LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles Follen Adams	Poet	21-Apr-1842	8-Mar-1918	Leedle Yawcob Strauss
George Frederick Baer	Business	26-Sep-1842	26-Apr-1914	Social Darwinist railroad baron
Ambrose Bierce	Author	24-Jun-1842	c. 1914	The Devil's Dictionary
Arrigo Boito	Composer	24-Feb-1842	10-Jun-1918	Mefistofele
Felice Cavallotti	Politician	6-Oct-1842	6-Mar-1898	Italian radical politician
Crazy Horse	Military	c. 1842	5-Sep-1877	Bayonetted in the back
William Barker Cushing	Military	4-Nov-1842	17-Dec-1874	Civil War naval hero
James Dewar	Physicist	20-Sep-1842	27-Mar-1923	Researcher of low temperatures
Charles S. Fairchild	Attorney	30-Apr-1842	24-Nov-1924	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1887-89
John Fiske	Historian	30-Mar-1842	4-Jul-1901	Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy
Antonio Fogazzaro	Novelist	25-Mar-1842	7-Mar-1911	Piccolo mondo antico
Eduard von Hartmann	Philosopher	23-Feb-1842	5-Jun-1906	Philosophy of the Unconscious
Isaias W. Hellman	Business	3-Oct-1842	9-Apr-1920	Los Angeles banker
José María de Heredia	Poet	22-Nov-1842	2-Oct-1905	Les Trophées
William James	Philosopher	11-Jan-1842	26-Aug-1910	The Principles of Psychology
Peter Kropotkin	Anarchist	21-Dec-1842	8-Feb-1921	Libertarian anarchist revolutionary
Sidney Lanier	Poet	3-Feb-1842	7-Sep-1881	Important Southern lyrical poet
Karl von Linde	Engineer	11-Jun-1842	16-Nov-1934	Inventor of refrigeration
Steele MacKaye	Playwright	6-Jun-1842	25-Feb-1894	Founder of New York's Lyceum Theatre
Stéphane Mallarmé	Poet	18-Mar-1842	9-Sep-1898	A Throw of the Dice
Alfred Marshall	Economist	26-Jul-1842	13-Jul-1924	Principles of Economics
Jules Massenet	Composer	12-May-1842	13-Aug-1912	Manon
Karl May	Author	25-May-1842	30-Mar-1912	Bestselling German novelist
Alferd Packer	Criminal	21-Nov-1842	23-Apr-1907	Celebrated cannibal killer
Charles B. Purvis	Doctor	14-Apr-1842	14-Dec-1929	Pioneering African-American physician
Lord Rayleigh	Physicist	12-Nov-1842	30-Jun-1919	Why the sky is blue
Henry Sherwin	Business	27-Sep-1842	26-Jun-1916	Founder of Sherwin-Williams
Charles Emory Smith	Journalist	18-Feb-1842	19-Jan-1908	US Postmaster General, 1898-1902
Arthur Sullivan	Composer	13-May-1842	22-Nov-1900	Gilbert & Sullivan
Josiah Walls	Politician	30-Dec-1842	15-May-1905	Congressman from Florida, 1871-76

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