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José de San Martín

José de San Martín

17781850

Argentine general, politician, and soldier known as "the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru" for his leadership in gaining South American independence from the Spanish Empire

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Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

17781850

French chemist and physicist renowned for his gas laws, the discovery of water's composition, and the degrees Gay-Lussac for measuring alcoholic strength