Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1859

Aug 04 Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) was born in the year 1859.  

Aug 06 On this day in history birth of j Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon)  

Aug 12 In the year 1859 birth of katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful)  

Aug 19 In the year 1859 birth of charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager (Chicago White Sox)  

Aug 19 In the year 1859 birth of hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian/hagiographer  

Sep 03 AAJ Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité, Les Preuves) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 04 In the year 1859 birth of edoardo Mascheroni, composer  

Sep 11 Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian writer (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 17 Frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator was born in the year 1859.  

Sep 17 On this day in history birth of richard Henry Warren, composer  

Sep 18 John L. Bates, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 18 Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (d. 1940) was born in the year 1859.  

Sep 20 On this day in history birth of yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator  

Sep 21 On this day in history birth of cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (Sursum Corda, Ace Knave)  

Sep 24 Julius Klengel, cellist/composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 03 Elenora Duse, Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 04 On this day in history birth of henryk Pachulski, composer  

Oct 09 Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 14 Camille Chevillard, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 15 On this day in history birth of jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author/poet (Salmos do Prisoneiro)  

Oct 17 William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants, Cin Reds) was born in the year 1859.  

Oct 18 On this day in history birth of henri Bergson, France, philosopher (Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927)  

Oct 19 In the year 1859 birth of georg Knorr, German engineer (brake system trains)  

Oct 20 G B Studd, cricketer (brother of C T, 4 Tests for England) was born in the year 1859.  

Oct 20 John Dewey, philosopher, educational theorist/writer (Learn by doing) was born in the year 1859.  

Oct 25 Stephanie H [Lapidoth-]Swarth, Dutch author (Lonely Flowers) was born in the year 1859.  

Oct 26 On this day in history birth of arthur Friedheim, composer  

Oct 29 In the year 1859 birth of charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn)  

Nov 01 Charles Brantley Aycock, (Gov-NC) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 01 In the year 1859 birth of william Henry Grattan Flood, composer  

Nov 04 On this day in history birth of stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer  

Nov 15 On this day in history birth of christopher Hornsrud, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1960)  

Nov 17 Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer was born in the year 1859.  

Nov 19 Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody) was born on this day in history.  

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Jan 08 Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 in the year 1859.  

Jan 20 On this day in history b v Arnim, writer, dies at 73  

Jan 27 On this day in history carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74  

Jan 28 In the year 1859 death of frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)  

Feb 06 Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

Feb 23 On this day in history death of zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)  

Feb 26 In the year 1859 ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64  

Mar 01 On this day in history josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61