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John Martin

American dance critic

Ian Maclaren

Scottish author

Thomas Carlyle

British essayist and historian

Arthur Conan Doyle

British author

Andrew Russell Forsyth

British mathematician

Elizabeth Mavor

British author

Samuel Smiles

Scottish writer

Gavin Maxwell

British author

Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane

Scottish social reformer

Ewan MacColl

British musician and author

Samuel Ferguson

Irish writer

Jonathan Safran Foer

American author

Ted Sorensen

American lawyer and presidential speechwriter

Esther Forbes

American author

Concha Espina de Serna

Spanish author

Quentin Reynolds

American journalist and writer

Norman Maclean

American author and teacher

Anna Bartlett Warner

American writer

Jim Backus

American actor

Marchette Chute

American author