Page 6: Famous Personalities Born In 1878

Nov 14 Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Nov 21 Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Nov 23 In the year 1878 birth of holcombe Ward, tennis champ (US Open-1904)  

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

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

Nov 27 In the year 1878 birth of jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d.1948).  

Nov 27 On this day in history birth of mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer  

Nov 28 Jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych) was born in the year 1878.  

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 on this day in history.  

Dec 10 In the year 1878 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 Anton Lajovic, composer was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 21 Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish philosopher and mathematician (d. 1956) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 23 Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (d. 1972) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 25 Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver (d. 1941) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 19 On this day in history henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67  

Feb 01 George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 in the year 1878.  

Feb 07 Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Feb 08 In the year 1878 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.