Died in 1884

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Died in 1884

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Cetshwayo Royalty c. 1826 8-Feb-1884 Zulu king

Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas Chemist 14-Jul-1800 10-Apr-1884 Pioneer of organic chemistry

Charles J. Folger Politician 16-Apr-1818 4-Sep-1884 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1881-84

Richard Lepsius Historian 23-Dec-1810 10-Jul-1884 German Egyptologist

Cyrus McCormick Inventor 15-Feb-1809 13-May-1884 Invented grain harvester

Gregor Mendel Scientist 22-Jul-1822 6-Jan-1884 Discovered the laws of inheritance

Allan Pinkerton Business 25-Aug-1819 1-Jul-1884 Pinkerton National Detective Agency

William Procter Business 7-Dec-1801 4-Apr-1884 Co-Founder of Procter & Gamble

Sarah Pugh Activist 1800 1884 Abolitionist and suffragette

Charles Reade Novelist 8-Jun-1814 11-Apr-1884 The Cloister and the Hearth

Bedrich Smetana Composer 2-Mar-1824 12-May-1884 My Country

Noah H. Swayne Judge 7-Dec-1804 8-Jun-1884 US Supreme Court Justice, 1862-81

Henry Clay Work Composer 1-Oct-1832 8-Jun-1884 Marching Through Georgia

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