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Henry David Thoreau Essayist Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. Born: July 12, 1817, Concord, Massachusetts, United States Died: May 6, 1862, Concord, Massachusetts, United States Influenced: Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Essays: Civil Disobedience, Life Without Principle, Books: Walden (in 1854) – Civil Disobedience (in 1849)- The …

Helen Keller American author Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree. Keller wrote a total of 12 published books and several articles. One of her earliest pieces of writing, at age 11, was The Frost King (1891). Helen Keller’s most popular book is “The Story of My …

George Washington ۱st U.S. President George Washington was an American politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born: February 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States Died: December 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States Presidential term: April 30, …

George Eliot English novelist Mary Anne Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Date and place of birth: November 22, 1819, Nuneaton, United Kingdom Date and place of death: December 22, 1880, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom Books: Middlemarch (1872) The Mill on …

George Bernard Shaw Playwright George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic and polemicist whose influence on Western theater, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. Date and place of birth: July 26, 1856, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Died: November 2, 1950, Ayot St Lawrence, United Kingdom …

Francis Bacon Former Lord Chancellor Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, PC KC was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served both as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. Born: January 22, 1561, Strand, London, United Kingdom Died: April 9, 1626, Highgate, United Kingdom Spouse: Alice Barnham (m. 1606–۱۶۲۶) Education: Trinity College, Cambridge, University …

F. Scott Fitzgerald Novelist Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, known professionally as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist and short story writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. Born: September 24, 1896, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States Died: December 21, 1940, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States Spouse: Zelda Fitzgerald (m. 1920–۱۹۴۰) Short stories: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, …

Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history. Born: October 15, 1844, Röcken, Germany Died: August 25, 1900, Weimar, Germany Influenced: Sigmund Freud, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Influenced by: Arthur Schopenhauer, Immanuel Kant, Plato, Source: Wikipedia …

Franz Kafka Novelist Franz Kafka was a Prague German-language novelist and short story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. Born: July 3, 1883, Prague, Czech Republic Died: June 3, 1924, Kierling, Klosterneuburg, Austria Famous Short Stories: The Metamorphosis, The Judgment, Before the Law, … Movies: The Trial, The Castle, Metamorphosis, Class Relations, … Source: Wikipedia فرانتس …

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known as FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. Born: January 30, 1882, Hyde Park, New York, United States Died: April 12, 1945, Warm Springs, Georgia, United States Height: 1.88 m Presidential term: March 4, 1933 – April …