Page 6: Famous Personalities Born In 1878

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

Nov 15 Bela Reinitz, composer was born on this day in history.  

Nov 17 Grace Abbott, Grand Island Neb, social worker (US Children Bureau) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 21 In the year 1878 birth of gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice  

Nov 23 On this day in history 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 Holcombe Ward, tennis champ (US Open-1904) was born in the year 1878.  

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

Nov 25 Georg Kaiser, writer was born on this day in history.  

Nov 27 Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d.1948) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 27 Mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer was born on this day in history.  

Nov 28 On this day in history birth of jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych)  

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 Rajaji, India's freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India (d.1972) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 15 Hans Carossa, writer was born on this day in history.  

Dec 19 Anton Lajovic, composer was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 21 On this day in history birth of jan Łukasiewicz, Polish philosopher and mathematician (d. 1956)  

Dec 23 In the year 1878 birth of stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (d. 1972)  

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 in the year 1878.  

Dec 26 In the year 1878 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 on this day in history.  

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

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Jan 07 François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died in the year 1878.  

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

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 On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.