Remembered
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
1803 – 1873
Playwright, Writer, Politician, Novelist, Poet, Literary critic
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (; 25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig member of…
Napoleon III
1808 – 1873
Politician, Writer, Draftsperson, Illustrator
Napoleon III (born Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was the first President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the…
Agha Ahmad Ali
1839 – 1873
Historian, Poet
Maulawi Āghā Aḥmad ʿAlī (Persian: آغا احمد علي, Bengali: আগা আহমদ আলী) was a 19th-century Bengali academic, historian and scholar of the Persian language. In ad…
Théophile Gautier
1811 – 1872
Writer, Poet, Journalist, Novelist, Playwright, Librettist
Below is a refined, respectful, and fact-based memorial biography of Théophile Gautier, drawing only on well-supported sources. Uncertainties or less-corroborat…
Ludwig Feuerbach
1804 – 1872
Anthropologist, Philosopher, University teacher, Writer, Theologian, Critic of religions
Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach ( FOIR-bahkh; German: [ˈluːtvɪç ˈfɔʏɐbax]; 28 July 1804 – 13 September 1872) was a German philosopher and anthropologist who was a lead…
Benito Juárez
1806 – 1872
Lawyer, Judge, Politician
Benito Pablo Juárez García (Latin American Spanish: [beˈnito ˈpaβlo ˈxwaɾes ɣaɾˈsi.a] ; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Mexican politician, military officer…
Harish Chandra Mitra
1837 – 1872
Playwright, Poet, Writer, Editor
Harish Chandra Mitra (1837–1872) was a Bengali playwright, poet, essayist, journalist. His father, Abhay Charan Mitra was a resident of Howrah, West Bengal. He…
Samuel Morse
1791 – 1872
Inventor, Physicist, Sculptor, Painter, University teacher, Photographer
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor and painter. After establishing his reputation as a portrait painter, Morse…
Giuseppe Mazzini
1805 – 1872
Politician, Philosopher, Writer, Journalist, Literary critic, Revolutionary
Giuseppe Mazzini (22 June 1805 – 10 March 1872) was an Italian politician, lawyer, journalist, philosopher, and political activist who worked for the unificati…
Charles Babbage
1791 – 1871
Mathematician, Computer scientist, Inventor, Economist, Philosopher, University teacher
Charles Babbage (; 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originat…
John Herschel
1792 – 1871
Astronomer, Photographer, Mathematician, Chemist, Physicist, Writer
Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet (; 7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor…
Imam Shamil
1797 – 1871
Warrior, Imam, Qadi, Resistance fighter, Religious leader
Imam Shamil (26 June 1797 – 4 February 1871) was the third Imam of the Caucasian Imamate (1840–1859), and a Muslim sheikh of the Naqshbandi Sufi order. Nickname…
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
1836 – 1870
Short story writer, Playwright, Writer, Narrator, Poet, Painter
Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida (17 February 1836 – 22 December 1870), better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡusˈtaβo aˈðolfo…
Alexandre Dumas
1802 – 1870
Novelist, Playwright, Writer
Alexandre Dumas (born Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie; 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père, was a French novelist and playwrigh…
Robert E. Lee
1807 – 1870
Military officer, Military personnel, Army officer, Cartographer, Soldier
Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general whose early actions in the American Civil War led to his appointment as the ov…
Prosper Mérimée
1803 – 1870
Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Historian, Translator, Politician, Writer
Prosper Mérimée (French: [pʁɔspɛʁ meʁime]; 28 September 1803 – 23 September 1870) was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the…
Charles Dickens
1812 – 1870
Writer, Novelist, Journalist, Social critic, Playwright, Author
Charles John Huffam Dickens ( ; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and journalist. He created some of literature's best-known fictional charac…
Alexander Herzen
1812 – 1870
Philosopher, Writer, Journalist, Autobiographer, Literary critic, Prose writer
Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (Russian: Александр Иванович Герцен, romanized: Aleksandr Ivanovich Gertsen; 6 April [O.S. 25 March] 1812 – 21 January [O.S. 9 Januar…
Franklin Pierce
1804 – 1869
Politician, Lawyer, Statesperson, Jurist, Military officer
Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. A northern Democrat who believed t…
Hector Berlioz
1803 – 1869
Conductor, Writer, Autobiographer, Music critic, Librettist, Virtuoso
Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer, conductor and critic. His output includes orchestral works such as the Sy…