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Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
Photographer, Filmmaker / 1908 - 2004
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer whose humane, spontaneous photographs helped establish photojournalism as an art form.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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- Famous Libras
- Famous Philosophers
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Philosopher, Literary Critic, Poet / 1772 - 1834
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, most famous for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and helping found the Romantic Movement.
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Lee Kuan Yew
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- Famous Virgoans
- Famous Lawyers
- Famous People Named Lee
Lee Kuan Yew
Lawyer, Prime Minister / 1923 -
Lee Kuan Yew was prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990. During his long rule, Singapore became the most prosperous nation in Southeast Asia.
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John Donne
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- Famous Poets
- Famous University of Cambridge Alumni
John Donne
Poet / 1572 - 1631
John Donne, leading English poet of the Metaphysical school, is often considered the greatest loved poet in the English language.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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- Famous Teachers
- Famous Historians
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Educator, Historian, Scholar, Literary Critic, Filmmaker, Academic Author, Editor / 1950 -
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is an African-American educator and scholar, and the director of the W. E. B. DuBois Institute for African and African-American Research.
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Bertrand Russell
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- Famous Welsh People
- Famous Academics
- Famous Taureans
Bertrand Russell
Philosopher, Mathematician, Anti-War Activist, Journalist / 1872 - 1970
Despite being a renowned philosopher, Bertrand Russell is perhaps best known for his political activism and altercations with the British government.
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