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Pretty-shield

(1856 - 1944)

David Quammen

John D. Rockefeller Jr.

(1874 - 1960)

Black and white photograph of former President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt.

Theodore Roosevelt

(1858 - 1919)

Chris Rose

Portrait of Swiss-born philosopher, writer, and political theorist Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

(1712 - 1778)

Carl Sagan

(1934 - 1996)

Man with a gray goatee wearing a checked shirt standing outdoors

Eric Schlosser

Engraving of William Shakespeare from the first folio edition.

William Shakespeare

(1564 - 1616)

British author Mary Shelley.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

(1797 - 1851)

English poet Edmund Spenser.

Edmund Spenser

(1552 - 1599)

Photograph of Native American author and educator Luther Standing Bear.

Luther Standing Bear

(1868 - 1939)

Black and white photograph of American novelist John Steinbeck.

John Steinbeck

(1902 - 1968)

Steven Stoll

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

(1667 - 1745)

Theocritus

(c. 300 BC - c. 260 BC)

Lewis Thomas

(1913 - 1993)

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

(1817 - 1862)

Frederick Turner

Frederick Jackson Turner

(1861 - 1932)

Jules Verne

Jules Verne

(1828 - 1905)

Portrait bust of Roman poet Virgil.

Virgil

(70 BC - 19 BC)

Vitruvius

(c. 80 BC - 15 BC)

Wang Wei

(701 - 761)