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Jules Verne

Jules Verne

18281905

French novelist, poet, and playwright known for his visionary science fiction works such as Around the World in Eighty Days and De la Terre à la Lune, a true futurist and children's writer

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Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen

18281906

Norwegian playwright and theatre director, celebrated as the father of modern drama and one of the world's most frequently performed dramatists

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Hippolyte Taine

Hippolyte Taine

18281893

French literary critic, historian, and philosopher, known for influencing naturalism and historicist criticism

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

18281882

English poet, illustrator, and painter who co-founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and influenced the Aesthetic movement

Henry Dunant

Henry Dunant

18281910

Swiss businessman and humanitarian who co-founded the Red Cross and initiated the Geneva Conventions, receiving the first Nobel Peace Prize