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1800 - 1864 1865 - 1881 1882 - 1888 1889 - 1982 1983 - 2008 thomas carlyle English
1800 - 1882 1883 - 1894 1895 - 1941 1942 - 1995 1996 - 2008 ralph waldo emerson English
1800 - 1882 1883 - 1963 1964 - 1975 1976 - 1990 1991 - 2008 john stuart mill English
1800 - 1869 1870 - 1879 1880 - 1921 1922 - 1990 1991 - 2008 charles dickens English
1800 - 1885 1886 - 1903 1904 - 1912 1913 - 1992 1993 - 2008 john ruskin English

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