Died in 1878

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Died in 1878

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Claude Bernard Doctor 12-Jul-1813 10-Feb-1878 French physiologist

William Cullen Bryant Poet 3-Nov-1794 12-Jun-1878 Editor, The New York Evening Post

George Cruikshank Artist 27-Sep-1792 1-Feb-1878 English caricaturist

Charles-François Daubigny Painter 15-Feb-1817 19-Feb-1878 French painter of landscapes, ducks

Victor Emmanuel II Royalty 14-Mar-1820 9-Jan-1878 King of Italy, Sardinia

Joseph Henry Physicist 17-Dec-1797 13-May-1878 Discovered electromagnetic induction

George Henry Lewes Philosopher 18-Apr-1817 28-Nov-1878 The Problems of Life and Mind

Julius Robert Mayer Physicist 25-Nov-1814 20-Mar-1878 Studied thermodynamics

Pope Pius IX Religion 13-May-1792 7-Feb-1878 Declared himself infallible

Henri-Victor Regnault Chemist 21-Jul-1810 19-Jan-1878 Properties of gases

Ede Szigligeti Playwright 8-Mar-1814 19-Jan-1878 Leading Hungarian dramatist

Bayard Taylor Author 11-Jan-1825 19-Dec-1878 Europe seen with Knapsack

Boss Tweed Politician 3-Apr-1823 12-Apr-1878 Boss of Tammany Hall

Richard Upjohn Architect 22-Jan-1802 16-Aug-1878 Gothic revivalist, Trinity Church

Benjamin F. Wade Politician 27-Oct-1800 2-Mar-1878 US Senator from Ohio, 1851-69

Jonathan Walker Activist 22-Mar-1799 30-Apr-1878 The Man with the Branded Hand

Henry Wells Business 12-Dec-1805 10-Dec-1878 Co-Founder of Wells Fargo, American Express

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