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Brown, Michael
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(1941- )
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1
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Browne, Charles
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(1834-1867)
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1
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Browne, Robert
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(c.1550-1633)
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1
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Browne, Sir Thomas
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(1605-82)
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1
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Browning, Elizabeth
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(1806-1861)
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1
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Browning, Robert
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(1812-1889)
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1
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Bruce, David
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(1898-1977)
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American
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Diplomat. He came to epitomize fine manners, elegance, and personal grace.
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1
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Bruce, Lenny
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(1925-1966)
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American
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Comedian and satirist. He also became interested in pornography.
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1
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Bruce, Robert
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(1274-1329)
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Scottish
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King. Repeatedly defeated, his indomitability ultimately brought Scottish independence.
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2
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Brummell, George
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(1778-1840)
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2
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Bruna, Dick
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(1927- )
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1
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Bruner, Jerome
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(1915- )
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1
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Bruno of Cologne, St
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(c.1030-1101)
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1
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Bruno, Giordano
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(1548-1600)
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Italian
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Astronomer. His support of Copernican ideas about the solar system, with the sun at its center, led to his execution by the Catholic Inquisition.
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2
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Brutus, Lucius
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(c.500 BCE)
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Roman
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Political leader. He was the founder of the Roman republic.
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1
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Brutus, Marcus
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(c.85-42 BCE)
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Roman
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Political leader and soldier. Called the "noblest Roman," he helped to assassinate Julius Caesar in a vain attempt to try to save the republic.
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1
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Bryan, William Jennings
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(1860-1925)
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American
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Politician. He was an advocate of "easy" money. At the Scopes trial, he also defended a literal interpretation of the Christian Bible.
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2
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Buber, Martin
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(1878-1965)
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2
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Bucer Martin
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(1491-1551)
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1
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Buchan, Elspeth
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(1738-91)
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1
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Buchan, John
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(1875-1940)
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1
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Buchman, Frank
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(1878-1961)
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1
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Buckley, Willliam
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(1925- )
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American
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Writer, also founder and funder of the National Review, a political magazine that laid the groundwork for a resurgence of what was then called conservatism in American politics. The magazine was founded in 1955 and the movement hit its high water mark with the election of Ronald Reagan as president in 1980.
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1
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Buddha (Prince Gautama Siddhartha)
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(c.563-c483 BC)
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Indian
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The founder of Buddhism. Whether he developed a religion or a philosophy is highly debatable. He was a philosophical empiricist, the first in world history, and firmly rejected metaphysics or any form of speculation not supported by our five senses. On the other hand, he was not solely an empiricist. He was also a mystic who practised the deepest forms of meditation. And he was an ethical teacher who counseled that unrestrained desires are a snare, an illusion, and the source of human unhappiness. The Dhammapada, a collection of the Buddha's sayings, is one of the great texts in the field of values.
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3
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Buddhaghosa
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(5th-c)
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2
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Buffon, Georges-Louis
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(1707-88)
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1
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Bugatti, Ettore
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(1881-1947)
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1
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Bukharin, Nikolay
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(1888-1938)
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Russian
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Revolutionary. He was purged and executed by Stalin.
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2
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Bukowski, Charles
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(1920-1994)
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1
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Bulgakov, Sergey
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(1871-1944)
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1
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Bullard, Sir Edward
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(1907-80)
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1
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Bullinger, Heinrich
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(1504-75)
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2
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Bultmann, Rudolf
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(1884-1976)
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2
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Bunche, Ralph
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(1904-71)
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1
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Bundy, McGeorge
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(1919-1996)
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American
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U.S. White House official. A brilliang Harvard professor, Bundy waas accused of lacking "common sense," especially in his handling of the Vietnam War while in U.S. government service.
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1
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Bunuel, Luis
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(1900-1983)
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Spanish
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Film director. He was the master of the surreal touch.
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1
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Bunyan, John
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(1628-88)
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2
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Burckhardt, Jacob
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(1818-1897)
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Swiss
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He was a devoted exponent of "classical studies."
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1
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Burdett-Coutts, Angela
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(1814-1906)
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English
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Philanthropist. A wealthy woman, she helped homeless and disgraced women among her many charities.
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1
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Burger, Gottfried
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(1747-1794)
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1
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Burgess, Guy
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(1910-1963)
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English
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Official in the British Foreign office. He was a member of the British "establishment" but a secret Communist, became a spy for Stalin, and eventually fled to the Soviet Union with Donald Maclean.
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1
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Buridan, Jean
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(c.1300-c.1358)
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French
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Theologian. Although a churchman, he is remembered for his work in logic, especially the problem of Buridan's Ass, in which an ass cannot decide between two equally desirable bales of hay and thus starves.
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1
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Burke, Edmund
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(1729-1797)
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2
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Burke, John
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(1787-1848)
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1
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Burke, Robert
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(1820-1861)
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Irish-Australian
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Explorer. With Wills, he crossed Australia south to north, but died of starvation on the return.
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1
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Burleigh, Henry
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(1866-1949)
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American
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Composer. He interpreted black spirituals.
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1
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Burne-Jones, Sir Edward
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(1833-1898)
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English
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Painter, designer. He became an exemplar of a romantic view of the middle ages and of life.
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1
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Burns, Robert
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(1759-1796)
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1
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Burr, Aaron
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(1756-1836)
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American
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Adventurer. He wanted to be president of the U.S., had to settle for being vice-president, shot and killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, plotted to set himself up as ruler of Texas, escaped a treason charge.
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1
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Burritt, Elihu
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(1810-79)
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1
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Burroughs, Edgar
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(1875-1950)
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1
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Burroughs, John
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(1837-1921)
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2
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Burroughs, William
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(1914- )
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1
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Burt, Sir Cyril
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(1883-1971)
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1
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Burton, Richard
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(1925-1984)
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Welsh
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Actor. A fine actor with a remarkable voice, he became a symbol of unrestrained appetites.
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1
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Burton, Sir Richard
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(1821-1890)
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English
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Writer and explorer. A brilliant writer as well as fearless explorer, he visited Mecca among the Muslim pilgrims (discovery would have meant instant death), journeyed deep into Africa with Speke to solve the problem of the Nile's source, and also translated the Arabian Nights and other books without shrinking from the sexual content. His introduction to the Arabian Nights in particular exhibited his daring scholarship on sexual practices.
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2
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Bury, J.B.
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(1861-1927)
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Irish
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A reclusive scholar, he was a devoted exponent of "classical studies," of classical Greece and Rome, and of Byzantium.
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1
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Bush, George W.
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(1946- )
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American
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The second President Bush. He redefined conservatism to embrace activist, some said "big," government.
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1
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Buss, Frances
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(1827-1894)
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1
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Butler, Alban
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(1710-73)
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1
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Butler, Joseph
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(1692-1752)
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English
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Philosopher. A churchman who marshaled logical arguments in favor of traditional Christianity, he thought that our sense of right and wrong was both innate and rational.
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1
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Butler, Josephine
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(1828-1906)
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1
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Butler, Lady Eleanor
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(1745-1829)
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1
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Butler, Samuel
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(1612-1680)
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1
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Butler, Samuel
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(1835-1902)
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1
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Butterfield, William
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(1814-1900)
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English
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Architect. He also became an exemplar of a romantic view of the middle ages and of life.
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1
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Byrd, Richard
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(1888-1957)
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American
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Aviator, explorer. He crossed the north, then the south pole.
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1
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Byrd, William
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(1674-1744)
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1
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Byron ,Lord George
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(1788-1824)
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2
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Byron, Robert
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(1905-1941)
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1
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Cabell, James
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(1879-1958)
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1
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Cabet, Etienne
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(1788-1856)
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1
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Cable, George
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(1844-1925)
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1
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Cabot, John
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(1425-c.1500)
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Italian
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Explorer. He sailed the coast of North America.
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1
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Cabot, Sebastian
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(1474-1557)
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Italian-British
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Explorer. He sailed over both North and South America.
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1
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Cabrini, St. Francesca
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(1850-1917)
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1
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Cadbury, George
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(1839-1922)
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1
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Cadwaladr
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(?-1172)
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1
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Caesar, Julius
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(c.101-44 BCE)
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Roman
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Political leader and general. A figure of charm, intelligence, and culture, his ambition brought down the Roman republic.
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2
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Cagliostro, Alessandro (Balsamo, Giuseppe)
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(1743-1795)
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Italian
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Adventurer, con man. He pretended to be an aristocrat and sold an "elixir of youth."
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1
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Cagney, James
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(1899-1986)
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American
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Actor. He became [another] symbol of a certain kind of small but "tough" male.
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1
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Caiaphas
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(1st-c)
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1
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Cain
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Biblical
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Biblical murderer.
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1
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Caitanya
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(c.1486-1533)
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2
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Cajetan
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(c.1469-1534)
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1
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Calamity Jane (Burke, Martha Jane, born Cannary)
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(c.1852-1903)
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American
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Feminist. She could ride and shoot better than most men. Calamity is what she said awaited any many who married her, but one did.
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1
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Calas, Jean
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(1698-1762)
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French
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Merchant. He was falsely accused of killing his son for religious reasons and executed.
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1
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Caldwell, Erskine
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(1903-1987)
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1
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Calhoun, John
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(1782-1850)
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American
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Politician. He was a leading apologist for the old South and for slavery.
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1
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Caligula
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(12-41)
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Roman
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Emperor. He was famed for cruelty and excesses.
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1
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Calixtus
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(1586-1656)
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1
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Calkins, Elmo
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(1868-1964)
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American
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Advertising executive. He wrote a famous book about how to convince the buying public.
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1
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Callas, Maria
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(1923-1977)
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Greek-American
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Opera singer. She became an exemplar of theatricality and high culture.
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2
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Callimachus
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(299-210 BCE)
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1
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Calvin, John
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(1509-64)
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3
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Camara, Heider
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(1909- )
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1
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Cambaceres, Jean Jacques
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(1753-1824)
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2
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Camerarius, Joachim
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(1500-74)
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1
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Campanella, Tommaso
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(1568-1639)
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1
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Campbell, Alexander
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(1788-1866)
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1
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Campbell, John
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(1910-1971)
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1
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Campbell, Sir Colin
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(1792-1863)
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1
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