#p <nat>Irish<n>Ossian<o>poet<b>220(50)<d>280(50)<info>Ossian was a legendary Irish hero and bard of the third century. He was the subject of a cycle of poems by James Macpherson, published 1760-63, purporting to be translations from the original Gaelic manuscripts of Ossian.<ref>Funk & Wagnall's
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#p <nat>Italian<o>scholar<n>Severinus Boethius<b>480<d>525<c>Rome<info>Boethius was an advisor of king Theodoric. He translated many works into Latin. For unknown reasons, he fell out of favour with the king. During the winter of 524-525, he was imprisoned and tortured by Theodoric, and executed in 525.
#p <nat>Italian<o>scholar<n>Cassiodorus<b>490<d>585(10)<c>Rome<mov>523<c>Ravenna<info>Cassiodorus was appointed as advisor by Theodoric to replace his friend Boethius.
#p <nat>English<o>scholar<n>Alcuin of York<sur>Alcuin<b>732<d>804<c>England<mov>780(1)<c>Aachen<info>Alcuin was trained at Jarrow by Bede's students and became Charlemagne's personal tutor between 781 and 796.
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#p <nat>English<o>scholar<n>Adelard of Bath<sur>Adelard<b>1075(2)<d>1160
#p <nat>French<o>philosopher<n>Pierre Abelard<b>1079<d>1143(1)<c>Paris<info>Abelard taught at the university in Paris.
#p <nat>English<o>scholar<n>John Dee<b>1527 Jul 13<d>1608 Dec<c>England<mov>1543(5)<c>Belgium<mov>1551<c>England<mov>1586(2)<c>Prague<info>Dee was an advisor to Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. He edited the first English translation of Euclid's Elements. Elizabeth asked him to advise her on the Gregorian calendar reform. He recommended adopting it, but dropping 11 days rather than 10, to return the equinox to the date at the time of Christ, rather than the time of the Council of Nicaea. He later relented and proposed dropping 10. The reform was not adopted in England for the time being, however, because of opposition from the archbishop of Canterbury, Edmund Grindal.
#p <nat>English<o>philosopher<n>Francis Bacon<b>1561 Jan 22<d>1626
#p <nat>German<o>poet<n>Johann von Goethe<sur>Goethe<b>1749<d>1832
#p <nat>German<o>author<n>Jakob Grimm<sur>J. Grimm<b>1785<d>1863<c>Germany<info>Brothers Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm were philologists noted for their collection of fairy tales.
#p <nat>German<o>author<n>Wilhelm Grimm<sur>W. Grimm<b>1786<d>1859<c>Germany<info>Brothers Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm were philologists noted for their collection of fairy tales.
#p <nat>French<o>author<n>Jules Verne<b>1828 Feb 8<d>1905 Mar 24<info>The French novelist Jules Verne almost single-handedly invented Science Fiction. He was educated in law but soon devoted himself to writing for the stage. The publication of Five Weeks in a Balloon in 1863 revealed his talent for stories of imaginary journeys. Verne had the ability to popularise science and created fantasies depicting journeys to the center of the earth, to the moon by rocketship, and through the ocean by submarine; some of these tales were remarkably prophetic. In 1994 the French publication of Verne's "lost" novel "Paris in the 20th Century" confirmed his prophetic genius. He imagined an overcrowded and unfriendly Paris in 1960, a city that is overrun by gas-powered cars, communicates via computer and fax, and executes using the electric chair.<ref>Grolier
#e <t>writing<d>1870<n>20,000 Leagues under the Sea<au>Jules Verne
#e <t>writing<d>1873<n>Around the World in Eighty Days<au>Jules Verne
#p <nat>American<o>author<n>Dr. Seuss<aka>Theodor Seuss Geisel<b>1904 Mar 2<d>1991 Sep 24<c>Massachusetts<info>Dr. Seuss wrote and illustrated more than 50 children's books from the 1930s through the 1980s.
#e <t>writing<d>1937<n>And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street<au>Dr. Seuss
#e <t>writing<d>1940<n>Horton Hatches the Egg<au>Dr. Seuss
#e <t>writing<d>1957<n>The Cat in the Hat<au>Dr. Seuss
#e <t>writing<d>1957<n>How the Grinch Stole Christmas<au>Dr. Seuss
#p <nat>Russian<o>author<n>Isaac Asimov<b>1920 Jan 2<d>1992 Apr 6<c>U.S.
#e <t>pub<n>Curious George<c>New York City<d>1941<info>by H.A. & Margret Rey
#e <t>writing<d>1941 Sep<n>High Flight<info>The poem High Flight was written by P/O John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
