English-born publisher who printed the first newspaper in America (1690) and also compiled the New England Primer (c.1688), the colonies' first textbook. |
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American composer known especially for his folk-inspired symphonies. |
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Ukrainian-born American linguist who revolutionized linguistic study by developing mathematical linguistics and by pioneering an effort to understand speech and writing in social context. |
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American writer and journalist who wrote Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings (1880) and its sequels. |
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