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18th-century lawyers

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Adolf MüllnerAuthor · BooksAmandus Gottfried Adolf Müllner (18 October 177411 June 1829) was a German critic and dramatic poet.
Adolphe ThiersAuthor · BooksMarie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers (lang; 15 April 17973 September 1877) was a French statesman and historian who served as President of France from 1871 to 1873.
Albert GallatinAuthor · BooksAbraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (January 29, 1761 – August 12, 1849) was a Genevan-American politician, diplomat, ethnologist, and linguist.
Alexander Fraser TytlerAuthor · BooksAlexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee FRSE (15 October 17475 January 1813) was a Scottish advocate, judge, writer, and historian who was a Professor of Universal History and of Greek…
Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La ReynièreAuthor · BooksIllustration — Grimod de La Reynière
Antoine LavoisierAuthor · BooksAntoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (26 August 17438 May 1794), also Antoine Lavoisier after the French Revolution, was a French nobleman and chemist who was central to the 18th-century chemical…
Baron d'HolbachAuthor · BooksPaul Thiry, Baron d'Holbach (8 December 1723 – 21 January 1789), known as d'Holbach, was a Franco-German philosopher, encyclopedist and writer, who was a prominent figure in the French…
Charles Brockden BrownAuthor · BooksCharles Brockden Brown (January 17, 1771 – February 22, 1810) was an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early National period.
Charles SealsfieldAuthor · BooksCharles Sealsfield was the pseudonym of Austrian-American novelist and journalist Carolus Magnus Postl (3 March 1793 – 26 May 1864), an advocate for a German democracy.
Christian Theodor WeinligPerson · Music memorabiliaChristian Theodor Weinlig (July 25, 1780 – March 7, 1842) was a German music teacher, composer, and choir conductor, active in Dresden and Leipzig.
Edmond MaloneAuthor · BooksEdmond Malone (4 October 174125 May 1812) was an Irish barrister, Shakespearean scholar and editor of the works of William Shakespeare.
Étienne CabetAuthor · BooksÉtienne Cabet (lang; January 1, 1788 – November 9, 1856) was a philosopher and utopian socialist who founded the Icarian movement.
Eugenio EspejoAuthor · BooksFrancisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo (Royal Audiencia of Quito, February 21, 1747 – December 28, 1795) was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of indigenous origin in colonial…
Francis HopkinsonAuthor · BooksFrancis Hopkinson (October 2,[1] 1737 – May 9, 1791) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, author, and composer.[2] He designed Continental paper money and two early versions of…
Francis Scott KeyAuthor · BooksFrancis Scott Key (August 1, 1779January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer, author, and poet from Frederick, Maryland, best known as the author of the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry", which…
François AndrieuxAuthor · BooksFrançois Guillaume Jean Stanislaus Andrieux (6 May 17599 May 1833) was a French man of letters and playwright.
François MignetAuthor · BooksIllustration — François-Auguste Mignet
Gaspar Melchor de JovellanosAuthor · BooksGaspar Melchor "Jovino" de Jovellanos (born Gaspar Melchor de Jove y Llanos, 5 January 1744 – 27 November 1811) was a Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher and a major figure…
George CanningAuthor · BooksGeorge Canning (11 April 1770 – 8 August 1827) was a British statesman and Tory politician.
George CatlinArtist · Paintings
Hans LinstowDesigner · DesignHans Ditlev Franciscus (Frants) von Linstow (4 May 1787 – 10 June 1851) was a Danish/Norwegian architect who designed the Royal Palace in Oslo and much of the surrounding park and the…
Henry Crabb RobinsonAuthor · BooksHenry Crabb Robinson (13 May 1775 – 5 February 1867) was an English writer and scholar.
James BoswellAuthor · BooksJames Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (29 October 1740 (N.S.) – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh.
James MadisonAuthor · BooksJames Madison (June 28, 1836) was a Founding Father and the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Before his presidency, Madison was a statesman and diplomat.
James MonroeAuthor · BooksJames Monroe (April 28, 1758July 4, 1831) was a Founding Father and the fifth president of the United States, serving from 1817 to 1825.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinAuthor · BooksJean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃tɛlm bʁija savaʁɛ̃; 2 April 1755 – 2 February 1826) was a French lawyer and politician, who, as the author of Physiologie du goût (The Physiology of…
Jean-Nicolas BouillyAuthor · BooksJean-Nicolas Bouilly (24 January 1763 – 14 April 1842) was a French playwright, librettist, children's writer, and politician of the French Revolution.
Jeremy BenthamAuthor · BooksJeremy Bentham (4 February 1747/8 O.S. [15 February 1748 N.S.] – 6 June 1832) was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.
Joaquín María López y LópezAuthor · BooksJoaquín María López y López (15 August 1798 – 14 November 1855) was a Spanish politician, writer and journalist who served twice as the Prime Minister of Spain in 1843, during the reign of…
Johann Diederich GriesAuthor · BooksIllustration — Paper-cutout silhouette by Christian Duttenhofer (1778-1846)
John AdamsAuthor · BooksJohn Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801.
John DickinsonAuthor · Books
John Gibson LockhartAuthor · BooksJohn Gibson Lockhart (12 June 1794 – 25 November 1854) was a Scottish writer and editor.
John Quincy AdamsAuthor · BooksJohn Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829.
John WilsonAuthor · BooksIllustration — John Wilson c.1840
Joseph StoryAuthor · BooksJoseph Story (September18, 1779September10, 1845) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1812 to…
Karol Boromeusz HoffmanAuthor · BooksKarol Aleksander Boromeusz Hoffman (1798 – 6 July 1875) was a Polish political writer, historian, lawyer and publisher.
Louis-Antoine-François de MarchangyAuthor · BooksLouis Antoine François de Marchangy (25 August 1782 – 2 February 1826) was a French lawyer, author and politician.
Martin Van BurenAuthor · BooksMartin Van Buren (December 5, 1782July 24, 1862) was the eighth president of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841.
Pierre Louis RoedererAuthor · BooksComte Pierre Louis Roederer (15 February 1754 – 17 December 1835) was a French politician, economist, and historian, politically active in the era of the French Revolution and First French…
Pierre-Yves BarréAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Pierre-Yves Barré, 1804, by Jacques-Augustin-Catherine Pajou
Sylvain MaréchalAuthor · BooksSylvain Maréchal (15 August 1750 – 18 January 1803) was a French essayist, poet, philosopher and political theorist, whose views presaged utopian socialism and communism.[1] His views on a…
Thomas DayAuthor · BooksThomas Day (22 June 1748 – 28 September 1789) was an English writer, lawyer and abolitionist.
Thomas JeffersonAuthor · BooksThomas Jefferson (1743 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Father and the third president of the United States, serving from 1801 to 1809.
Washington IrvingAuthor · BooksWashington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.
Willem BilderdijkArtist · PaintingsWillem Bilderdijk (7 September 1756 – 18 December 1831) was a Dutch poet, historian, lawyer, and linguist.
William Cullen BryantAuthor · BooksWilliam Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New-York Evening Post.
William Warren BaldwinDesigner · DesignWilliam Warren Baldwin (April 25, 1775 – January 8, 1844) was a medical doctor, businessman, lawyer, judge, architect and reform politician in Upper Canada.
Wolfe ToneAuthor · BooksTheobald Wolfe Tone (Bhulbh Teón; 20 June 176319 November 1798), posthumously known as Wolfe Tone, was a revolutionary exponent of Irish independence and is an iconic figure for Irish…

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