Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1840

Aug 28 Alexander cameron sim: Scottish merchant  

Aug 28 Ira d sankey: Us evangelist/composer/singer (gospel hymns)  

Sep 03 Jacob fabricius: Composer  

Sep 09 Gentil t antheunis: Flemish poet/music/composer  

Sep 14 George elbridge whiting: Composer  

Sep 21 Murad v: Sultan of turkey (1876)  

Sep 26 Louis-olivier taillon: French canadian politician  

Sep 27 Thomas nast: Political cartoonist of late 1800s america  

Sep 27 Alfred thayer mahan: Us, naval officer (influence of sea power)  

Sep 28 Alexander swift "sandie" pendleton: Lt-col (confederate army)  

Sep 28 Rudolf baumbach: Thuringia [germany], writer of student drinking songs  

Sep 30 Johan severin svendsen: Composer  

Oct 04 Charles ferdinand lenepveu: Composer  

Oct 05 John addington symonds: Brit historian/writer (probs in greek ethics)  

Oct 05 Fran gerbic: Composer  

Oct 09 Simeon solomon: British artist  

Oct 12 Helena modjeska: Poland, shakespearian actress (juliet)/anti-russian  

Oct 15 Honoré mercier: Politician and premier of quebec  

Oct 16 Kuroda kiyotaka: Prime minister of japan  

Oct 30 Carlotta patti: Italian soprano  

Oct 30 William g sumner: Us sociologist/political analyst  

Nov 09 Joseph-adolphe chapleau: French canadian lawyer  

Nov 12 Auguste rodin: France, sculptor (kiss, thinker)  

Nov 14 Claude monet: France, impressionist (water lilies)  

Nov 15 Aleksei n apuchtin: Russian poet/friend of tsjaikovski [ns=11/27]  

Nov 16 Frederick scotson clark: Composer  

Nov 21 Victoria: Empress of germany/queen of prussia  

Nov 25 Hugo verriest: Flemish author/poet (flemish movement)  

Nov 27 Aleksei n apuchtin: Russian poet/friend of tsjaikovski [os=11/15]  

Nov 30 Henry birks: Canadian businessman  

Dec 04 Crazy horse: Oglala sioux chief  

Dec 07 Hermann goetz: Composer  

Dec 11 Kemal bey: Turkey, poet/author (fatherland-1872)  

Dec 17 Christian frederik emil horneman: Composer  

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Jan 06 Fanny burney: English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)  

Jan 22 Johann friedrich blumenbach: German anthropologist (b. 1752)  

Mar 02 Heinrich olbers: German astronomer (comets & asteroids),  

Mar 12 Friedrich westenholz: Composer,  

Mar 22 Étienne bobillier: French mathematician (b. 1798)  

Mar 28 Simon-antoine-jean lhuillier: Swiss mathematician,  

Mar 30 George (beau) brummell: Dandy,  

Apr 19 Jean-jacques lartigue: Roman catholic bishop of montreal (b. 1777)