Page 6: Famous Personalities Born In 1878

Nov 14 Leopold staff: Polish poet  

Nov 15 Bela reinitz: Composer  

Nov 17 Grace abbott: Grand island neb, social worker (us children bureau)  

Nov 21 Gustav radbruch: German lawyer/minister of justice  

Nov 23 Andre caplet: Composer  

Nov 23 Holcombe ward: Tennis champ (us open-1904)  

Nov 23 Ernest j king: Us fleet admiral/chief of naval operations (ww ii)  

Nov 24 Mark n tod: English classicist/historian  

Nov 25 Georg kaiser: Writer  

Nov 27 Mabel wheeler daniels: Composer  

Nov 27 Jatindramohan bagchi: Indian (bengali) poet .  

Nov 28 Jozef van mierlo: Belgian jesuit/literary (hadewych)  

Dec 01 Arthur b spingarn: Us naacp-chairman (1940-65)  

Dec 05 Arrigo pedrollo: Composer  

Dec 07 Akiko yosano: Japan, poet (tangled hair)  

Dec 10 Rajaji: India's freedom fighter and the first governor general of independent india  

Dec 15 Hans carossa: Writer  

Dec 19 Anton lajovic: Composer  

Dec 21 Jan Łukasiewicz: Polish philosopher and mathematician  

Dec 23 Stephen timoshenko: Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer  

Dec 25 Louis chevrolet: Swiss-born race car driver  

Dec 25 W starling burgess: Yacht designer (america cup's enterprise)  

Dec 26 Isaiah bowman: Us, geography/co-founder (geographical review)  

Dec 30 William aberhart: Canadian politician  

Dec 31 Elizabeth arden: Canadian businesswoman  

Dec 31 Horacio quiroga: Uruguayan author/poet (el crimen del otro)  

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Jan 07 François-vincent raspail: French chemist (b. 1794)  

Jan 09 Victor emmanuel ii: King of sard (1849-61)/italy (1861-78),  

Jan 18 Antoine césar becquerel: French physicist (b. 1788)  

Jan 19 Henri v regnault: French physicist/chemist,  

Feb 01 George cruikshank: English illustrator (grimm),  

Feb 07 Pius ix: "pio nono", [giovanni ferretti], pope (1846-78),  

Feb 08 Elias m fries: Swedish botanist (mycologicum),  

Feb 17 Jose amador de los rios: Spanish historian/poet,