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English poet; died commandmanding Greek insurgents at Missolonghi. Cady, Daniel Leavens (1861-1934). American poet, The Hill of Bennington. Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881). Scottish essayist and historian. Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616). Spanish author, Don Quixote. Channing, William Ellery (1780-1842). American clergyman; one of the founders of Unitarianism. Chapin, Edwin Hubbell (1814-80). American clergyman; author, Moral Aspects of City Life, Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106-43 B. C.) Roman statesman; Praetor of Rome; Consul. Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908). American statesman; Governor of New York; President, 1885-89 and 1893-97. Coke, Sir Edward (1552-1634). English jurist; Attorney General; Chief Justice King's Bench; Speaker, House of Commons. Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834). English poet. Colton, Charles Caleb (1780-1832). English clergyman and writer. Cooke, Edmund Vance (1866-1932). American poet and lecturer. Cooley, Thomas McIntyre (1824-98). Chief Justice Supreme Court of Michigan; author, Constitutional Limitations. Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933). American statesman; Governor of Massachusetts; Vice President; President, 1923-29. Cooper, Thomas (1759-1840). American philosopher and politician, born in England. Cowper, William (1731-1800). English poet. Curran, John Philpot (1750-1817). Irish orator and judge. Dana, Charles Anderson (1819-97). American editor, New York Sun and American Cyclopedia. Demosthenes (384-322 B. C.) Athenian patriot, called the greatest of Greek orators. Dewey, Thomas Edmund (1902- ). American lawyer; District Attorney of New York County; Republican candidate for Governor, 1938. Dickens, Charles (1812-70). English novelist, Oliver Twist and Christmas Carol. Disraeli, Benjamin (1804-81). English statesman; member of Parliament; Drake, Joseph Rodman (1795-1820). American poet, The American Flag. Einstein, Albert (1879- ). Naturalized American; physicist, famous for his theory of relativity; born in Germany. Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-82). American philosopher and essayist; editor, The Dial; author, The Conduct of Life. Erskine, Thomas, Lord (1750-1823). British jurist; defender of Thomas Paine; Lord Chancellor; member of Parliament. Farley, James A. (1888- ). American statesman; Chairman of Democratic National Committee; Postmaster General. Ferguson, Charles (1863- ). Americal clergyman; author, The Religion of Democracy. Field, Stephen J. (1816-99). Chief Justice California Supreme Court; Justice United States Supreme Court. Fields, James Thomas (1816-81). American author; editor, Atlantic Monthly. Franklin, Benjamin (1706–90). American statesman; founder of University of Pennsylvania; Ambassador to France; inventor; author, Poor Richard's Almanac. Frederick II, The Great (1712-86). King of Prussia. Freneau, Philip (1752–1832). American editor, National Gazette. Fuller, Alvan Tufts (1878- ). 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Hamilton, Andrew (1676-1741). American lawyer, defender of John Peter Zenger in famous free press case. Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-93). American stateman; Governor of Ohio; President, 1877-81. Helvetius, Claude Adrien (1715–71). French philosopher; author, De L'esprit, which Parliament ordered burned in 1759. Henry, Patrick (1736-99). American statesman; Governor of Virginia. Herbert, Auberon Edward (1838-1906). English author; member of Parliament. Holbach, Paul Heinrich von (1723-89). Holyoake, George Jacob (1817-1906). Cooperation in England. French writer, born in Germany. English reformer; author, History of Hoover, Herbert Clark (1874- ). American statesman; United States Food Administrator; Secretary of Commerce; President, 1929-33. Hughes, Charles Evans (1862- ). Governor of New York; Republican candidate for President 1916; Secretary of State; Chief Justice United States Supreme Court. Hull, Cordell (1871 Secretary of State. ). American statesman; Senator from Tennessee; Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825-95). English biologist and writer; president of Royal Society. Ickes, Harold (1874- ). Secretary, U. S. Department of the Interior. Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). American statesman; Governor of Virginia; Secretary of State; Vice President; President 1801-09; author, Declaration of Independence. Johnson, Charles S. (1893- ). American Negro educator; director of Institute of Race Relations; author, The Negro in American Civilization. Johnson, James Weldon (1871- ). American Negro author, Book of American Negro Poetry; Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Jones, Samuel Milton (1846-1904). American reformer; Mayor of Toledo. Junius. Pen name of English political writer whose letters appeared in England, 1769-72; advocate of civil liberty. Kett, Robert (?-1549). English martyr; leader in rebellion against protectorate of Somerset; hanged, 1549. Kindler, Hans (1893- ). Musician, founder and conductor of National Symphony Orchestra; born in Holland. Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936). English author, The Light That Failed, Soldiers Three, and Barrack Room Ballads. Kossuth, Louis (1802-94). Hungarian patriot; imprisoned by Austrians for advocating independence; leader of independent Hungary. Landon, Alfred M. (1887 ). American statesman; Governor of Kansas; Republican candidate for President, 1936. Lang, Anton (1905- ). Play producer, born in Germany. Latimer, Hugh (1488?-1555). English martyr; Bishop of Worcester; burned at stake, 1555. Lawrence, David (1888- ). Lehman, Herbert H. (1878 York. American editor, U. S. News. ). American statesman; Governor of New Lincoln, Abraham (1809-65). American statesman; author, Emancipation Proclamation; Congressman; President, 1861-65; assassinated, 1865. Lippmann, Walter (1889- ). American columnist; author, The Method of Freedom. Lloyd, John William (1876- ). American educator and horticulturist. 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