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David Brin : Author of Science Fiction, Winner of Locus, Campbell, and Nebula Awards, Graduate in Astronomy : American scientist and author of science fiction. He has won the Hugo, Locus, Campbell] and Nebula Awards. His novel The Postman was adapted into a 1997 feature film starring Kevin Costner. (From : Wikipedia.org.)
William Doyle : Prominent English Historian, Specialist in 18th Century France, Oxford Scholar, Lecturer at the University of York, Nottingham, and Bristol : A British historian, specialising in 18th-century France, who is most notable for his one-volume Oxford History of the French Revolution (1st edition, 1989; 2nd edition, 2002; 3rd edition, 2018). (From : Wikipedia.org.)
Adrian Derbyshire : Anti-Ableist and Anti-Bullying Champion : A former British international wheelchair fencer, ambassador for anti bullying, stigma and hate crime for the United Kingdom and CEO of The Adrian Derbyshire Foundation. He was a member of the Great Britain Fencing Squad, and British National Wheelchair Sabre champion of 2010 and has won 2 gold and 3 silver domestic medals. (From : Wikipedia.org.)
U.S. Administrator, Cabinet Officer, Attorney, Law Professor, and the Secretary of Labor Between 1962 and 1969 under the Administrations of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson : A U.S. administrator, cabinet officer, attorney, and law professor. He served as the Secretary of Labor between 1962 and 1969 under the administrations of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Wirtz was the last living member of Kennedy's cabinet. (From : Wikipedia.org.)
American-Canadian, Speculative Fiction Writer, Essayist, Pioneering Cyberpunk Author : An American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, his early works were noir, near-future stories that explored the effects of technology, cybernetics, and computer networks on humans?a "combination of lowlife and high tech"... (From : Wikipedia.org.)
British Scholar of English Literature and Intellectual History, WW1 British Army Veteran, King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge, and Later President of Pembroke College : British scholar of English literature and intellectual history. Having served in the British Army during the First World War, he rose to become King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge from 1946 and President of Pembroke College from 1958 to until his retirement in 1964. (From : Wikipedia.org.)
Grand, French Writer of Fiction, Moralist, and Creator of the Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Miserables : A French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the greatest French writers of all time. (From : Wikipedia.org.)
American Botanist, Paleontologist, and Sociologist, Served as the First President of the American Sociological Association, and the Original American Leader Promoting the Introduction of Sociology Courses into American Higher Education : An American botanist, paleontologist, and sociologist. He served as the first president of the American Sociological Association. In service of democratic development, polymath Lester Ward was the original American leader promoting the introduction of sociology courses into American higher education. His Enlightenment belief that institution-building could be scientifically informed was attractive to democratic intellectuals during the Progressive Era. (From : Wikipedia.org.)