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American politician who served as Vice President and as New York Governor, noted for his personal funding of the War of 1812 effort and advocating for slave emancipation

French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who co-discovered the Biot–Savart law, established the reality of meteorites, made an early balloon flight, and extensively studied the polarization of light

German Romantic landscape painter known for his symbolic and emotional depictions of nature, often featuring contemplative human figures against dramatic backdrops