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Diogenes Laërtius: Quick Facts

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Flourished 201 - 300
Notable Works “Peri bion dogmaton kai apophthegmaton ton en philosophia eudokimesanton”
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Norman Maclean
American author and teacher
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Ted Sorensen
American lawyer and presidential speechwriter
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Jonathan Safran Foer
American author
Pound, Ezra
Ezra Pound
American poet
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St. John of Damascus
Christian saint
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Arianna Huffington
Greek American author and commentator
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Maximus Planudes
Byzantine scholar and theologian
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Nicander
Greek poet, physicist, and grammarian
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Hephaestion
Greek metrist
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Erinna
Greek poet
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Samuel Ferguson
Irish writer
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Concha Espina de Serna
Spanish author
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Jim Backus
American actor
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Quentin Reynolds
American journalist and writer
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Anna Bartlett Warner
American writer
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Ian Maclaren
Scottish author
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John Martin
American dance critic
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Marchette Chute
American author
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Esther Forbes
American author
Engraved portrait of John Milton by Jacob Houbraken, showing Milton with shoulder-length hair, a lace collar, and period clothing, facing forward in an oval frame.
John Milton
English poet, pamphleteer, and historian