Anniversaries From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: January 13, 2000 | Copyright 2000 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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Births: Charles Perrault, collector and publisher of fairy tales, 1628; Paul Gavarni (Hippolyte-Guillaume-Sulpice Chevalier), caricaturist, 1804; Jacques-Alfred-Felix Clement, musicologist, 1822; Horatio Alger, clergyman and author of boys' books, 1834; Heinrich Johann Hofmann, pianist and composer, 1842; Charles Wellington Furse, painter, 1968; Prince Arthur Frederick Patrick, of Connaught, 1883; Louis de Rochemont, film producer and director, 1899; Oliver Hilary Samborne Messel, designer, 1905; Lord Willis (Edward Henry "Ted" Willis), playwright, 1918; Albert Lamorisse, film ...

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