LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William Henry Ashley	Business	1778	26-Mar-1838	Fur trader turned Congressman
Beau Brummell	Socialite	7-Jun-1778	30-Mar-1840	Dandy, 19th c. arbiter of fashion
Humphry Davy	Chemist	17-Dec-1778	29-May-1829	Leading early 19th century chemist
Jose de San Martin	Military	25-Feb-1778	17-Aug-1850	Knight of the Andes
Ugo Foscolo	Playwright	6-Feb-1778	10-Sep-1827	The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac	Chemist	6-Dec-1778	9-May-1850	Researched gases, etc.
Joseph Grimaldi	Performance Artist	18-Dec-1778	31-May-1837	Celebrated English clown
William Hazlitt	Essayist	10-Apr-1778	18-Sep-1830	English literary critic, essayist
Francis Horner	Economist	12-Aug-1778	8-Feb-1817	Bullion Report
Bernardo O'Higgins	Head of State	20-Aug-1778	24-Oct-1842	Supreme Director of Chile, 1817-23
James Kirke Paulding	Novelist	22-Aug-1778	6-Apr-1860	Salmagundi

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