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1568

Campanella Tommaso

1568 – 1639

philosophy Italy Renaissance

Campanella lived during a period of profound intellectual, religious and political…

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1644

Basho Matsuo

1644 – 1694

Poetry JAPAN 17th Century

Matsuo Bashō lived during the early Edo period, a time when Japan was undergoing a…

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1768

Chateaubriand

1768 – 1848

Literature FRANCE 18th Century

Chateaubriand lived through one of the great turning points in European history. Born in…

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1774

Friedrich

1774 – 1840

Painting Germany 18th Century

Friedrich lived during a period of profound political, cultural and intellectual change…

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1828

Tolstoy Leo

1828 – 1910

Literature RUSSIA 19th Century

Leo Tolstoy lived through one of the most turbulent periods in Russian history. He was…

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1860

Addams Jane

1860 – 1935

philosophy AMERICA 19th Century

Jane Addams lived during a period of profound social, economic, and political change in…

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1885

Blixen Karen

1885 – 1962

Literature DENMARK 19th Century

Karen Blixen was born in 1885, at a time when Europe was experiencing the effects of the…

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1932

Cline Patsy

1932 – 1963

Music AMERICA 20th Century

Patsy Cline grew up during a period of enormous change in the United States. Born in…

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1940

Galeano

1940 – 2015

Literature URUGUAY 20th Century

Eduardo Galeano was born in Uruguay in 1940, at a time when the country was regarded as…

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1941

Redding Otis

1941 – 1967

Music AMERICA 20th Century

Otis Redding grew up and developed his career in the American South during a period of…

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1946

Mercury Freddie

1946 – 1991

Music BRITAIN 20th Century

Freddie Mercury was born in Zanzibar in 1946, at a time when the British Empire was…

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