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Alexander Graham Bell
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Alexander Graham Bell
Educator, Linguist, Inventor, Scientist / 1847 - 1922
Alexander Graham Bell was one of the primary inventors of the telephone, did important work in communication for the deaf and held more than 18 patents.
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Warren G. Harding
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Warren G. Harding
U.S. President, U.S. Representative, Government Official / 1865 - 1923
Warren G. Harding was elected the 29th U.S. president on his birthday, and served from 1921 to 1923. His term followed World War I and a campaign promising a "return to normalcy."
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Horace Mann
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- Famous Taureans
Horace Mann
Educator, U.S. Representative / 1796 - 1859
Horace Mann was an American politician and education reformer, best known for promoting universal public education and teacher training in "normal schools."
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Wild Bill Hickok
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- Wild West
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Wild Bill Hickok
Police Officer, Folk Hero / 1837 - 1876
Wild Bill Hickok was an American frontiersman, army scout and lawman who helped bring order to the frontier West.
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William S. Burroughs
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William S. Burroughs
Author / 1914 - 1997
William S. Burroughs was a Beat Generation writer known for his startling, nontraditional accounts of drug culture, most famously in the book Naked Lunch.
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Thomas Gainsborough
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Thomas Gainsborough
Painter / 1727 - 1788
Thomas Gainsborough was an 18th century English painter known for his suggestive portraiture and landscapes.
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