Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1838

Apr 21 Nat thompson: Cricketer (1st batsman dismissed in a test match)  

Apr 21 John muir: Us, naturalist/discoverer (glaciers in high seirras)  

Apr 23 Alfred j verwee: Flemish painter  

Apr 28 Tobias m carel asser: Holland, advocate of world law (nobel 1911)  

May 06 Alfred humphreys pease: Composer  

May 10 James: 1st viscount bryce, historian/statesman  

May 10 John wilkes booth: American stage actor and assassin (president lincoln)  

May 11 Walter goodman: British painter, illustrator and author  

May 20 Jules méline: French statesman  

May 24 Paul laband: German lawyer  

May 28 Basil wilson duke: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1916  

May 31 Henry sidgwick: English philosopher (wife at university)  

Jun 02 Grand duchess alexandra petrovna: Grand duchess alexandra petrovna (d. 1900)  

Jun 04 Servaas daems: [peeter klein], flemish writer (lute & flute)  

Jun 10 Meyer e van beem: Actor (black venus)  

Jun 16 Cushman davis: American politician  

Jun 17 Chattopadhyaya/bankim chandra: Bengalese writer (monastery of delight)  

Jun 17 Bankim c chattopadhyaya: Writer (kapala-kundala)  

Jun 23 Edwin henry stoughton: Brig general (union volunteers), died in 1868  

Jun 24 Gustav von schmoller: German economist (lectern socialism)  

Jun 27 Bankim chandra chatterjee: Bengali novelist (anandamath)  

Jun 27 Paul von mauser: German weapon designer  

Jul 06 Vatroslav jagic: Croatian scholar  

Jul 08 Ferdinand graf von zeppelin: Inventor (rigid dirigibles)  

Jul 11 John wanamaker: Merchant (wanamakers dept store)  

Jul 19 Joel asaph allen: Us zoologist (rule of allen)  

Jul 20 Augustin daly: American playwright  

Jul 20 George otto trevelyan: British statesman and biographer  

Jul 23 Edouard [judas] colonne: Composer/violinist  

Jul 30 Eugen richter: German parliament member (liberal)  

Aug 12 Joseph barnby: Conductor/academic principal  

Sep 02 Liliuokalani: [lydia paki], last queen of hawaii (1891-93)  

Sep 06 Samuel arnold: Lincoln conspirator  

Sep 11 John ireland: Irish/us archbishop of st paul  

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Jan 13 Ferdinand reis: Composer,  

Jan 16 Aleksandr i polezjajev: Russian poet (sasjka),  

Jan 20 Pierre-louis hus-desforges: Composer,  

Jan 23 Arnold a buyskes: Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director,  

Jan 28 Aleksandr i polezjajev: Russian poet (sasjka),  

Jan 30 Osceola: Chief of seminole indians,  

Feb 01 Abraham de veer: Dutch gov-gen of suriname (1822-28),  

Feb 05 Philippe libon: Composer,