Oct 15
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844) It was on this date, October 15, 1844, that German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was born in Röcken, Saxony, the son of a Lutheran pastor who died when he was five. Brought up by pious relatives, Nietzsche was educated at the universities of Bonn (1864-65) and Leipzig (1864-68), becoming a professor at the …
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Oct 15
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1917) It was on this date, October 15, 1917, that American historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. was born in Columbus, Ohio. The son of a prominent American historian of the same name, Arthur Jr graduated from Harvard University in 1938, and became a professor of history at Harvard from 1946 to …
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