Aernout Drost

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10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

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Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and autodidact.

6 Interesting Facts about Srinivasa Ramanujan

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6 Cultures That Recognize More than Two Genders

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Saint Lucia Day. Young girl wears Lucia crown (tinsel halo) with candles. Holds Saint Lucia Day currant laced saffron buns (lussekatter or Lucia's cats). Observed December 13 honor virgin martyr Santa Lucia (St. Lucy). Luciadagen, Christmas, Sweden

7 Winter Solstice Celebrations From Around the World

Monitor. Varanus salvadorii is a monitor lizard found in New Guinea can grows to 2.7 metres (9 ft.) aka Tree crocodile, Crocodile monitor, Salvadori's monitor, artellia, reptile

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Lizards and Turtles

Facsimile of one of William Henry Ireland's forgeries, a primitive self-portrait of William Shakespeare(tinted engraving). Published for Samuel Ireland, Norfolk Street, Strand, December 1, 1795. (W.H. Ireland, forgery)

The Time a Law Clerk Successfully Forged a New Shakespeare Play to Impress His Dad

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

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Born	March 15, 1810 • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Died	November 5, 1834 (aged 24) • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Notable Works	“De pestilentie te Katwijk” • “Hermingard van de Eikenterpen”
Movement / Style	Romanticism

Van Lennep, detail of an oil painting by Johan Georg Schwartze; in a private collection

Jacob van Lennep

Dutch writer

Hendrik Conscience

Belgian novelist

Victor Hugo

French writer

Aleksandr Pushkin

Russian author

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

French author

Sir Walter Scott

Scottish writer

Alessandro Manzoni

Italian author

Alexandre Herculano

Portuguese historian

Alexandre Dumas, père

French author [1802–1870]

Viktor Rydberg

Swedish author

Bernhard Severin Ingemann

Danish author

Frederik Willem van Eeden

Dutch author and physician

Edgar du Perron

Dutch writer and critic

Lodewijk van Deyssel

Dutch author

Israël Querido

Dutch author

Nicolaas Beets

Dutch author

James Blish

American author and critic

Cyriel Buysse

Belgian writer

Stijn Streuvels

Flemish writer

John P. Kennedy

American author and statesman

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