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Born	February 23, 1633 • London • England
Died	May 26, 1703 (aged 70) • London • England

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Edmond Goncourt

French author

Hugh Le Despenser

English noble, the younger [died 1326]

Beatrice Webb

British economist

Priscilla Alden

English colonist

Jules Goncourt

French author

Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore

British statesman

Sir Keith Macpherson Smith

Australian pilot

Sir Ross Macpherson Smith

Australian pilot

Konrad Kujau

German author

Hugh Le Despenser

English noble, the elder [1262-1326]

John Alden

English colonist

Sidney Webb

British economist

John Milton

English poet

Francis Bacon

British author, philosopher, and statesman

Oliver Cromwell

English statesman

Elizabeth I

queen of England

David Hume

Scottish philosopher

William I

king of England

Henry VIII

king of England

Thomas Cranmer

archbishop of Canterbury

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