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This week's featured author pages

George Boole (1815 - 1864) -- mathematician, whose work allowed for the discovery of propositional calculus and Boolean algebra

Epictetus (55 - 135) -- Epictetus developed a Stoic ethics and led a life in accordance with them, professing to be indifferent to physical, societal, and psychological pain

e.e. cummings (1894 - 1962) -- American poet, who experimented extensively with language and form.

Ivan Turgenev (1818 - 1883) -- Russian novelist and playwright; leading stylist in the genre

O Henry (1862 - 1910) -- American short story writer, whose ingenious and often humourous stories about everyday life made him enormously popular in the nineteenth century