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18th-century historians

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Victor CousinAuthor · BooksVictor Cousin (lang; 28 November 179214 January 1867) was a French philosopher. He was the founder of "eclecticism", a briefly influential school of French philosophy that combined elements…
Wei YuanAuthor · Books
Wilhelm von HumboldtAuthor · BooksFriedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt…
Willem BilderdijkArtist · PaintingsWillem Bilderdijk (7 September 1756 – 18 December 1831) was a Dutch poet, historian, lawyer, and linguist.
William CobbettAuthor · BooksWilliam Cobbett (9 March 1763 – 18 June 1835) was an English pamphleteer, journalist, politician, and farmer born in Farnham, Surrey.
William Hickling PrescottAuthor · BooksWilliam Hickling Prescott (May 4, 1796 – January 28, 1859) was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific…
William WhewellAuthor · BooksWilliam Whewell (24 May 17946 March 1866) was an English polymath. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Wolfgang MenzelAuthor · BooksWolfgang Menzel (21 June 1798 23 April 1873) was a German poet, critic and literary historian, who was born in Waldenburg (Wałbrzych) in Prussian Silesia.
Zhao YiAuthor · BooksZhao Yi (1727–1814) was a poet, historian, and critic during the Qing dynasty in China.

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