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Black and white image of American writer Herman Melville.

Herman Melville

(1819 - 1891)

British author Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

(1689 - 1762)

English nurse Florence Nightingale.

Florence Nightingale

(1820 - 1910)

American landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

Frederick Law Olmsted

(1822 - 1903)

Black and white engraving of Roman poet Ovid in profile.

Ovid

(43 BC - c. 17)

Dorothy Parker working at her typewriter.

Dorothy Parker

(1893 - 1967)

Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa.

Fernando Pessoa

(1888 - 1935)

Color engraving of Italian poet, scholar, and humanist Petrarch.

Petrarch

(1304 - 1374)

Mosaic portrait of a bearded man in red holding a book

Marco Polo

(1254 - 1324)

American writer Dawn Powell.

Dawn Powell

(1896 - 1965)

Photograph of Marcel Proust looking pensive.

Marcel Proust

(1871 - 1922)

Marilynne Robinson

Black and white image of Roman philosopher and statesman Seneca the Younger.

Seneca the Younger

(4 BC - 65)

Polar explorer Ernest Shackleton.

Ernest Shackleton

(1874 - 1922)

Black and white photograph of American novelist John Steinbeck.

John Steinbeck

(1902 - 1968)

British writer Laurence Sterne.

Laurence Sterne

(1713 - 1768)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

(1811 - 1896)

Greek geographer and historian Strabo.

Strabo

(c. 64 BC - c. 25)

English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

(1809 - 1892)

British author and eccentric Philip Thicknesse.

Philip Thicknesse

(1719 - 1792)

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

(1817 - 1862)

Calvin Trillin standing in front of a refrigerator in a black and white photograph

Calvin Trillin

Black and white photograph of a young Mark Twain with dark hair.

Mark Twain

(1835 - 1910)

Portrait bust of Roman poet Virgil.

Virgil

(70 BC - 19 BC)