Johannes Brahms18331897German composer, pianist, and conductor known for his rhythmic vitality and expressive contrapuntal textures within the mid-Romantic period
Thérèse of Lisieux18731897French Carmelite nun and Doctor of the Church who developed the "Little Way" spirituality and wrote the influential "Story of a Soul"
Alphonse Daudet18401897French novelist, playwright, and poet known for "Tartarin de Tarascon" and "Sappho", whose works spanned novels, plays, poetry, and short stories