Scottish-born British poet whose works, most notably The Seasons (1726-1730) and The Castle of Indolence (1748), presaged romanticism. |
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American composer and music critic. His works include the opera Four Saints in Three Acts (1934), with a libretto by Gertrude Stein. |
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British physicist who discovered the electron. He won a 1906 Nobel Prize for his investigations on the electrical conductivity of gases. |
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