French-American ornithologist and painter who created The Birds of America, the definitive 19th-century documentation of North American bird species

English writer, poet, playwright, and science fiction pioneer, author of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

French scientist, artist, and photographer, recognized for inventing the daguerreotype process and as one of the fathers of photography, also an accomplished painter and developer of the diorama theatre

American writer known for historical romances depicting colonial and indigenous characters, bringing him fame and fortune in the 19th century