Page 6: Famous Personalities Born In 1878

Nov 14 On this day in history birth of leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957)  

Nov 15 On this day in history birth of bela Reinitz, composer  

Nov 17 Grace Abbott, Grand Island Neb, social worker (US Children Bureau) was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 21 Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 23 In the year 1878 birth of andre Caplet, composer  

Nov 23 Ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations (WW II) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 23 Holcombe Ward, tennis champ (US Open-1904) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 24 In the year 1878 birth of mark N Tod, English classicist/historian  

Nov 25 Georg Kaiser, writer was born on this day in history.  

Nov 27 Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d.1948) was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 27 Mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer was born on this day in history.  

Nov 28 On this day in history birth of jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych)  

Dec 01 In the year 1878 birth of arthur B Spingarn, US NAACP-chairman (1940-65)  

Dec 05 In the year 1878 birth of arrigo Pedrollo, composer  

Dec 07 In the year 1878 birth of akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair)  

Dec 10 Rajaji, India's freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India (d.1972) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 15 Hans Carossa, writer was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 19 In the year 1878 birth of anton Lajovic, composer  

Dec 21 Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish philosopher and mathematician (d. 1956) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 23 Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (d. 1972) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 25 Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver (d. 1941) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 25 In the year 1878 birth of w Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise)  

Dec 26 In the year 1878 birth of isaiah Bowman, US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review)  

Dec 30 William Aberhart, Canadian politician (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 31 On this day in history birth of elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman (d. 1966)  

Dec 31 Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro) was born in the year 1878.  

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Jan 07 In the year 1878 death of françois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794)  

Jan 09 On this day in history victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57  

Jan 18 In the year 1878 death of antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788)  

Jan 19 On this day in history henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67  

Feb 01 George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 in the year 1878.  

Feb 07 On this day in history pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85  

Feb 08 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83 in the year 1878.  

Feb 17 In the year 1878 jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59