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Lucretius (95 - 52) -- Roman poet who attempted to popularise Epicurean philosophy
Mary Shelley (1797 - 1851) -- novelist of the Romantic period, best remembered for her novel Frankenstein
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) -- third president of the United States, and political philosopher who borrowed much from Locke and who argued that successful representative government was possible
Bayard Taylor (1828 - 1898) -- U.S. statesman and writer
Beatrix Potter (1866 - 1943) -- famous writer and illustrator of children's books