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Born August 23, 1761 • Connecticut
Died June 9, 1826 (aged 64) • New Haven • Connecticut
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Powell, John Wesley
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Noah Webster
Noah Webster
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Alfred Sherwood Romer, 1965
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Arthur Wesley Dow
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James Watson
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Judah P. Benjamin
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