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Boone, Daniel
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(c.1734-1820)
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American
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Pioneer, explorer, scout. He opened up the regions beyond colonial Virginia.
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1
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Booth, Charles
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(1840-1916)
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1
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Booth, Edwin
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(1833-1893)
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American
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Actor. Brother of John Wilkes Booth, he promoted and helped preserve Shakespeare.
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1
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Booth, John Wilkes
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(1839-1865)
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American
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Actor. He shot and killed Abraham Lincoln in an attempt to avenge the defeated South.
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1
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Booth, William
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(1829-1912)
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English
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3
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Bora, Katherine von
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(1499-1552)
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German
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1
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Borah, William
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(1865-1940)
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American
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Politician. He was a "progressive" who also favored isolationism and disarmament.
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1
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Borges, Jorge
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(1899-1986)
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1
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Borgia, Lucrezia
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(1480-1519)
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Italian
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Famous poisoner.
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1
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Bork, Robert
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(1927- )
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American
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Professor and judge. He was a "strict constructionist" and descried judges who, in his opinion, made rather than interpreted law by ignoring what statutes and opinions actually said. A majority of Democrats in the U.S. Senate rejected his nomination to the Supreme Court.
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1
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Borlaug, Norman
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(1914- )
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1
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Bormann, Martin
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(1900-?1945)
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German
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Nazi leader.
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1
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Borodin, Alexander
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(1833-1887)
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Russian
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Composer. He interpreted Russian history and spirit.
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1
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Borrow, George
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(1803-1881)
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1
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Bose, Subhas
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(1897-?1945)
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Indian
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A leader of the Indian independence movement, he allied with the Japanese during World War II.
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1
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Bossuet, Jacques
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(1627-1704)
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French
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1
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Boswell, James
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(1740-1795)
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1
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Boudicca
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(1st-c)
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British
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A Celtic queen. She led a violent and for a time successful rebellion against Roman rule.
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1
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Boulton, Matthew
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(1728-1809)
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1
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Bourignon, Antoinette
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(1616-80)
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1
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Bourke-White, Margaret
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(1906-1971)
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American
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Photographer. She was the first woman to photograph World War II battles.
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1
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Bourne, Hugh
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(1772-1852)
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1
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Boussingault, Jean-Baptiste
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(1802-87)
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1
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Boveri, Theodor
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(1862-1915)
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1
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Bowditch, Nathaniel
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(1773-1838)
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American
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Navigator. He was largely self-taught, but helped develop a scientific and mathematical approach to navigation.
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1
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Bowdler, Thomas
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(1754-1825)
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2
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Bowie, Jim
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(c.1796-1836)
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American
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Texas hero. He defended the Alamo in the Texas War of Independence.
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1
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Bowlby, John
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(1907-1990)
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1
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Bowles, Paul
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(1910-1999)
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American
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Novelist, short story writer, and musical composer. In his writing, he especially explored the oddity, unpredictability, and violence of life.
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1
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Bowles, William
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(1762-1850)
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1
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Boycott, Charles
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(1832-1897)
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English
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Soldier. He was shunned by Irish, as part of a campaign of passive resistance, which gave rise to the term "boycott."
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1
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Boyd Orr, John
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(1880-1971)
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1
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Boyer, Charles
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(1899-1978)
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French
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Actor. He was the epitome of the male lover.
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1
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Boyer, Herbert
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(1936- )
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1
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Boyle, Robert
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(1627-91)
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1
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Brace, Charles
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(1826-90)
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1
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Bradbury, Ray
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(1920- )
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1
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Braddock, Edward
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(1695-1755)
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English
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General. His stiff adherence to convention during a colonial French and Indian war destroyed his army and cost him his own life.
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1
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Bradford, William
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(1590-1657)
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American
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Pilgrim and puritan. He became head of the Colony at Plymouth.
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1
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Bradley, F. H.
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(1846-1924)
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1
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Bradley, James
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(1693-1762)
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1
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Bradstreet Anne
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(1612-1672)
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1
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Brady, Matthew
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(1823-1896)
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American
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Photographer. His images of the Civil War stripped it of any romanticism.
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1
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Bragg, Mabel
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(1870-1945)
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1
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Brahe, Tycho
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(1546-1601)
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1
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Braid, James
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(?1795-1860)
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1
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Braille, Louis
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(1809-52)
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1
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Braine, John
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(1922-1986)
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1
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Brainerd, David
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(1718-47)
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1
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Braithwaite, R. B.
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(1900-1990)
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1
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Brand, Stewart
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(1938- )
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1
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Brandeis, Louis
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(1856-1941)
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1
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Brando, Marlon
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(1924-2004)
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American
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Actor. He was a symbol of a certain kind of "tough" male.
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1
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Brandt, Bill
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(1904-1983)
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English
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Photographer. He was especially interested in social injustice, bravery, and the nude.
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1
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Brassal
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(1899-1984)
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French
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Painter and photographer. He was especially noted for his photographs of bohemian life.
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1
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Braudel, Fernand
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(1902-1985)
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French
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He explored, among many themes, the effect of geography on human action, and the values of capitalism.
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1
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Braun, Eva
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(1910-45)
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1
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Braun, Wernher von
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(1912-77)
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1
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Breasted, James
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(1865-1935)
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American
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Leading Egyptologist. He inspired in many a sense of the mystery and fascination of "lost worlds."
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1
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Brecht, Bertolt
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(1898-1956)
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3
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Breckenridge, Mary
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1
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Breckenridge, Sophonisba
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(1866-1948)
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1
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Brendan, St.
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(484-577)
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Irish
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Monk. He was a legendary sea voyager.
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1
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Brenner, Sydney
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(1927- )
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1
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Brentano, Clemens von
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(1778-1842)
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1
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Brentano, Franz
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(1838-1917)
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1
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Brentano, Lujo
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(1844-1931)
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1
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Brenz, Johann
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(1499-1570)
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1
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Breton, Andre
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(1896-1966)
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1
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Breton, Nicholas
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(c.1545-c.1626)
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1
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Breytenbach, Breyten
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(1939- )
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South African
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Painter. An opponent of the South African regime and its white supremacy policies, he spent nine years in prison.
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1
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Brian
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(c.926-1014)
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Irish
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King. He was a uniter of Ireland, and defender against foreign invaders.
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1
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Brickhill, Paul
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(1916-1991)
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1
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Bridger, James
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(1804-1881)
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American
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Scout, fur trader. His account of escaping from hostile Indians became legendary.
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1
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Bridget, St
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(453-523)
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1
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Bridgman, Laura
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(1829-89)
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1
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Bright, John
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(1811-1889)
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Engish
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He was a political reformer and advocate of free trade.
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1
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Brillat-Savarin
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(1755-1826)
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1
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Brisbane, Albert
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(1809-1890)
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1
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Brissot, Jacques Pierre
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(1754-1793)
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French
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French revolutionary. He was killed for his moderation.
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1
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Brittain, Vera
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(1893-1970)
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English
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Memorist. She was a nurse, and described the horrors of World War I.
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1
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Broad, Charlie
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(1887-1971)
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1
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Broadbent, Donald
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(1926-1993)
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1
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Broca, Paul
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(1824-80)
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1
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Brockway, Archibald
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(1888-1988)
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English
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Pacifist and member of the British parliament. He helped lead the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
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2
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Bromfield, Louis
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(1896-1956)
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1
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Bronte, Anne
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(1820-1849)
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1
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Bronte, Emily
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(1818-1848)
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1
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Bronte,Charlotte
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(1816-1855)
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1
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Brooke, Rupert
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(1887-1915)
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1
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Brooks, Gwendolyn
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(1917- )
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1
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Brooks, Mel
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(1926- )
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American
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Actor. He became an exemplar of comic zaniness.
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1
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Broom, Robert
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(1866-1951)
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1
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Brothers,Richard
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(1757-1824)
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1
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Brougham, Henry
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(1778-1868)
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Scottish
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Political reformer.
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1
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Brower, David
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(1912- )
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1
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Brown, Charles
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(1771-1810)
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1
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Brown, Helen Gurley
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(1922- )
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American
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Editor. She wrote Sex and the Single Girl and, as editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine, gave worldly advice to young women.
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1
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Brown, Henry
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3
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Brown, John
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(c.1735-88)
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1
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Brown, John
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(1800-1859)
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American
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Abolitionist. He attacked a military installation in an attempt to arm the slaves, but was hanged.
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2
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Brown, Lancelot
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(1715-1783)
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English
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Gardener. He moved away from formalism and glorified nature.
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1
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