Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1852

Sep 15 Jan e matzeliger: Surinamese inventor (shoe lacing machine)  

Sep 20 Edouard baron empain: Belgian railway builder (paris metro)  

Sep 23 William stewart halsted: Established 1st us surgical school  

Sep 25 Hans vaihinger: German philosopher (nietzsche philosophy)  

Sep 25 Cornelis j snijders: Supreme commander of dutch navy (1910-18)  

Sep 28 John [denton pinkstone] french: Earl of ypres/british field marshall  

Sep 28 [ferdinand-frederic-]henri moissan: Paris france, chemist (nobel 1906)  

Sep 30 Charles villiers stanford: Irish organist/composer  

Oct 02 William ramsay: Chemist  

Oct 09 Hermann emil fischer: German chemist, nobel prize laureate  

Oct 15 Wilhelm posse: Composer  

Oct 23 Jean-louis forain: French etcher/lithographer  

Oct 31 Mary e w freeman: Us writer (revolt of mother)  

Nov 03 Mutsuhito: 122nd emperor of japan (1867-1912)  

Nov 07 Bohdan borkowski: Composer  

Nov 11 Franz conrad von hötzendorf: Austro-hungarian field marshal  

Nov 21 Francisco tarrega y eixea: Composer  

Nov 22 Paul h b d'estornelles de constant: French diplomat/pacifist  

Nov 25 Johan n salvator: [johann orth], archduke of austria  

Nov 29 Paul joseph guillaume hillemacher: Composer  

Dec 04 Orest khvolson: Russian physicist  

Dec 05 Thomas linnemann laub: Composer  

Dec 15 Antoine henri becquerel: Discovered radioactivity (nobel 1903)  

Dec 15 Tewfik pasja: Khedive (viceroy) of egypt  

Dec 18 Gaetano coronaro: Composer  

Dec 19 A[lbert] a michelson: Strelno prussia, us physicist (nobel 1907)  

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Jan 06 Louis braille: French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809)  

Jan 22 George rodwell: Composer,  

Jan 25 Fabian gottlieb von bellingshausen: Russian explorer (b. 1778)  

Feb 02 Francois mp liberman: French founder (congr of h heart),  

Feb 17 Micha joseph levenson: Hebrew poet,  

Feb 25 Thomas moore: Writer (utopia),  

Feb 27 Joseph drechsler: Composer,  

Feb 29 John landseer: Printer/engraver (royal academy),