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Alphonse de Lamartine

1790 – 1869

Politician, Poet, Diplomat, Writer, Historian, Autobiographer

Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (French: [alfɔ̃s maʁi lwi də pʁa d(ə) lamaʁtin]; 21 October 1790 – 28 February 1869) was a French author, poet, and st…

Ghalib

1797 – 1869

Poet, Writer, Prose writer, Historian

Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan (27 December 1797 – 15 February 1869), commonly known as Mirza Ghalib, was an Indian poet and letter writer of the Mughal Empire. Writi…

Gioachino Rossini

1792 – 1868

Composer

Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer and conductor of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. While he ga…

James Buchanan

1791 – 1868

Politician, Diplomat, Lawyer, Statesperson, Ambassador

James Buchanan Jr. (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861. A Democrat from Pennsylvania, he uphe…

Léon Foucault

1819 – 1868

Physicist, Astronomer

Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (UK: , US: ; French: [ʒɑ̃ bɛʁnaʁ leɔ̃ fuko]; 18 September 1819 – 11 February 1868) was a French physicist who invented the Foucault p…

Charles Baudelaire

1821 – 1867

Poet, Art critic, Essayist, Translator, Writer, Literary critic

Charles-Pierre Baudelaire (UK: ; US: ; French: [ʃaʁl(ə) bodlɛʁ] ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, essayist, translator and art critic. His poe…

Michael Faraday

1791 – 1867

Physicist, Chemist, Inventor, Writer, University teacher

Michael Faraday (22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English chemist and physicist who contributed vastly to the study of electrochemistry and electromag…

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

1780 – 1867

Painter, Politician, Violinist, Draftsperson, Printmaker, Graphic artist

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres ( ANG-grə; French: [ʒɑ̃ oɡyst dɔminik ɛ̃ɡʁ]; 29 August 1780 – 14 January 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. Ingres was profo…

Bernhard Riemann

1826 – 1866

Mathematician, Physicist, University teacher, Professor

Here is a revised memorial biography for Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann, refined and improved using verified historical and scholarly sources. I have preserve…

Leopold I of Belgium

1790 – 1865

Politician, Military personnel, Aristocrat

Leopold I (Leopold George Christian Frederick; 16 December 1790 – 10 December 1865) was the first king of the Belgians, reigning from 21 July 1831 until his dea…

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

1784 – 1865

Politician

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865), known as Lord Palmerston, was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman who was Prim…

William Rowan Hamilton

1805 – 1865

Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer, University teacher, Theoretical physicist

Sir William Rowan Hamilton (4 August 1805 – 2 September 1865) was an Irish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who made numerous major contributions to alg…

Ignaz Semmelweis

1818 – 1865

Physician, Botanist, University teacher, Gynecologist, Obstetrician, Hygienist

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (German: [ˈɪɡnaːts ˈfɪlɪp ˈzɛml̩vaɪs]; Hungarian: Semmelweis Ignác Fülöp [ˈsɛm(ː)ɛlvɛjs ˈiɡnaːts ˈfyløp]; 1 July 1818 – 13 August 1865)…

Abraham Lincoln

1809 – 1865

Politician, Postmaster, Lawyer, Statesperson, Farmer, Military officer

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the…

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

1809 – 1865

Economist, Sociologist, Politician, Journalist, Philosopher, Writer

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (, also US: ; French: [pjɛʁ ʒozɛf pʁudɔ̃]; 15 January 1809 – 19 January 1865) was a French anarchist, socialist, philosopher, and economi…

George Boole

1815 – 1864

Mathematician, Philosopher, Logician, Computer scientist, University teacher

George Boole ( BOOL; 2 November 1815 – 8 December 1864) was an English mathematician and philosopher often credited with revolutionizing logic by transforming i…

Nathaniel Hawthorne

1804 – 1864

Novelist, Writer, Diplomat, Children's writer, Science fiction writer, Short story writer

Revised Memorial Biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne (né Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was a prominent American novelist and short st…

William Makepeace Thackeray

1811 – 1863

Writer, Novelist, Prose writer, Illustrator

William Makepeace Thackeray ( THAK-ər-ee; 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particu…

Jacob Grimm

1785 – 1863

Jurist, Lexicographer, Anthropologist, Linguist, Philologist, Mythologist

Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863), also known as Ludwig Karl, was a German author, linguist, philologist, jurist, and folklorist. He…

Alfred de Vigny

1797 – 1863

Writer, Playwright, Poet, Novelist, Diarist, Translator

Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny (French pronunciation: [alfʁɛd viktɔʁ kɔ̃t də viɲi]; 27 March 1797 – 17 September 1863) was a French poet and an early French Roma…