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Johann Heinrich von Dannecker
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A distinguished German sculptor, born near Stuttgart, and educated by the Duke of Wurtemberg, who had become his patron; became professor of Sculpture in the Academy at Stuttgart; his earlier ...
John Amos Comenius
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A Moravian educational reformer, particularly as regards the acquisition of languages in their connexion with the things they denote; his two most famous books are his "Janua Linguarum" and his ...
Jeremy Collier
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An English non-juring divine, refused to take oath at the Revolution; was imprisoned for advocating the rights of the Stuarts; had to flee the country at length, and was outlawed; wrote with effect ...
John Clare
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The peasant poet of Northamptonshire, born near Peterborough; wrote "Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery," which attracted attention, and even admiration, and at length with others brought ...
John Adolph Dahlgren
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A U.S. naval officer and commander; invented a small heavy gun named after him; commanded the blockading squadron at Charleston (1809-1870).
John Clerk
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Son of preceding, a Scottish judge, under the title of Lord Eldin, long remembered in Edinburgh for his wit (1757-1832).
Johann Baptist Cramer
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A distinguished German composer and pianist (1771-1858).
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