Doulton, John. 1563-1626. English song composer.

Dreyfus, Alfred. 1859-1935. Jewish French officer. Trial divided France, 1894-1906. Unjustly sent to Devil’s Island on forged evidence. Zola. Esterhazy.

Dryden, John. 1631-1700. British poet laureate, playwright. Marriage a la Mode 1673.

Elgin, James Bruce, 8th Earl of. 1811-63. Governor General. Worked for independent Canadian government.

Epstein, Jacob. 1880-1959. US/British portrait sculptor.

Ericsson, John. 1803-89. Swedish/US. Invented screw propeller, designed Monitor.

Evelyn, John. 1620-1706. English diarist and writer.

Flaxman, John. 1755-1826. British Neoclassical sculptor.

Florian, Jean-Pierre de. 1755-94. French fable writer.

Four Nations, College of. 1661-1793. Paris, Established by Mazarin bequest...Institute of France.

Franklin, Benjamin. 1706-90. US author, scientist, revolutionary leader. Poor Richard’s Almanac 1732-57. Franklin Stove 1744. Lightning rod 1752. Bifocals 1784.

Franklin, John. 1786-1847. English explorer. Sought NW Pasage 1819-22.

Geoffrey Plantagenet. 1113-51. Count of Anjou. Conquered Normandy for his son Henry II.

Gibbon, John. First heart-lung machine 1953.

Glenn, John. 1921- First American to orbit earth, 1962. US Senator 1974-.

Goujon, Jean. 1510-68. French sculptor. Fontaine des Innocents 1548/9.

Guillotin, Joseph. 1738-1814. Recommended guillotine 1792. Earlier used in Scotland, England.

Gujrat, Battle. 1849. British defeat Sikhs, annex Punjab.

Hamilton, James. 1606-49. Scottish Royalist. Defeated by Cromwell. Hanged.

Hamman, Johann. 1730-88. German Pietism founder.

Hampden, John. 1594-1643. English parliamentary leader.

Hanson, John. 1721-83. American revolutionary. US. ’president’ 1781-2 under Articles of Confederation.

Harper’s Ferry. 1859. John Brown raids arsenal to start slave uprising.

Harrington, James. 1611-77. English idealist utopian writer. Oceana 1656.

Hayashi, Senjuro. 1876-1943. Japanese commander, Prime Minister 1937. Ordered invasion of Manchuria. WWII.

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