| ED | French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834) |
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| ED | English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742) |
| ED | New Zealand mountaineer who first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919) |
| ED | German philosopher who developed phenomenology (1859-1938) |
| ED | king of the English who succeeded Athelstan |
| ED | king of the English who led resistance to Canute but was defeated and forced to divide the kingdom with Canute (980-1016) |
| ED | king of the English who led resistance to Canute but was defeated and forced to divide the kingdom with Canute (980-1016) |
| ED | Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909) |
| ED | English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833) |
| ED | English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812) |
| ED | English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599) |
| ED | United States literary critic (1895-1972) |