LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sir Benjamin Baker	Engineer	31-Mar-1840	19-May-1907	Bridged the Firth of Forth
George F. Baker	Business	27-Mar-1840	2-May-1931	"None of the public's business"
Simeon E. Baldwin	Politician	5-Feb-1840	30-Jan-1927	Governor of Connecticut, 1911-15
Adolph Bandelier	Anthropologist	6-Aug-1840	18-Mar-1914	Native cultures of the American southwest
Charles Booth	Sociologist	30-Mar-1840	23-Nov-1916	Studied poverty in London
Per Theodor Cleve	Chemist	10-Feb-1840	18-Jun-1905	Discovered holmium (Ho) and thulium (Tm)
Holmes Conrad	Attorney	31-Jan-1840	4-Sep-1915	US Solicitor General, 1895-97
Edward Drinker Cope	Paleontologist	28-Jul-1840	12-Apr-1897	Potential holotype for Homo Sapiens
Father Damien	Religion	3-Jan-1840	15-Apr-1889	Attended to lepers at Molokai
Alphonse Daudet	Novelist	13-May-1840	16-Dec-1897	Lettres de mon moulin
Isabella Stewart Gardner	Philanthropist	14-Apr-1840	17-Jul-1924	Prominent art patron, collector
Thomas Hardy	Novelist	2-Jun-1840	11-Jan-1928	Far from the Madding Crowd
Chief Joseph	Government	c. 1840	21-Sep-1904	"I will fight no more forever"
Wilhelm Junker	Explorer	6-Apr-1840	13-Feb-1892	Reisen in Afrika
Alfred Thayer Mahan	Author	27-Sep-1840	1-Dec-1914	The Influence of Sea Power upon History
Sir Hiram Maxim	Inventor	5-Feb-1840	24-Nov-1916	Maxim machine gun
Carl Menger	Economist	28-Feb-1840	26-Feb-1921	Founder, Austrian School of Economics
Claude Monet	Painter	14-Nov-1840	5-Dec-1926	The Water Lilies
Thomas Nast	Cartoonist	27-Sep-1840	7-Dec-1902	American political caricaturist
Emin Pasha	Explorer	28-Mar-1840	23-Oct-1892	German colonial traveller in Africa
Odilon Redon	Artist	22-Apr-1840	6-Jul-1916	Symbolist charcoal artist
Auguste Rodin	Sculptor	12-Nov-1840	17-Nov-1917	Sculptor in bronze
William Graham Sumner	Educator	30-Oct-1840	12-Apr-1910	Laissez faire sociologist
John Addington Symonds	Critic	5-Oct-1840	19-Apr-1893	Renaissance in Italy
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Composer	7-May-1840	6-Nov-1893	Russia's best known composer
Francis A. Walker	Economist	2-Jul-1840	5-Jan-1897	The Wages Question
Henry Watterson	Journalist	16-Feb-1840	22-Dec-1921	Founder of Louisville Courier-Journal
Edward Whymper	Explorer	27-Apr-1840	16-Sep-1911	Scrambles among the Alps
Carroll D. Wright	Sociologist	25-Jul-1840	20-Feb-1909	The Industrial Evolution of the United States
Émile Zola	Novelist	2-Apr-1840	29-Sep-1902	J'Accuse

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