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•  Thomas Bowdler

  Thomas Bowdler (11 July 1754 – 24 February 1825) was an English physician who published an expurgated edition of William Shakespeare's work, edited by his sister Harriet, intended to be more appropriate for 19th century women and children than the original. He similarly published an edited version of Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

  

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•  William Bligh

  Vice Admiral William Bligh FRS RN (9 September 1754 – 7 December 1817) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. A notorious mutiny occurred during his command of HMS Bounty in 1789; Bligh and his loyal men made a remarkable voyage to Timor, after being set adrift by the mutineers in the Bounty's launch.

  

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•  Jurij Vega

  Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega (March 23, 1754 – September 26, 1802) was a Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer.

  

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•  Georg Forster

  Johann Georg Adam Forster (November 27 1754 – January 10 1794) was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father on several scientific expeditions, including James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific. His report from that journey, A Voyage Round the World, contributed significantly to the ethnology of the people of Polynesia and remains a respected work among both scientists and ordinary readers.

  

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•  Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

  Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, 1st Sovereign Prince of Beneventum (2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838) was a French diplomat. He worked successfully from the regime of Louis XVI, through the French Revolution and then under Napoleon I, Louis XVIII, Charles X, and Louis-Philippe. Known since the turn of the 19th century simply by the name Talleyrand, he is widely regarded as one of the most versatile and influential diplomats in European history.

  

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•  Louis XVI of France

  Louis XVI of France (23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792. Suspended and arrested during the Insurrection of 10 August 1792, he was tried by the National Convention, found guilty of treason, and executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793. He was the only king of France to be executed.

  

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•  Franz Xaver von Zach

  Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach) (June 4, 1754–September 2, 1832) was a German astronomer born at Pest in Hungary. He served for some time in the Austrian army, and afterwards lived in London from 1783 to 1786 as tutor in the house of the Saxon ambassador, Hans Moritz von Brühl. In 1786 he was appointed by Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg director of the new observatory on Seeberg hill at Gotha, which was finished in 1791.

  

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•  George E. Clymer

  George E. Clymer (1754–1834) from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was an American statesman, mechanic and inventor. In 1813 he invented the Columbian Printing Press. This was an iron, lever-operated replacement for the wooden screw presses based on Gutenberg's design. Clymer began making wooden presses of the Gutenberg model around 1790. He switched to exclusively making the Columbian Press in 1816.

  

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•  Frederick of Württemberg

  Frederick I was the first King of Württemberg. He was known for his size, 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) and about 200 kg (31 st 7 lb), which put him in contrast to Napoleon who recognized him as King of Württemberg.

  

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•  Paul I of Russia

  Paul (1 October 1754 – 23 March 1801) was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801.

  

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•  Williamson ether synthesis

  The Williamson ether synthesis is an organic reaction, forming an ether from a organohalide and an alcohol. This reaction was developed by Alexander Williamson in 1850 . Typically it involves the reaction of an alkoxide ion with a primary alkyl halide via an SN2 reaction. This reaction is important in the history of organic chemistry because it helped prove the structure of ethers.

  

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•  Zavodovski Island

  Zavodovski Island is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Traversay Islands group of the South Sandwich Islands. It lies 350 kilometres southeast of South Georgia Island at 56°18′S 27°34′W / 56.3°S 27.567°W / -56.3; -27.567Coordinates: 56°18′S 27°34′W / 56.3°S 27.567°W / -56.3; -27.567. It is the northernmost of the South Sandwich Islands and the nearest to South Georgia.

  

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•  Allchurches Trust

  Allchurches Trust is a registered charity in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Gloucester. It was established in 1972 to act as the beneficial owner of the major insurance company Ecclesiastical Insurance, whose profits it receives. It is affiliated to the Church of England. Its objects are to promote the Christian religion and to provide funds for other charitable purposes.

  

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•  Randi Hubbard

  

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