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Polish anthropologist and ethnographer known for his lasting influence on ethnography, social theory, and field research

Polish anthropologist and ethnographer whose pioneering work in participant observation and functionalist theory profoundly shaped the discipline of anthropology

Canadian writer best known for creating the beloved Anne of Green Gables series and a wide array of other novels, essays, and poems

German-American anthropologist and ethnomusicologist, known as the "Father of American Anthropology," who introduced historical particularism and cultural relativism

Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian, and philosopher, canonized as a saint and patron of Europe, murdered at Auschwitz

Austrian philosophical writer known for the influential modernist novel, 'The Man Without Qualities'

Physicien français et lauréat du prix Nobel qui a confirmé expérimentalement la nature atomique de la matière par ses études sur le mouvement brownien

Cuban chess player, diplomat, and non-fiction writer who became the third world chess champion, renowned for his endgame skill and speed of play

British physicist, mathematician, chemist, and crystallographer who uniquely shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his son for their work in X-ray crystallography

Austrian writer, poet, historian, and biographer, Stefan Zweig was one of the most widely translated and popular authors in the world during the 1920s and 1930s