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- Abel SeylerAbel Seyler was born on the 23rd of August 1730 in Liestal, a small town outside Basel. He grew up in a family that valued piety and learning, yet his early…
- Jean-Baptiste KléberJean-Baptiste Kléber was born on the 9th of March 1753 in Strasbourg, where his father worked as a master builder. This humble origin shaped the early…
- George SteevensGeorge Steevens entered the world at Poplar on the 10th of May 1736. His father served as a captain and later became a director of the East India Company.
- Louis DesaixLouis Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux entered the world on the 17th of August 1768 inside the Château d'Ayat. His father Gilbert des Aix held the title…
- Henry CortHenry Cort lived in an office on Crutched Friars near Aldgate in London during 1765. He served as a Royal Navy pay agent collecting half pay and widows'…