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31Xenocrates — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = Ancient philosophy color = #B0C4DE image size = 200px image caption = Xenocrates name = Xenocrates birth = c. 396 BC, Chalcedon death = c. 314 BC, Athens school tradition = Platonism main… …
32Harriet Martineau — (June 12, 1802 ndash; June 27, 1876) was an English writer and philosopher, renowned in her day as a controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life long feminist. Early lifeThe sixth of eight children, Harriet Martineau was… …
33Martin Chuzzlewit —   …
34Thomas M'Crie the Elder — For his eldest son, of the same name, see Thomas M Crie the Younger.Thomas M Crie (November, 1772 August 5, 1835) was a Scottish historian, writer, and preacher born in the town of Dunse, Berwickshire in November 1772. He was the eldest of a… …
35James Gilmour — (Chinese:季雅各) (12 June 1843 21 May 1891) was a Scottish Protestant Christian missionary in China and Mongolia. He served with the London Missionary Society.Early lifeJames Gilmour was born at Cathkin, Scotland, June 12, 1843, the third of six… …
36Valene Maharaj — Pageant titleholder bio birthname=Valene Maharaj photo= caption=Valene Maharaj during Miss World title= Miss Trinidad Tobago 2007 birthdate=|birth=birth date and age|1986|4|25 Valene Maharaj (born April 25, 1986) was the Miss Trinidad Tobago… …
37biography — /buy og reuh fee, bee /, n., pl. biographies. 1. a written account of another person s life: the biography of Byron by Marchand. 2. an account in biographical form of an organization, society, theater, animal, etc. 3. such writings collectively.… …
38earnest — earnest1 earnestly, adv. earnestness, n. /err nist/, adj. 1. serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous: an earnest worker. 2. showing depth and sincerity of feeling: earnest words; an earnest entreaty. 3. seriously important;… …
39Puritanism — /pyoor i tn iz euhm/, n. 1. the principles and practices of the Puritans. 2. (sometimes l.c.) extreme strictness in moral or religious matters, often to excess; rigid austerity. [1565 75; PURITAN + ISM] * * * Movement in the late 16th and 17th… …
40Hawthorne, Nathaniel — born July 4, 1804, Salem, Mass., U.S. died May 19, 1864, Plymouth, N.H. U.S. novelist and short story writer. Descended from Puritans, he was imbued with a deep moral earnestness. After producing several unexceptional works, he wrote some of his… …
