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Max Weber
Educator, Philosopher, Scholar, Anti-War Activist, Economist, Literary Critic, Political Scientist, Journalist, Sociologist / 1864 - 1920
Max Weber was a 19th century German sociologist and one of the founders of modern sociology. He wrote The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism in 1905.
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(1864-1920)
Educator, Philosopher, Scholar, Anti-War Activist, Economist, Literary Critic, Political Scientist, Journalist, Sociologist
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Noah Webster
Academic, Journalist / 1758 - 1843
Noah Webster documented American spelling and grammar in his two major publications, the American Spelling Book and the American Dictionary of the English Language.
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(1758-1843)
Academic, Journalist
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Simone Weil
Educator, Philosopher, Civil Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Journalist / 1909 - 1943
Simone Weil was a French intellectual, activist and Christian Mystic.
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(1909-1943)
Educator, Philosopher, Civil Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Journalist
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Gideon Welles
Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, Editor, Journalist, Government Official / 1802 - 1878
Gideon Welles was a 19th century journalist and politician who served as secretary of the U.S. Navy under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
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(1802-1878)
Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, Editor, Journalist, Government Official
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Ida B. Wells
Civil Rights Activist, Journalist / 1862 - 1931
Ida B. Wells was an African-American journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s.
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(1862-1931)
Civil Rights Activist, Journalist
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Eudora Welty
Photographer, Journalist, Author / 1909 - 2001
Short-story writer and novelist Eudora Welty’s work focuses on the regional manners of people inhabiting a small Mississippi town that resembles her birthplace.
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(1909-2001)
Photographer, Journalist, Author
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Dr. Ruth Westheimer
Radio Talk Show Host, Television Personality, Journalist / 1928 -
Dr. Ruth Westheimer is one of the world's most recognized authorities on sex. She has delivered her advice on TV, radio and the web for decades and has written numerous books.
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(1928-)
Radio Talk Show Host, Television Personality, Journalist
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Leonard D. White
Historian, Political Scientist, Journalist / 1891 - 1958
Leonard White was a political scientist and historian who was a leading authority on public administration.
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(1891-1958)
Historian, Political Scientist, Journalist
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T.H. White
Journalist, Author / 1906 - 1964
T.H. White was an English writer known for his novel series about King Arthur, The Once and Future King.
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(1906-1964)
Journalist, Author
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Theodore H. White
Journalist / 1915 - 1986
Theodore H. White was an American journalist, best known for his presidential accounts The Making of the President, 1960 and The Making of the President, 1964.
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(1915-1986)
Journalist
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Alfred North Whitehead
Philosopher, Mathematician, Journalist / 1861 - 1947
British mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead’s Treatise on Universal Algebra extended Boolean symbolic logic. He received the Order of Merit.
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(1861-1947)
Philosopher, Mathematician, Journalist
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Walt Whitman
Journalist, Poet / 1819 - 1892
Walt Whitman was an American poet whose verse collection Leaves of Grass is a landmark in the history of American literature.
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(1819-1892)
Journalist, Poet
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John Greenleaf Whittier
Activist, Journalist, Poet / 1807 - 1892
John Greenleaf Whittier was an American poet and abolitionist who, in the latter part of his life, was a household name in both England and the United States.
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(1807-1892)
Activist, Journalist, Poet
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
Educator, Journalist, Author / 1867 - 1957
Pioneer author Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote the autobiographical “Little House” kids’ book series, the basis of the popular television show Little House on the Prairie.
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(1867-1957)
Educator, Journalist, Author
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Roy Wilkins
Civil Rights Activist, Editor, Journalist / 1901 - 1981
Roy Wilkins was best known as the executive director of the NAACP and a leader of the African-American civil rights movement.
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(1901-1981)
Civil Rights Activist, Editor, Journalist
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George Washington Williams
Scholar, Lawyer, Pastor, Journalist / 1849 - 1891
Civil War veteran George Washington Williams is best known as the author of History of the Negro Race in America, widely considered the first objective history of African Americans.
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(1849-1891)
Scholar, Lawyer, Pastor, Journalist
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Walter Winchell
Radio Personality, News Anchor, Journalist / 1897 - 1972
Walter Winchell was a TV and radio personality whose news reports brought him a huge audience and great influence from the 1930s to the 1950s.
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(1897-1972)
Radio Personality, News Anchor, Journalist
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Sarah Winnemucca
Activist, Journalist / 1844 - 1891
Sarah Winnemucca was a member of the Native American Paiutes nation, an activist for her people and the first Native woman to publish in the English language.
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(1844-1891)
Activist, Journalist
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Tom Wolfe
Journalist, Author / 1931 -
Tom Wolfe is a journalist and best-selling author well known as a proponent of the New Journalism, using fiction-writing techniques in journalism.
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(1931-)
Journalist, Author
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Mary Wollstonecraft
Educator, Philosopher, Scholar, Women's Rights Activist, Journalist / 1759 - 1797
Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer who advocated for women's equality. Her book A Vindication of the Rights of Woman pressed for educational reforms.
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(1759-1797)
Educator, Philosopher, Scholar, Women's Rights Activist, Journalist
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Bob Woodward
Journalist / 1943 -
Bob Woodward is an American journalist and author who reported on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post. His coverage greatly contributed to the Post's 1973 Pulitzer Prize.
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(1943-)
Journalist
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Virginia Woolf
Journalist, Author / 1882 - 1941
English Writer Virginia Woolf became famous for her nonlinear prose style, especially noted in her novels Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse.
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(1882-1941)
Journalist, Author
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Richard Wright
Journalist, Author, Poet / 1908 - 1960
Pioneering African-American writer Richard Wright is best known for the classic texts Black Boy and Native Son.
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(1908-1960)
Journalist, Author, Poet
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Stefan Zweig
Journalist, Author, Playwright / 1881 - 1942
Stefan Zweig was an Austrian writer and novelist popular in the 1920s and 1930s.
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(1881-1942)
Journalist, Author, Playwright