Died in 1797

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Died in 1797

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Edmund Burke Philosopher 1-Jan-1729 9-Jul-1797 Reflections on the Revolution in France

Lazare Hoche Military 24-Jun-1768 18-Sep-1797 French General

James Hutton Geologist 3-Jun-1726 26-Mar-1797 Theory of the Earth

Jean-Baptiste Louvet Author 12-Jun-1760 25-Aug-1797 Mémoires de Louvet de Couvrai

Horace Walpole Author 24-Sep-1717 2-Mar-1797 Wrote the first Gothic novel

John Wilkes Politician 17-Oct-1725 26-Dec-1797 Colorful London radical

Oliver Wolcott Politician 1-Dec-1726 1-Dec-1797 Governor of Connecticut, 1796-97

Mary Wollstonecraft Author 27-Apr-1759 10-Sep-1797 Vindication of the Rights of Women

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