Jewish medical scientist best known for discovering the first effective treatment for syphilis.
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George Eastman
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George Eastman
Entrepreneur, Inventor / 1854 - 1932
George Eastman invented the first Kodak camera, helping make photography accessible to the public. His company remains one of the largest in the industry. -
John Philip Sousa
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John Philip Sousa
Inventor, Songwriter / 1854 - 1932
U.S. bandmaster and composer John Philip Sousa was known as “The March King.” In the 1890s he developed a type of bass tuba now known as the sousaphone.
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Arthur Rimbaud
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Arthur Rimbaud
Poet / 1854 - 1891
Poet Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891) shook the world of verse with his decadent poems, including "The Drunken Boat" (1871).
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Lucy Craft Laney
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Lucy Craft Laney
Educator / 1854 - 1933
Lucy Craft Laney was a school teacher and educator who opened a school for African-American students in the South in the late 1800s.
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