Abiel Holmes (December 24, 1763 June 4, 1837) was an American Congregational clergyman and historian in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He was the father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. and grandfather of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr..
Frederick Philip Grove (FPG) (Feb. 14, 1879 - 1948) was born Felix Paul Greve in Radomno, West Prussia, German Empire. He was best known as a prolific translator before he left Berlin for start a new life in North America in late July 1909. In 1912, he came to Manitoba, where he first taught school in Haskett, Winkler, Virden, Gladstone, & finally Rapid City, from where he emerged as a Canadian author in 1922. He died in 1948 on his estate in Simcoe, Ontario, where he had resided since 1930.
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (2 July 1724 14 March 1803) was a German poet.
Daniel is the central protagonist of the Book of Daniel. According to the biblical book, at a young age Daniel was carried off to Babylon where he became famous for interpreting dreams and rose to become one of the most important figures in the court.
Anzia Yezierska (c. 1880 - 1970) was a Polish-American novelist born in Maly Plock, Poland.
Antoine Augustin Calmet (26 February 1672 25 October 1757), French Benedictine, was born at Mnil-la-Horgne in Lorraine. He was educated at the Benedictine priory of Breuil in Commercy, and in 1688 joined the same order in the abbey of St-Mansuy at Toul, where he was admitted to profession 23 October of the following year. After his ordination, 17 March 1696, he was appointed to teach philosophy and theology at Moyenmoutier Abbey.
