Page 6: Famous Personalities Born In 1878

Nov 14 Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957) was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 15 On this day in history birth of bela Reinitz, composer  

Nov 17 Grace Abbott, Grand Island Neb, social worker (US Children Bureau) was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 21 On this day in history birth of gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice  

Nov 23 Andre Caplet, composer was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 23 Ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations (WW II) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 23 Holcombe Ward, tennis champ (US Open-1904) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 24 Mark N Tod, English classicist/historian was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 25 On this day in history birth of georg Kaiser, writer  

Nov 27 Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d.1948) was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 27 Mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 28 In the year 1878 birth of jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych)  

Dec 01 On this day in history birth of arthur B Spingarn, US NAACP-chairman (1940-65)  

Dec 05 In the year 1878 birth of arrigo Pedrollo, composer  

Dec 07 Akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 10 On this day in history birth of rajaji, India's freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India (d.1972)  

Dec 15 On this day in history birth of hans Carossa, writer  

Dec 19 On this day in history birth of anton Lajovic, composer  

Dec 21 Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish philosopher and mathematician (d. 1956) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 23 Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (d. 1972) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 25 On this day in history birth of louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver (d. 1941)  

Dec 25 W Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 26 Isaiah Bowman, US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 30 William Aberhart, Canadian politician (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 31 Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman (d. 1966) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 31 In the year 1878 birth of horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)  

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Jan 07 François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died on this day in history.  

Jan 09 On this day in history victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57  

Jan 18 On this day in history death of antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788)  

Jan 19 Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 in the year 1878.  

Feb 01 In the year 1878 george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85  

Feb 07 Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85 in the year 1878.  

Feb 08 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83 in the year 1878.  

Feb 17 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 on this day in history.