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Swiss poet, writer, novelist, and chancery manager known for his literary realism in works like <i>Green Henry</i> and <i>Seldwyla Folks</i>

French physicist and astronomer who invented the Foucault pendulum, measured the speed of light, discovered eddy currents, and named the gyroscope

Peintre français chef de file du mouvement Réalisme, ayant influencé les Impressionnistes et les Cubistes

German-born French composer, cellist, and impresario known for his influential operettas and the opera The Tales of Hoffmann

Victorian polymath who revolutionized art criticism and architectural theory while advancing social reform through influential writings on culture and society