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Gustav Kirchhoff

1824 – 1887

Physicist, Chemist, Engineer, Mathematician, University teacher

Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (German: [ˈgʊstaːf ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈkɪʁçhɔf]; 12 March 1824 – 17 October 1887) was a German physicist and mathematician who contributed to the…

Alexander Borodin

1833 – 1887

Classical composer, Chemist, Pianist, Flautist, Cellist, Physician

Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (12 November 1833 – 27 February 1887) was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist of Georgian–Russian parentage. He was one of th…

Chester A. Arthur

1829 – 1886

Military officer, Lawyer, Politician, Statesperson, Educator

Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was the 21st president of the United States, serving from 1881 to 1885. A Republican from New York, he…

Ramakrishna

1836 – 1886

Philosopher

Here is the revised and improved memorial biography for Ramakrishna, based exclusively on well-supported facts from reliable sources: --- Ramakrishna (born 18…

Franz Liszt

1811 – 1886

Classical composer, Pianist, Conductor, Music educator, Virtuoso, Composer

Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic period. With a diverse body of wo…

Ludwig II of Bavaria

1845 – 1886

Art collector, Monarch

Ludwig II (Louis II;Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm; German: [ˈluːtvɪç ˈɔto ˈfʁiː.dʁɪç ˈvɪlˌhɛlm]; 25 August 1845 – 13 June 1886), also called the Swan King or th…

Leopold von Ranke

1795 – 1886

Historian, University teacher, Writer

Leopold von Ranke (21 December 1795 – 23 May 1886) was a German historian and a founder of modern source-based history. He was able to implement the seminar tea…

Akshay Kumar Datta

1820 – 1886

Writer

Akshay Kumar Datta (also spelt: Akshay Kumar Dutta) (Bengali: অক্ষয় কুমার দত্ত) (15 July 1820 – 18 May 1886) was a Bengali writer from India. He was one of the…

Emily Dickinson

1830 – 1886

Writer, Poet, Gardener, Librettist

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Largely unpublished and unknown during her lifetime, her work is now widely r…

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Fateh Ali Waisi

1820 – 1886

Poet, Murshid

Sayyid Fateh Ali Waisi (1820-1886) was a Sufi saint, preacher of Islam and a Persian-language poet. His epic poem Diwan-i-Waisi, written in Persian, gained wide…

Ulysses S. Grant

1822 – 1885

Explorer, Writer, Statesperson, Army officer, Politician, Military personnel

Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877, and was the…

Victor Hugo

1802 – 1885

Playwright, Novelist, Draftsperson, Librettist, Essayist, Memoirist

Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalis…

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Gangadhar Sen Roy

1798 – 1885

Writer

Gangadhar Sen Roy (1798 – 1885) was a Bengali Ayurvedic doctor, poet and Sanskrit scholar. Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangadhar_Sen_Roy

Bedřich Smetana

1824 – 1884

Composer, Conductor, Teacher, Pedagogue, Pianist, Music educator

Bedřich Smetana (2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely identified with his peopl…

Elias Lönnrot

1802 – 1884

Lexicographer, Linguist, Pedagogue, Writer, Poet, Hymnwriter

Elias Lönnrot (Finnish: [ˈeliɑs ˈlønruːt] ; 9 April 1802 – 19 March 1884) was a Finnish medical doctor, philosopher, poet, musician, linguist, journalist, philo…

Gregor Mendel

1822 – 1884

Biologist, Geneticist, Beekeeper, Mathematician, Botanist, Catholic priest

Gregor Johann Mendel (; German: [ˈmɛndl̩]; Czech: Řehoř Jan Mendel; 20 July 1822 – 6 January 1884) was an Austrian biologist, meteorologist, mathematician, Augu…

Sojourner Truth

1797 – 1883

Writer, Abolitionist, Women's rights activist, Suffragist, Religious leader, Slave

Sojourner Truth (; born Isabella Bomefree; c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rig…

Ivan Turgenev

1818 – 1883

Writer, Poet, Playwright, Novelist, Translator, Prose writer

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818–1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West…

Emir Abdelkader

1808 – 1883

Politician, Soldier, Mujahid, Scientist, Resistance fighter, Poet

Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi al-Din (between 1806 and 1808 – 26 May 1883; Arabic: عبد القادر ابن محي الدين, romanized: ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥy al-Dīn), known as Emir A…

Édouard Manet

1832 – 1883

Painter, Illustrator, Lithographer, Architectural drafter, Draftsperson, Visual artist

Édouard Manet (UK: , US: ; French: [edwaʁ manɛ]; 23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists t…