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Flourished	c.101 - c.200
Notable Works	“Strategica”

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Ted Sorensen

American lawyer and presidential speechwriter

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John Martin

American dance critic

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Jonathan Safran Foer

American author

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Quentin Reynolds

American journalist and writer

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Concha Espina de Serna

Spanish author

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Samuel Ferguson

Irish writer

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Norman Maclean

American author and teacher

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Ian Maclaren

Scottish author

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Marchette Chute

American author

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Jim Backus

American actor

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Anna Bartlett Warner

American writer

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Esther Forbes

American author

Marble bust of Aristotle with a beard and draped robe, showing detailed facial features and wavy hair, set against a dark background.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

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

British prime minister Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

prime minister of United Kingdom

Life-sized plaster sculpture Seated Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon shows Voltaire draped in a robe, seated with a thoughtful expression and a ribbon crown, against a dark background.

Voltaire

French philosopher and author

Oil portrait by John Trumbull of Alexander Hamilton, shown from the waist up in a tan coat and white cravat, gazing to his left against a dark background.

Alexander Hamilton

American statesman

D.H. Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault

French philosopher and historian

Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke

Austrian-German poet