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  • CiceroMarcus Tullius Cicero was born on the 3rd of January 106 BC in the hill town of Arpinum. His family belonged to the wealthy equestrian order, yet his name…
  • Manuel ChrysolorasManuel Chrysoloras was born in Constantinople around the year 1350. He grew up within a distinguished Greek Orthodox family that valued classical learning.
  • Samuel Butler (novelist)Samuel Butler was born on the 4th of December 1835 at the rectory in Langar, Nottinghamshire. His father Rev Thomas Butler had been a son of Dr Samuel Butler…
  • Charles-François LebrunCharles-François Lebrun was born in Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin on the 19th of March 1739. He studied philosophy at the Collège de Navarre before entering public…