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August Nordenskiöld August Nordenskiöld (1754-1792)was a fenno-swedish alchemist. He was supported by the king of Sweden, Gustav III, in his efforts to find the "Philosopher's Stone", or "lapis philosophorum", in order to create gold.
August Orth August (Friedrich Wilhelm) Orth (25 July 1828 in Windhausen by Braunschweig; 11 May 1901 in Berlin) was a German architect. He was employed by the Strousberg family to provide architectural service for their private accommodation and business ventures.
August Pauly August Friedrich von Pauly (May 9, 1796, Benningen am Neckar - May 2, 1845, Stuttgart) was a teacher who began the first edition of the classical encyclopedia Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, whose later editions are commonly known as the Pauly-Wissowa. Pauly died while working on the fourth volume.
August Philip of Limburg Stirum August Philipp Karl of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Stirum and Bronckhorst, was born in 1721, son of Otto Leopold Count von Limburg Styrum und Bronckhorst, Lord of Gemen and Raesfeld (born 1688, died 1754) and Anna Elisabeth countess of Schönborn (born 1686, died 1757).
August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Beck August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, was born on November 11, 1612 in Sonderborg. He was the son of Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and Dorothea von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
August Reichensperger August Reichensperger (1808–1895), German politician, was born at Koblenz on 22 March 1808, studied law and entered government service, becoming counsellor to the court of appeal (Appellationsgerichtsrat) at Cologne in 1849. He was a member of the German parliament at Frankfurt in 1848, when he attached himself to the Right, and of the Erfurt parliament in 1850, when he voted against the Prussian Union.
August Revolution On August 19, 1945 Vietnamese Communist forces led by Hồ Chí Minh began the August Revolution (Vietnamese: Cách mạng tháng Tám). The term Revolution does not accurately reflect the situation, as there was no revolution or even an uprising.
August Sabe August Sabe (September 1, 1909 – September 27, 1978) was the last surviving Estonian member of the Forest Brothers, a group of rebels in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania who fought against the Soviets for the liberation of the three nations. Sabe hid in the forests of Estonia, living off of the land like other Forest Brothers.
August Sauthoff The physician and psychiatrist Dr. August Sauthoff (March 24, 1876 – September 19, 1950), son of a German immigrant and brother of Harry Sauthoff, was clinical director and assistant superintendent of the Mendota State Hospital for the Insane in Madison, Wisconsin.
August Söderman Johan August Söderman (17 July 1832, Stockholm–10 February 1876, Stockholm) was the first Swedish composer of the Romantic generation, known especially for his lieder and choral works, based on folk material, and for his theatre music.
August Seydler August Jan Bedřich Seydler (AKA August Johann Friedrich Seydler) (1849-1891) was a distinguished Czech astronomer, theoretical physicist, and professor at Charles University in Prague. He was the founder of the Astronomical Institute of the Czech University (1886).
August Schell Brewing Company The August Schell Brewing Company is a brewing company in New Ulm, Minnesota. It was founded by German immigrants August Schell and Jacob Bernhardt in 1860 and passed into the possession of the Schell family in 1866.
August Schleicher August Schleicher (February 19, 1821 – December 6, 1868) was a German linguist. His great work was A Compendium of the Comparative Grammar of the Indo-European Languages, in which he attempted to reconstruct the Proto-Indo-European language.
August Schynse August Schynse (1857-91) was a German Catholic missionary and African explorer born at Wallhausen, near Kreuznach, and educated at Bonn. He attended the seminary at Speyer, became a priest in 1880, and in 1882 entered the service of the African Mission and was active in work in Algeria.
August Silberstein August Karl Silberstein (July 1 1827 – March 7 1900) was an Austrian writer, born in Ofen, Budapest (now Hungary) who was educated at the University of Vienna and supported the 1848 revolts in Austria-Hungary with his articles in the German satire periodical Leuchtkugeln,Leuchtkugeln from www.haraldfischerverlag.
August SpĂĄngberg August SpĂĄngberg (March 29, 1893 - June 19, 1987) was a Swedish labor politician. He was a member of the Riksdag (Swedish parliament), elected initially as a Swedish Communist and later as a Social Democratic.
August Stramm August Stramm (July 29, 1874–September 1, 1915) was a German poet and playwright who is considered one of the first of the expressionists. He also served in the German Army and was killed in action during World War I.
August Toepler August Joseph Ignaz Toepler (September 7, 1836, BrĂĽhl bei Bonn - March 6, 1912, Dresden) was a German physicist known for his experiments in electrostatics. In 1864 he applied Foucault's knife-edge test for telescope mirrors to the analysis of fluid flow and the shock wave.
August von der Heydt August von der Heydt (1801-1874) was an influential German economist. During the Revolution of 1848 he was appointed as Minister to the newly created Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Prussia by King Frederick William IV of Prussia and King William I.
August von Fligely August von Fligely (26 September 1811 – 12 April 1879) was an Austrian Field Marshal Second Lieutenant, comparable to Lieutenant-General in the United States Army, and a geographer. A pioneer in arc measurement thory, he provided for the creation of quality maps in the third land survey of Austria-Hungary.
August von Pettenkofen August von Pettenkofen (1821-1889), Austrian painter, born in Vienna, was brought up on his father's estate in Galicia. Having decided to give up the military career on which he had started, he devoted himself to painting, taking for his subjects the simple scenes of the life on the dreary Puszta.
August von Senarclens de Grancy Baron August Ludwig von Senarclens de Grancy (19 August 1794 - 3 October 1871) was born at Schloss Etoy, the son of Baron Cesar August von Senarclens. He became Grand Master of stables of the Grand Duke of Hesse, Major General, Knight of Honor and Devotion in the Order of Malta, and, most notably, the father of two of his employer's wife's children, and thereby an ancestor of the current heir apparent to the throne of the United Kingdom.
August Wilhelm Iffland August Wilhelm Iffland (April 19, 1759–September 22, 1814) was a German actor and dramatic author. His father intended him to be a clergyman, but Iffland preferred the stage, and at eighteen ran away to Gotha in order to prepare himself for a theatrical career.
August Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Bevern August Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Bevern (1715–1781), Prussian soldier, son of Ernst Ferdinand, duke of Brunswick-Bevern, was born at Brunswick in 1715, and entered the Prussian army in 1731, becoming colonel of an infantry regiment in 1739. He won great distinction at the battle of Hohenfriedberg as a major-general, and was promoted lieutenant-general in 1750.
August Willich August von Willich (November 19, 1810 – January 22, 1878) was a military officer in the Prussian army and a leading early proponent of Communism in Germany. He later emigrated to the United States and became a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
August Wilson August Wilson (April 27, 1945—October 2, 2005) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. His singular achievement and literary legacy is a cycle of ten plays, each set in a different decade, depicting the comedy and tragedy of the African American experience in the 20th century.
August Wilson Center for African American Culture August Wilson Center for African American Culture is a nonprofit arts organization that presents performing and visual arts programs that celebrate the contributions of African Americans in Western Pennsylvania.
August Zaleski August Zaleski (1883-1972) was a Polish economist, politician and diplomat. Twice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, he served as the President of Poland within the Polish Government in Exile.
Augusta and Knoxville Railroad The Augusta and Knoxville Railroad was built in 1882 and built 67 miles of track between Augusta, GA and Greenwood, SC. In 1883, it was merged with the Port Royal and Augusta Railway to become Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad.
Augusta Bagiennorum Augusta Bagiennorum, in Italy's modern province of Cuneo, in the region of Piemonte, in Antiquity the chief town of the Ligurian tribe of the Bagienni, is probably identical with the modern Bene Vagienna, on the upper course of the Tanaro, about 35 miles due south of Turin. The town retained its position as a tribal centre in the reorganization of Roman Emperor Octavian, whose title Augustus is part of its name as a colony, and was erected on a systematic plan.
Augusta Barter Augusta Barter (née Blundon) (1909 – July 8, 1999) is a Canadian nurse. She was noted for her care and compassion as she attended to her patients in the face of limited resources and lack of doctors in rural Newfoundland.
Augusta Belt Railway The Augusta Belt Railway was incorporated in 1896 and was a susidiary of the Georgia Railroad. It ran six miles of track as a switching company in Augusta, GA all the way through 1975, at which time it was dissolved.
Augusta Emma Stetson Augusta Emma Stetson (née Simmons) (1842-1928) was an American Christian Science leader, born at Waldoboro, Me. She studied at the Blish School of Oratory in Boston, and in 1884 received the degree of Doctor of Christian Science (C.
Augusta FireBall Augusta FireBall United, more commonly known as simply Augusta FireBall, were an American soccer team, founded in 2005. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2006, when the team left the league and the franchise was terminated.
Augusta Leigh The Honourable Augusta Byron, later The Honourable Augusta Leigh (January 26, 1783 - October 12, 1851), was the only daughter of John "Mad Jack" Byron, the poet Lord Byron's father, by his first wife, Amelia Osborne, Baroness Conyers in her own right, the divorced wife of Francis, Marquis of Carmarthen, who was later to become 5th Duke of Leeds.
Augusta Military Academy The Augusta Military Academy was a secondary education military academy in Augusta County, Virginia, established in 1865 by Confederate Veteran Charles S. Roller as the Augusta Male Academy, and formally became a military academy in 1880.
Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club, a private golf club in Augusta, Georgia, is one of the most famous and exclusive golf clubs in the world and is considered Bobby Jones' masterpiece. It is the site of the annual Masters Tournament.
Augusta Praetoria Salassorum Augusta Praetoria Salassorum (mod. Aosta), ancient town of Italy in the district of the Salassi, founded Augustus about 24 BC on the site of the camp of Varro arena, who subdued this tribe in 25 BC, and settled with 3000 praetorians.
Augusta Savage Augusta Savage née Augusta Christine Fells (born February 29, 1892 in Green Cove Springs, Florida; died March 26, 1962 in New York City) was an African American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
Augusta Southern Railroad The Augusta Southern Railroad was established in 1893 through a reorganization of the Augusta, Gibson and Sandersville Railroad. The railroad acquired the Sandersville and Tennille Railroad in 1894 and then in 1897 was leased by the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad.
Augusta Stallions The Augusta Stallions were one of the 15 original teams to join the inaugural 2000 AF2 season. They started off in the American Conference, before switching to the Southeast Division in 2001, and then the Eastern Division in 2002.
Augusta Stone Church Augusta Stone Church is a Presbyterian place of worship located in Augusta County in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the unincorporated community of Fort Defiance. The church was one of two meeting houses established by The Congregation of the Triple Forks of the Shenandoah in the year 1740.
Augusta Technical College Augusta Technical College is a two-year college based in Augusta, Georgia. It was founded in 1961 as Augusta Area Vocational-Technical School, was merged with Richmond Area Vocational School in 1966 and renamed to Augusta Area Technical School.
Augusta Theodosia Drane Augusta Theodosia Drane (29 December 1823–29 April 1894) was an English writer, born at Bromley, near Bow. Brought up in the Anglican creed, she was influenced by the Tractarian teaching at Torquay; and joined the Roman Catholic Church about 1850.
Augusta Victoria Augusta Victoria is the common name for a prominent hospital, church, and tower in Jerusalem, between the Mount of Olives and Mount Scopus. It constitutes one of the three landmark towers that mark the ridge denoting the eastern boundary of Jerusalem.
Augusta, Gibson and Sandersville Railroad The Augusta, Gibson and Sandersville Railroad was incorporated in 1884 and began operating from Augusta, GA to Stapleton, GA in 1885. In 1893, it went bankrupt and was reorganized as the Augusta Southern Railroad.
Augusta, Lady Gregory Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (15 March 1852–22 May 1932), née Isabella Augusta Persse, was an Anglo-Irish dramatist and folklorist. With William Butler Yeats and others, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre, and wrote numerous short works for both companies.
Augusta, Western Australia Augusta is a town on the south-west coast of Western Australia, where the Blackwood River emerges into Flinders Bay. It is the nearest town to Cape Leeuwin, on the furthest south-west corner of the Australian continent.
Augustalia The Augustalia was a festival at Rome, in commemoration of the day on which Augustus returned to Rome, after he had established peace over the different parts of the empire. It was first established in the year of Rome 735, after he had ended all his wars, and settled the affairs with Sicily, Greece, Asia, Syria, and the Parthians.
Augustan drama Augustan drama can refer to the dramas of Ancient Rome during the reign of Caesar Augustus, but it most commonly refers to the plays of Great Britain in the early eighteenth century, a subset of eighteenth century Augustan literature. King George I referred to himself as "Augustus," and the poets of the era took this reference as apropos, as the literature of Rome during Augustus moved from historical and didactic poetry to the poetry of highly finished and sophisticated epics and satire.
Augustan literature Augustan literature is a style of English literature whose origins correspond roughly with the reigns of Queen Anne, King George I, and George II. In contemporary critical parlance, it refers to the literature of 1700 up to approximately 1760 (or, for some, 1789).
Augustan poetry Augustan poetry is the poetry that flourished during the reign of Caesar Augustus as Emperor of Rome, most notably including the works of Virgil, Horace, and Ovid. This poetry was more explicitly political than the poetry that had preceded it, and it was distinguished by a greater degree of satire.
Augustan prose Augustan prose is somewhat ill-defined, as the definition of "Augustan" relies primarily upon changes in taste in poetry. However, the general time represented by Augustan literature saw a rise in prose writing as high literature.
Augustan Society The Augustan Society, headquartered in Daggett, CA, was founded in 1957 (1) to preserve material related to heraldry, genealogy, and orders of chivalry, and (2) to further chivalric ideals in society. The Society's library contains approximately 100,000 items.
Augustana (band) Augustana is a band that was originally formed when its first members met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois. Dan Layus and Josiah Rosen had found some success with their music, so they decided to quit school and move to Los Angeles with the hope of becoming a successful, professional band.
Augustana College (Illinois) Augustana College is a small liberal arts college, with a current enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. Covering 115 acres (465,000 m²) of hilly, wooded land, Augustana is adjacent to the Mississippi River in Rock Island, Illinois.
Augustana College (South Dakota) Augustana College is a private, liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and located on a rolling 100-acre (400,000 m²) campus in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Augustana’s name is from the origin of the Lutheran Church in the Confessio Augustana, the Latin name for the Augsburg Confession of 1530.
Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church The Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church (previously the Augustana Lutheran Synod) was a Lutheran church body in the United States that was one of the churches that merged into the Lutheran Church in America (LCA) in 1962. It had its roots among the Swedish immigrants in the 19th century.
Augustana University College Augustana University College was a Lutheran college in Camrose, Alberta, Canada, from 1910 to 2004. Currently (as of July 1, 2004) known as the Augustana Faculty of the University of Alberta, it began its operations in 1910 under the name Camrose Lutheran College.
Augustín Fernández Muñoz, Duke of Riansares Don Augustin Fernandez Muñoz, Duke of Riansares (es: Don Augustín Fernández Muñoz, duque de Riansares) (1808 or 1810- 11 September, 1873), morganatic husband of Maria Christina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, queen and regent of Spain, was born at Tarancón, in the province of Cuenca, in New Castile. His father was the keeper of an estanco or office for the sale of the tobacco of the government monopoly.
Auguste (ship) The Auguste was a full rigged sailing ship and, in September 1761, she was made ready to transport French exiles and prisoners of war from Montreal to France. For this sailing, she was under the command of Joseph Knowles, an English sea captain.
Auguste and Louis Lumière The Lumière brothers, Auguste Marie Louis Nicholas (19 October 1862, Besançon, France – 10 April 1954, Lyon) and Louis Jean (5 October 1864, Besançon, France – 6 June 1948, Bandol), were among the earliest filmmakers. (Appropriately, "lumière" translates as "light" in English.
Auguste Ambroise Tardieu The son of French artist and mapmaker Ambroise Tardieu, Auguste Ambroise Tardieu (1818-1879) became the pre-eminent forensic medical scientist of the mid-19th century. He was President of the French Academy of Medicine, as well as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Professor of Legal Medicine at the University of Paris.
Auguste Bravais Auguste Bravais (1811–1863) was a French physicist. He pointed out in 1845, that there are 14 unique Bravais lattices in three dimensions crystalline systems, adjusting the previously existent result (15 lattices) by Frankheim, obtained three years before.
Auguste Cavadini Auguste Cavadini was a French sport shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won a bronze medal with the military rifle team.
Auguste Comte Auguste Comte (full name: Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte; January 17, 1798 - September 5, 1857) was a French thinker who coined the term "sociology." He is remembered for being the first to apply the scientific method to the social world.
Auguste Escoffier Georges Auguste Escoffier (28 October 1846 – 12 February 1935) was a French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer who popularized and updated traditional French cooking methods. He is a near-legendary figure among chefs and gourmets, and was one of the most important leaders in the development of modern French cuisine.
Auguste Henri Vildieu Auguste Henri Vildieu was the French architectural adjutant in Hanoi while that city was an administrative center for the French colony of Indochina. Vildieu constructed several grand European-style buildings for the colonial government, including:
Auguste Macarty Auguste Macarty (sometimes anglicized as McCarty or McCarthy) was mayor of New Orleans from September 7, 1815 to May 1, 1820. He was a member of an influential Creole family allied by marriage to Esteban Rodríguez Miró, one of the last Spanish Governors of Louisiana.
Auguste Mariette The French scholar and archaeologist François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette (February 11, 1821 – January 19, 1881) was the foremost Egyptologist of his generation, and the founder of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Auguste Ottin Auguste-Louis-Marie Jenks Ottin (Paris 1811–Paris 1890) was a French academic sculptor, a pupil of David d'Angers. He was a friend of Théodore Chassériau, a pupil in the atélier of Ingres, whose black chalk portrait of Ottin, 1833, was given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, in 2006.
Auguste Pahl Auguste Pahl (November 23, 1855 - July 24, 1965) was a German centenarian and the oldest recognised living person in the world between May 25, 1963 and her death at age 109. She was the last person to be called the "oldest living person" dying before reaching supercentenarian status.
Auguste Perret Auguste Perret (February 12, 1874 - February 25, 1954) was a French architect and a leader and specialist in concrete construction. In 2005 his post-WWII reconstruction of Le Havre was declared by UNESCO one of the World Heritage Sites.
Auguste Renaud Auguste Renaud (October 18 1835 – July 7 1897) was a New Brunswick farmer and political figure. He represented Kent in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Liberal member and was the first Acadian elected to the House of Commons.
Auguste Rodin Auguste Rodin (born François-Auguste-René Rodin; November 12, 1840 – November 17, 1917) was a French sculptor, and one of the preeminent sculptors of the modern era. He played a pivotal role in redefining sculpture in the late nineteenth century, both excelling at and transcending the academic Beaux-Arts tradition.
Auguste Serrurier Auguste Serrurier was a French competitor in the sport of archery. Serrurier competed in two events, taking second place in both the Sur la Perche Ă  la Herse and the Sur la Perche Ă  la Pyramide competitions.
Auguste Tolbeque Auguste Tolbeque(1830-1919) was a French 'cellist who composed etudes for his instrument. He taught at the Marseille Conservatory from 1865-1871, and then joined the Concerts du Conservertoire orchestra in Paris.
Auguste Vacquerie Auguste Vacquerie (1819-1895), French journalist and man of letters, was born at Villequier (Seine Inferieure) on 19 November 1819. He was from his earliest days an admirer of Victor Hugo, with whom he was connected by the marriage of his brother Charles with LĂ©opoldine Hugo.
Auguste Vachon Auguste Georges Vachon, AIH, FRHSC is a Canadian officer of arms. He held the post of Saint-Laurent Herald of Arms in Ordinary at the Canadian Heraldic Authority from its foundation in 1988 until his retirement in 2000.
Auguste Vaillant Auguste Valliant, french anarchist most famous for his bomb attack on the french Chamber of Deputies in 1893. The government's reaction to this attack was the passing of the infamous repressive Lois scélérates.
Auguste Victor Louis Verneuil Auguste Victor Louis Verneuil (1856-1913) was a French chemist best known for inventing the first commercially viable process for the manufacture of synthetic gemstones. In 1902 he discovered the "flame fusion" process, today called the Verneuil Process, which remains in use today as an inexpensive means of making artificial corundum, or rubies.
Auguste-Louis-Albéric, prince d'Arenberg Auguste-Louis-Albéric, prince d'Arenberg (15 September 1837–24 January 1924) was a French noble and monarchist politician. Third son of Pierre d'Alcantara Charles Marie, duc d'Arenberg and Alix de Talleyrand-Périgord, he inherited his father's title because of his older brothers' premature deaths.
Auguste-Réal Angers Sir Auguste-Réal Angers, PC (4 October 1837 – 14 April 1919) was a Canadian judge and parliamentarian, holding seats both as a member of the Canadian House of Commons, and as a Senator. He was born in 1837 probably in Quebec City and died in Westmount, Quebec in 1919.
Augusten Burroughs Augusten Xon Burroughs (born Christopher Robison on October 23, 1965 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American writer noted for his New York Times best-selling memoir Running with Scissors (2002), which spawned a feature film of the same name written and directed by Ryan Murphy and starring Joseph Cross as Burroughs.
Augustenborg Augustenborg (German: Augustenburg), is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in South Jutland County on the island of Als off the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 53 km², and has a total population of 6,577 (2005).
Augustin Barruel Abbé Augustin Barruel (October 2, 1741 - October 5, 1820) was a Jesuit priest mostly known for documenting the conspiracy theory involving the Bavarian Illuminati and the Jacobins in his book Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism (original title Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire du Jacobinisme) published in 1797. In short, Barruel wrote that the French Revolution was planned and executed by the secret societies.
Augustin Bonnetty Augustin Bonnetty (born Entrevaux (dept. of Basses-Alpes), 9 May, 1798, died at Paris, 26 March, 1879) was a French writer who founded and edited "Annales de philosophie chrétienne" from 1930 until his death.
Augustin Cardinal Bea His Eminence Augustin Cardinal Bea, SJ (28 May 1881 – 16 November 1968) was a German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as the President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity from 1960 to 1968.
Augustin Ehrensvärd Count Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710-1772) was a Swedish military architect, a lieutenant colonel in the artillery. In 1747, he was chosen by king Frederick I of Sweden to design and construct a maritime fortress near Helsinki in Finland, then a part of the Kingdom of Sweden.
Augustin Hadelich Augustin Hadelich is the winner of the 2006 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Born in Italy in 1984, the son of German parents, he has established himself as a commanding and eloquent voice among the new generation of violinists.
Augustin Charpentier In 1891 the first experiment providing evidence of the size-weight illusion was done by Augustin Charpentier, a french physician. He carried out a various number of procedures comparing what people thought was the heaviness of lifted weights.
Augustin Keller Augustin Keller (November 10, 1805 - January 8, 1883) was a Swiss politician and a co-founder of the Christkatholische Kirche, the Old Catholic Church in Switzerland. He is considered to have started the Monastery dispute of Aargau (German: Aargauer Klosterstreit) and was therefore responsible for the abolishment of all monasteries in Aargau in 1841.
Augustin Louis Cauchy Augustin Louis Cauchy (August 21, 1789 – May 23,1857) was a French mathematician. He started the project of formulating and proving the theorems of calculus in a rigorous manner and was thus an early pioneer of analysis.
Augustin Marie Morvan Augustin Marie Morvan (1819 - 1897) was a French physician, politician, and writer. He is best-known for treating the first recorded case of the eponymous Morvan's syndrome, a rare neurological disorder in which the patient suffers from acute insomnia.
Augustin Schramm Major Augustin Schram (March 2, 1907, Liberec – May 27, 1948, Prague) was a Czechoslovakian communist professional and NKVD agent. He was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) in 1930s.
Augustin-Jean Fresnel Augustin-Jean Fresnel (pronounced [] in AmE (or fray-NELL), [] in French) (May 10, 1788 – July 14, 1827), was a French physicist who contributed significantly to the establishment of the theory of wave optics. Fresnel studied the behaviour of light both theoretically and experimentally.
Augustine Baker Fr Augustine Baker OSB (1575-1641) was a well-known Benedictine mystic and an ascetic writer. Born David Baker at Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, December 9 1575, his father was William Baker, steward to Lord Abergavenny, and his mother was a daughter of Lewis ap John (alias Wallis), Vicar of Abergavenny.
Augustine Eguavoen Augustine Eguavoen (born August 19, 1965 in Benin City, Nigeria) is the former coach of the Nigerian national football team (the Super Eagles). He was once a player himself and was part of the successful 1994 squad that qualified Nigeria for her maiden World Cup, won the African Nations Cup in the same year, and most noticeable of all, had a very impressive World Cup outing during which they finished 9th.
Augustine Francis Schinner Augustine Francis Schinner (May 1, 1863 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin-February 7,1937 in Milwaukee and was buried there) was a Roman Catholic bishop. He was the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin; he was the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane, Washington.
Augustine Henry Shepperd Augstine Henry Shepperd (1792 - 1864) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Rockford, North Carolina, February 24, 1792; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Surry County, North Carolina; member of the State house of representatives 1822-1826; elected to the Twentieth through Twenty-third Congresses and elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1839); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Twenty-first Congress), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Twenty-second Congress), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures (Twenty-seventh Congress); elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-

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