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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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Woodrow Wilson
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Woodrow Wilson
U.S. President / 1856 - 1924
Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States (191321). He is best remembered for his legislative accomplishments and his high-minded idealism.
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Sigmund Freud
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Sigmund Freud
Scholar, Psychiatrist / 1856 - 1939
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neuropsychologist who developed theories and practices of psychoanalysis. His work on sexuality made him controversial and famous.
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Nikola Tesla
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Nikola Tesla
Inventor / 1856 - 1943
Serbian-American inventor Nikola Telsa discovered the rotating magnetic field, the basis of most alternating-current machinery. -
J.J. Thomson
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- Famous Sagittarians
- Famous Physicists
J.J. Thomson
Academic, Physicist / 1856 - 1940
Sir J.J. Thomson was awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the electron. He also discovered isotopes.
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Granville T. Woods
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- Elementals
- Famous Taureans
Granville T. Woods
Inventor / 1856 - 1919
Granville Woods was an African-American inventor who made key contributions to the development of the telephone, the street car, and more.
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profile name: Sigmund Freud profile occupation: Scholar, Psychiatrist
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profile name: Woodrow Wilson profile occupation: U.S. President
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