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Birthdays occurring on February, 8
| 1577 |
Robert Burton was born on February 8, 1577
English writer and clergyman, 1577-1640A good husband makes a good wife More quotations from Robert Burton |
| 1819 |
John Ruskin was born on February 8, 1819
English writer and critic of art, architecture, and society, 1819-1900There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey. More quotations from John Ruskin |
| 1820 |
William Tecumseh Sherman was born on February 8, 1820
American Civil War general and a major architect of modern warfare. 1820-1891War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over. More quotations from William Tecumseh Sherman |
| 1828 |
Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828
French author whose writings laid much of the foundation of modern science fiction. 1828-1905To those who were not familiar with the motions of the moon, they demonstrated that she possesses two distinct motions, the first being that of rotation upon her axis, the second being that of revolution round the earth, accomplishing both together in an equal period of time, that is to say, in twenty-seven and one-third days. More quotations from Jules Verne |
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