Died in 1839

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

William Apess Author 31-Jan-1798 Apr-1839 A Son of the Forest

Samuel Butler Scholar 30-Jan-1774 4-Dec-1839 Headmaster of Shrewsbury School

William Dunlap Playwright 19-Feb-1766 28-Sep-1839 Fountainville Abbey

John Galt Novelist 2-May-1779 11-Apr-1839 The Ayrshire Legatees

Sybil Ludington Military 5-Apr-1761 26-Feb-1839 "The female Paul Revere"

Benjamin Lundy Activist 4-Jan-1789 22-Aug-1839 The Genius of Universal Emancipation

Friedrich Mohs Geologist 29-Jan-1773 29-Sep-1839 Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness

Fulwar Skipwith Head of State 21-Feb-1765 7-Jan-1839 President of the Republic of West Florida, 1810

William Smith Geologist 23-Mar-1769 28-Aug-1839 Father of English Geology

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