Diogenes Laërtius

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Flourished	201 - 300
Notable Works	“Peri bion dogmaton kai apophthegmaton ton en philosophia eudokimesanton”

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Maximus Planudes

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Nicander

Greek poet, physicist, and grammarian

Erinna

Greek poet

Jim Backus

American actor

Anna Bartlett Warner

American writer

Norman Maclean

American author and teacher

Tom Lea

American artist and writer

Concha Espina de Serna

Spanish author

Quentin Reynolds

American journalist and writer

Jonathan Safran Foer

American author

Samuel Ferguson

Irish writer

Ian Maclaren

Scottish author

John Martin

American dance critic

Esther Forbes

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Marchette Chute

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Winston Churchill

prime minister of United Kingdom

Voltaire

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D.H. Lawrence

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