Died in 1817

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Died in 1817

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Jane Austen Author 16-Dec-1775 18-Jul-1817 Pride and Prejudice

William Bligh Military 9-Sep-1754 6-Dec-1817 Captain of the Bounty

Alexander J. Dallas Government 21-Jun-1759 16-Jan-1817 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1814-16

Jean-André Deluc Geologist 8-Feb-1727 7-Nov-1817 Lettres... sur les montagnes

Timothy Dwight Educator 14-May-1752 11-Jan-1817 President of Yale, 1795-1817

Francis Horner Economist 12-Aug-1778 8-Feb-1817 Bullion Report

Martin Heinrich Klaproth Chemist 1-Dec-1743 1-Jan-1817 Discovered uranium, zirconium, titanium

Tadeusz Kosciuszko Military 1746 2-Apr-1817 Polish and American patriot

André Masséna Military 6-May-1758 4-Apr-1817 Napoleon's greatest marshal

Charles Messier Astronomer 26-Jun-1730 12-Apr-1817 Cataloguer of M objects

Madame de Staël Author 22-Apr-1766 14-Jul-1817 Important French romanticist

Abraham Gottlob Werner Geologist 25-Sep-1750 30-Jun-1817 Neptunist school of geology

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