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•  John Dryden

  John Dryden (9 August 1631 – 12 May 1700) was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden.

  

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•  Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex

  Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex PC (1631 – 13 July 1683), whose surname is sometimes spelled Capel, was an English statesman.

  

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•  Richard Lower (physician)

  Richard Lower (1631 – 17 January 1691) was a British physician who played an important part in the development of medical science. He is most remembered for his works on transfusion and the function of the cardiopulmonary system. Lower was born in St Tudy, Cornwall and studied at Westminster School where he met John Locke, and Oxford, where he met Thomas Willis, founder of the Royal Society. He followed Willis to London, where he carried out research, some in partnership with Robert Hooke.

  

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•  Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds

  Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds (20 February 1631 – 26 July 1712), English statesman, commonly known also by his earlier titles of Earl of Danby and Marquess of Carmarthen, served in a variety of offices under Kings Charles II and William III of England.

  

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•  Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange

  Mary, Princess Royal, Princess of Orange and Countess of Nassau (4 November 1631 – 24 December 1660) was the eldest daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland and his queen, Henrietta Maria. She was the wife of William II, Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau (27 May 1626 – 6 November 1650) and the mother of King William III of England and Ireland, II of Scotland (14 November 1650 – 8 May 1702).

  

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•  John Phillips (author)

  John Phillips (1631–1706) was an English author, the brother of Edward Phillips, and a nephew of John Milton. Anne Phillips, mother of John and Edward, was the sister of John Milton, the poet. In 1652, John Phillips published a Latin reply to the anonymous attack on Milton entitled Pro Rege et populo anglicano.

  

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•  Richard Cumberland (philosopher)

  Richard Cumberland (July 15, 1631 – October 9, 1718) was an English philosopher, and bishop of Peterborough from 1691. In 1672, he published his major work, De legibus naturae (On natural laws), propounding utilitarianism and opposing the egoistic ethics of Thomas Hobbes.

  

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•  Urian Oakes

  Urian Oakes (1631 – July 25, 1681) was an English-born American minister and educator.

  

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•  François Vatel

  François Vatel (1631 – April 24, 1671) was a "Maître d'hôtel", famous for "inventing" Chantilly cream, a sweet, vanilla-flavoured whipped cream, for an extravagant banquet for 2,000 people hosted in honour of Louis XIV by Louis, the great Condé in April 1671 at the Château de Chantilly; hence the name crème Chantilly.

  

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•  Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway

  Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway (14 December 1631 – 18 February 1679) was an English philosopher whose work, in the tradition of the Cambridge Platonists, was an influence on Leibniz. She was born to Sir Heneage Finch (who had held the posts of the Recorder of London and Speaker of the House of Commons under Charles I) and his second wife, Elizabeth (daughter of William Cradock of Staffordshire). Her father died the week before her birth.

  

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•  Denver, Iowa

  Denver is a city in Bremer County in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 1,627 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. Denver was originally called Jefferson City, but after the Star Mail Route, a mail service provided to towns having no federal service, was established, the town changed its name to Breckenridge. When a federal post office was established in 1863, the name was changed to Denver.

  

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•  Coat of arms of Namibia

  The Coat of Arms of Namibia consists of a bend sinister shield with the Flag of Namibia depicted on it. On top of the shield is an African Fish Eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer. Flanking the shield are two antelope, Oryx sp. , representing courage, elegance and pride. Below the shield is an example of local desert flora, Welwitschia mirabilis, symbolic of survival and national fortitude. Below that is the national motto: Unity, Liberty, Justice.

  

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•  Tayrac, Lot-et-Garonne

  Tayrac is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France.

  

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•  Utagawa Kunimasu

  Utagawa Kunimasu (歌川　国升) was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints in Osaka who was active from about 1832 to 1852. He used the name Sadamasu (貞升) until the first month of 1848, when he changed his name to Kunimasu (国升). Kunimasu was a student of Utagawa Kunisada. The former’s students include Hirosada I, Utagawa Sadamasu II, and probably Hasegawa Sadanobu I.

  

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