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Death year 1852

Thomas Moore Facts

Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852) was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of “The Minstrel Boy” and “The Last Rose of Summer”. He was responsible, with John Murray, for burning Lord Byr

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Facts

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain. His defeat o

Mary Anne Clarke Facts

Mary Anne Clarke (born Mary Anne Thompson; 3 April 1776 – 21 June 1852) was the mistress of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. Their relationship began in 1803, while he was Commander-in-Chief of the army. Later in 1809, she wrote her memoi

Princess Ida of Saxe Meiningen Facts

Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen (25 June 1794 – 4 April 1852), was a German princess member of the House of Wettin and by marriage Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

Junius Brutus Booth Facts

Junius Brutus Booth (1 May 1796 – 30 November 1852) was an English stage actor. He was the father of John Wilkes Booth, an actor and the assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Edwin Booth, the foremost tragedian of the mid-to-late 19th century

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Christopher Anderson Facts

Christopher Anderson (19 February 1782 – 18 February 1852) was a Scottish theological writer and preacher.

George Evans Facts

George William Evans (5 January 1780 – 16 October 1852) was a surveyor and early explorer in the colony of New South Wales. Evans was born in Warwick, England, migrating to Australia in October 1802.

Nikolai Gogol Facts

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (/ˈɡoʊɡəl, -ɡɔːl/; Russian: Никола́й Васи́льевич Го́голь, Nikolay Vasilievich Gogol; Ukrainian: Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; 31 March [O.S

Marie Lafarge Facts

Marie-Fortunée Lafarge (née Capelle; 15 January 1816 – 7 November 1852) was a Frenchwoman who was convicted of murdering her husband by arsenic poisoning in 1840. Her case became notable, because it was one of the first trials to be followed by t

George Catlin Facts

George Catlin (1778-1852) was a prominent American maker of musical instruments. He worked in Hartford, Connecticut from 1799 or earlier until about 1814, when he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to his advertisements in Connecticut new

Hajjah Fatimah Facts

Hajjah Fatimah binte Sulaiman (1754? – 1852?), also known as Hajjah Fatimah and as the “Sultana of Gowa”, was a Singaporean merchant and philanthropist. After the death of her second husband, she combined his business with her own boats and built i