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Who was born in 1850

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Sofia Kovalevskaya

Sofia Kovalevskaya

18501891

Pioneering 19th-century Russian mathematician, writer, and physicist who was the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics and a full professorship in Europe

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Ivan Vazov

Ivan Vazov

18501921

Bulgarian writer and poet, known as "the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature," whose works chronicled the Bulgarian Renaissance and Post-Liberation epochs, and who also served as Education Minister

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Charles Richet

Charles Richet

18501935

French physiologist, immunologist, and parapsychologist who won the 1913 Nobel Prize for his discovery of anaphylaxis and coined the term 'ectoplasm'

Guy de Maupassant

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

18501894

Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist known for classic adventure stories and psychological thrillers, including *Treasure Island* and *Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde*

Guy de Maupassant

18501893

French writer and master of the short story, associated with the naturalist literary school, depicting human lives in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms