Anniversaries From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: January 2, 1998 | Copyright 1998 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Births: James Wolfe, general, 1727; Count Folke Bernadotte af Wisborg, soldier, humanitarian and diplomat, 1848; George Gilbert Aime Murray, classical scholar, 1866; Isaac Azimov, Russian-born biochemist and science-fiction writer, 1920. Deaths: Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), Roman poet, 17; Barthold Georg Niebuhr, historian, 1831; Fabian Gottlieb Bellingshausen, polar explorer, 1852; Sir George Biddell Airy, astronomer royal, 1892; Sir Edward Augustus Bond, librarian of the British Museum, 1898; Sabine Baring-Gould, clergyman and author, 1924; Eleanor Rathbone, social reformer, 1946; Dick ...

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