People

died 239 BCE

Spendius was a former slave and one of the principal rebel commanders in the Mercenary War against Carthage. He helped turn a pay dispute into a […]

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1750–1831

Stephen Girard was a French-born merchant, shipowner and banker who became one of the wealthiest men in the early United States. During the 1793 yellow fever […]

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1733–1817

Sugita Genpaku was a physician serving the Obama Domain and one of the leading pioneers of Rangaku, or Dutch studies, in eighteenth-century Japan. Working with Maeno […]

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85 BCE–53 BCE

Surena was a Parthian nobleman and commander from one of the empire’s great aristocratic houses. In 53 BC he led the army that defeated Marcus Crassus […]

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1503–1545

Susannah Hornebolt was a Flemish-born artist who worked at the Tudor court and is often identified as the first woman known to have been employed as […]

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963–1014

Sweyn Forkbeard was king of Denmark and a major Viking ruler who fought for control of Norway and repeatedly invaded England. In 1013 he drove Æthelred […]

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Takuan Sōhō is represented in the linked historical fiction through exploration, travel and cultural encounter. These works approach the figure through the surrounding events, relationships and […]

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Tamar was a daughter of King David whose assault by Amnon becomes a central episode in the crisis of David’s household. Absalom’s revenge for her treatment […]

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1851–1918

Taytu Betul was empress of Ethiopia and wife of Menelik II. She was politically influential at court and is remembered for her role in resisting Italian […]

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died 1862

Tej Singh was a senior Sikh commander during the First Anglo-Sikh War. He commanded at major battles including Ferozeshah and Sobraon, where his conduct became the […]

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