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George Patton
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George Patton
General / 1885 - 1945
General George Patton led the Third Army in a very successful sweep across France during World War II in 1944. He was skilled at tank warfare.
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D.H. Lawrence
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- Famous Poets
- Famous Fiction Authors
D.H. Lawrence
Author, Poet / 1885 - 1930
British author D.H. Lawrence is best known for his infamous novel, Lady Chatterley's Lover, banned in the United States until 1959.
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Ezra Pound
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- Famous Poets
- Famous People Born in 1885
Ezra Pound
Journalist, Poet / 1885 - 1972
Poet Ezra Pond authored more than 70 books and promoted many other now-famous writers, including James Joyce and T.S. Eliot.
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Alice Paul
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- Famous Women's Rights Activists
- Famous People Named Alice
Alice Paul
Women's Rights Activist / 1885 - 1977
Suffragette Alice Paul spent her life advocating women's rights. She was incarcerated several times, went on hunger strikes and picketed the White House. -
Sinclair Lewis
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- Famous Fiction Authors
- Famous Nobel Prize Winners
Sinclair Lewis
Journalist, Author / 1885 - 1951
Sinclair Lewis was the first writer from the U.S. to be awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature. His works are insightful and critical of American society.
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Karen Horney
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- Famous Virgoans
- Famous Psychologists
Karen Horney
Academic, Psychologist, Journalist / 1885 - 1952
German-born American psychoanalyst Karen Horney, departing from some of Freud’s principles, suggested an environmental and social basis for the personality.
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