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![Författarporträtt av Russell, Bertrand](images/writer/2328/2328_20160115075032_Large.jpg)
Russell, Bertrand
1872 - 1970
The British philosopher and author Bertrand Arthur William Russel was born in Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales, to an...
Further reading![Portrait image of MacKinlay Kantor](images/writer/2440/6197e7b547d41f8e9635dcc963059affc00987c9ba882.jpg)
Kantor, MacKinlay
1904 - 1977
The author and journalist MacKinlay Kantor was born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor in Webster City, Iowa. His father, John Martin...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Dunsany, Edward Plunkett](images/writer/6035/6035_20120730080433.jpg)
Dunsany, Edward Plunkett
1878 - 1957
The Irish author Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, was a major celebrity in the first half of the...
Further reading![Portrait image of Jules Verne](images/writer/1791/6419cbf7578a9ea7b82837014888bc583021b7f0a5697.jpg)
Verne, Jules
1828 - 1905
French author, born in Nantes. To a large extent, his childhood appears to have been characterized by loneliness; he was...
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