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Born April 4, 1837 • Massachusetts
Died March 25, 1919 (aged 81) • South Africa
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Jacques Barzun
American teacher, historian, and author
Sister Thea Bowman
Thea Bowman
Roman Catholic nun and teacher
Roger Arliner Young
Roger Arliner Young
American zoologist and social activist
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John M. Deutch
American government official
Mary Lyon, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist; in the collection of Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts.
Mary Lyon
American educator
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I. Michael Heyman
American scholar
Laura Drake Gill.
Laura Drake Gill
American educator
Susan Lincoln Tolman Mills.
Susan Lincoln Tolman Mills
American missionary and educator
Katherine Amelia Towle
Katherine Amelia Towle
American educator and military officer
Theodore Hesburgh
Theodore Hesburgh
American priest and educator
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Abby Lillian Marlatt
American educator
Maria Louise Sanford
Maria Louise Sanford
American educator
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Charles Townsend Copeland
American educator
John Hays Hammond
John Hays Hammond
American engineer
Clark, William Smith
William Smith Clark
American educator
Jacob Zuma
Jacob Zuma
president of South Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa
Cyril Ramaphosa
president of South Africa
Jan Smuts.
Jan Smuts
South African statesman
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
president of South Africa
Julius Malema
Julius Malema
South African politician