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(Dec. 20, 1838 - 1926)
Edwin Abbott Abbott, besides being a mathematician, was also known widely as a theologian. His mathematical satire, "Flatland" (written under the pseudonym A. Square), was an attempt to interest people in three-...
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FlatlandSee all available books by Edwin A. Abbott
(620 - 560 BC)
Aesop was believed to be a slave to a Greek man named Iadmon, although his birthplace is still debated by scholars. It is believed he was eventually freed, after which he traveled to Athens and began telling his ...
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(Jan. 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899)
Horatio Alger, Jr. was the son of a Unitarian minister, but did not follow his father's wishes for him to join the clergy. Instead, he attended Harvard with the intent of becoming a poet, and later went on to become ...
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Ben's Nugget: A Boy's Search for FortuneSee all available books by Horatio Alger
(Apr. 2, 1805 - Aug. 4, 1875)
Hans Christian Andersen was born into a shoemaker's family living in a one-room house, where he began creating his fairy tales with a small self-constructed puppet theatre. He moved to Copehagen at the age of 14, ...
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Andersen's Fairy TalesSee all available books by Hans Christian Andersen
(c. 448-380 BC)
The birthplace of Aristophanes is unknown, but he was likely educated in Athens. He went on to write forty plays, only eleven of which (including "The Frogs" and "The Birds") still survive. His plays received many ...
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The AcharniansSee all available books by Aristophanes
(Nov. 13, 354 - Aug. 28, 430)
Augustine was born in North Africa and raised in Carthage, where he split from his Catholic family and became a Manichean. He studied philosophy early in his life, and became a professor of rhetoric by the age of 30....
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(Dec. 16, 1775 - July 18, 1817)
Jane Austen received a great deal more education than most women of her time. She began writing at the age of fourteen, and became known for her mastery of literary form and irony. For the most part, she lived an ...
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EmmaSee all available books by Jane Austen
(Dec. 26, 1791 - Oct. 18, 1871)
Charles Babbage studied mathematics and logic at several schools, but found himself disappointed with most of the curriculum. On his own, he went on to design a difference engine - an early computer - which was not ...
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Reflections on the Decline of Science in EnglandSee all available books by Charles Babbage
(Feb. 2, 1811 - Sept. 2, 1859)
Delia Bacon taught several classes for women, focusing on history and literature. She maintained that the plays attributed to Shakespeare were actually written by many men, and were intended to be the basis of a ...
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The Philosophy of the Plays of ShakespeareSee all available books by Delia Bacon
(Jan. 22, 1561 - April 9, 1626)
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Albans, began his career as a lawyer; however, he became famous for his scientific and philosophical theories. At the time, his practices and defense of the scientific revolution were ...
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The Advancement of LearningSee all available books by Francis Bacon
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