Page 6: Famous Personalities Born In 1878

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

Nov 15 In the year 1878 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 In the year 1878 birth of andre Caplet, composer  

Nov 23 Ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations (WW II) was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 23 On this day in history birth of holcombe Ward, tennis champ (US Open-1904)  

Nov 24 In the year 1878 birth of mark N Tod, English classicist/historian  

Nov 25 In the year 1878 birth of georg Kaiser, writer  

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

Nov 27 In the year 1878 birth of mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer  

Nov 28 Jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 01 In the year 1878 birth of arthur B Spingarn, US NAACP-chairman (1940-65)  

Dec 05 On this day in history birth of arrigo Pedrollo, composer  

Dec 07 In the year 1878 birth of akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair)  

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 In the year 1878 birth of hans Carossa, writer  

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

Dec 21 In the year 1878 birth of jan Łukasiewicz, Polish philosopher and mathematician (d. 1956)  

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

Dec 25 In the year 1878 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 On this day in history birth of isaiah Bowman, US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review)  

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

Dec 31 In the year 1878 birth of elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman (d. 1966)  

Dec 31 Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro) was born on this day in history.  

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Jan 07 On this day in history death of françois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794)  

Jan 09 Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57 in the year 1878.  

Jan 18 Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788) died in the year 1878.  

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

Feb 01 George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 08 On this day in history elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83  

Feb 17 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 in the year 1878.