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Born January 13, 1737 • Austria
Died May 16, 1798 (aged 61) • Vienna • Austria
Prinsep's Ghat, Kolkata; the archway was erected in memory of James Prinsep.
James Prinsep
English antiquarian
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Sir John Evans
British antiquarian and archaeologist
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Rudolph Wurlitzer
American musical instrument maker
Harry Smith
Harry Smith
American artist, musicologist, and collector
J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan
American financier
A pioneering librarian
Belle da Costa Greene
American librarian and bibliographer
Poggio Bracciolini, Gian Francesco
Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini
Italian scholar
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Andrew Mellon
American financier and politician
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Vincent d’Indy
French composer
Leland, John
John Leland
English antiquarian
Louis I, detail from an oil painting by Wilhelm von Kaulbach; in the Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen, Munich
Louis I
king of Bavaria
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Thomas Bruce, 7th earl of Elgin
British diplomat
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Thérèse Bonney
American photographer
Zoltán Kodály, 1960.
Zoltán Kodály
Hungarian composer
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Ralph Heyward Isham
American collector
Karadžić, Vuk Stefanović
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
Serbian language scholar
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Jim Thompson
American businessman
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S.H. Kress
American businessman
Wallace, Sir Richard, Baronet
Sir Richard Wallace, Baronet
British art collector
Thomas Howard, 2nd earl of Arundel
Thomas Howard, 2nd earl of Arundel
English noble