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Who was born in 1819

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John Ruskin

John Ruskin

18191900

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

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Jacques Offenbach

Jacques Offenbach

18191880

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

Gustave Courbet

Gustave Courbet

18191877

French painter who led the Realism movement and influenced Impressionists and Cubists

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Gottfried Keller

Gottfried Keller

18191890

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

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Léon Foucault

Léon Foucault

18191868

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