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Snow, C. P., Baron
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(1905-1980)
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1
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Socinus, Faustus
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(1539-1604)
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2
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Socinus, Laelius
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(1325-1362)
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2
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Socrates
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(469-399 BCE)
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3
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Solomon
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(1Oth-c BCE)
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2
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Solon
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(7th-6th-c BCE)
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3
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Solovyev, Vladimir
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(1853-1900)
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1
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Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
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(1918- )
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2
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Somers, John
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(1651-1716)
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1
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Sontag, Susan
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(1933- )
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1
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Soper, Donald
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(1903- )
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1
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Sophocles
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(c496-406 BCE)
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1
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Sorel, Georges
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(1847-1922)
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2
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Sorokin, Pitirim
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(1889-1968)
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1
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South, Robert
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(1634-1716)
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1
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Southcott, Joanna
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(c.1750-1814)
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1
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Southwell, Robert
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(1561-95)
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1
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Spark, Dame Muriel
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(1918- ) Writer
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1
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Spartacus
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(?-71 BCE)
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Thracian
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Political and military leader. Slave who dared rebel against Rome.
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1
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Spearman, Charles
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(1863-1945)
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1
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Spencer, Lady Diana
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(1961- )
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2
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Spencer; Herbert
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(1820-1903)
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2
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Spender, Sir Stephen
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(1909-95)
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1
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Spengler, Oswald
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(1880-1936)
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1
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Sperry, Roger
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(1913-1994)
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1
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Spillane, Mickey
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(1918- )
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1
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Spinoza, Baruch
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(1632-1677)
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3
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Spock, Benjamin
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(1903- )
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2
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Springsteen, Bruce
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(1949- )
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American
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Singer, songwriter, social protester.
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1
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Stael, Madame de
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(1766-1817)
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1
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Stakhanov, Alexey
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(1906-1977)
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1
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Stalin, Joseph
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(1879-1953)
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Georgian-Russian
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Soviet dictator. He was another mass murderer on an enormous scale, probably the largest scale in human history.
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3
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Standish, Myles
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(c.1584-1656)
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1
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Stanford, Leland
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(1824-1893)
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American
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Railroad owner. He founded Stanford University.
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1
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Stanhope, Lady Hester
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(1776-1839)
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1
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Stanley, Sir Henry
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(1841-1904)
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1
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Stanton, Elizabeth
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(1815-1902)
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2
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Stanwyck, Barbara
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(1907-1990)
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American
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Actress. She came to represent courageous, especially pioneer, women.
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1
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Stapleton, Maureen
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(1925-2006)
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American
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Actress. She interpreted the playwright Tennessee Williams (see Williams).
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1
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Stapleton, Ruth
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(1929-1983)
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1
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Stark, Dame Freya
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(1893-1993)
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1
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Starr, Belle
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(1848-1889)
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American
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Outlaw.
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1
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Stavisky, Alexandre
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(?1886-1934)
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Russian
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Swindler. He sold stock in fraudulent companies. His fall shook the government.
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1
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Steele, Sir Richard
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(1672-1729)
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1
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Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
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(1879-1962)
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1
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Steffens, Lincoln
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(1866-1936)
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1
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Stein, Edith
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(1891-1942)
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1
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Stein, Gertrude
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(1874-1946)
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1
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Stein, Sir Aurel
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(1862-1943)
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1
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Steinbeck, John
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(1902-1668)
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1
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Steinem, Gloria
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(1934- )
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1
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Steiner, Rudolph
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(1861-1925)
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2
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Stendhal
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(1783-1842)
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3
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Stephen, Sir Leslie
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(1832-1904)
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1
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Stephen, St
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(1st-c)
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1
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Stephens, James
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(1825-1901)
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Irish
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Rebel. He was the founder of the Fenians.
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1
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Stepnyak
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(1852-1895)
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1
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Sterne, Laurence
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(1713-1768)
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1
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Steuben, Frederick
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(1730-1794)
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German
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Soldier. He became a volunteer in the American Revolutionary army.
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1
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Stevens, S. S.
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(1906-1973)
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1
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Stevens, Thaddeus
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(1792-1868)
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1
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Stevens, Wallace
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(1879-1955)
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1
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Stevenson, Adlai
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(1900-1965)
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1
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Stevenson, Robert Louis
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(1850-1894)
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1
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Stewart, Dugald
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(1753-1828)
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1
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Stimson, Henry
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(1867-1930)
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1
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Stoker, Bram
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(1847-1912)
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1
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Stolypin, Peter
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(1862-1911)
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Russian
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Prime minister. He was considered a reactionary and was assassinated.
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1
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Stone, Barton
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(1772-1844)
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1
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Stone, Harlan
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(1872-1946)
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1
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Stone, I. F.
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(1907-1989)
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1
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Stone, Lucy
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(1818-1893)
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2
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Stonehouse, John
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(1925-1988)
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English
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Politician. He appeared to drown, but it was actually a swindle to collect insurance money.
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1
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Stopes, Marie
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(1880-1958)
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2
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher
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(1811-1896)
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2
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Strachey, Lytton
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(1880-1932)
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1
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Stratemeyer, Edward
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(1862-1930)
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1
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Strawson, Sir Peter
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(1919- )
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1
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Street, Jessie
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(1889-1970)
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1
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Streicher, Julius
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(1885-1946)
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German
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Nazi politician and writer.
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1
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Strijdom, Johannes
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(1893-1958)
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South African
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Prime minister. He was a creator of the apartheid policy which strictly segregated the races.
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1
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Stuart, Prince Charles
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(1720-1788)
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Scottish
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Claimant of British throne. "Bonnie Prince Charlie's" defeat meant the end for Scottish independence as well as for the "cavaliers" and the old Europe that they stood for.
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2
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Sturge, Joseph
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(1794-1859)
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1
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Su Tung-p'o
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(1036-1101)
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1
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Suetonius
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(75-160)
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Roman
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His histories illuminate the dark side of human nature.
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1
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Suger
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(1081-1151)
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1
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Sullivan, Anne
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(1866-1936)
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1
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Sully-Prudhomme
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(1839-1907)
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1
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Summers, Montague
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(1880-1948)
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British
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He is an important source on witchcraft.
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1
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Sumner, Charles
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(1811-1874)
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1
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Sun Yixian
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(1866-1925)
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2
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Sundance Kid
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(1870-1909?)
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American
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Outlaw.
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1
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Surrey, Henry
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(c.1517-1547)
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1
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Susann, Jacqueline
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(c.1926-1974)
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1
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Suslov, Mikhail
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(1902-82)
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1
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Suzman, Helen
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(1917- )
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1
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Swann, Donald
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(1923-1994)
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Welsh
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Songwriter, singer. He was a master of silliness.
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1
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Swedenborg, Emmanuel
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(1688-1772)
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2
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Swift, Jonathan
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(1667-1745)
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1
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Swinhoe, Robert
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(1836-77)
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1
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Symons, A. J. A.
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Bibliographer, biographer
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