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This week's featured author pages

Maria Edgeworth (1767 - 1849) -- English novelist

William Dean Howells (1837 - 1920) -- leading nineteenth century American novelist and critic, who promoted realism

William Whewell (1794 - 1866) -- Cambridge philosopher of science

Thales (500 - 500) -- reputedly living in the sixth century BC, Thales is traditionally regarded as the first ever philosopher

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778) -- philosopher in the French Revolution who made important contributions to the field of political philosophy