The use of the term was first attributed to Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard ( 1813 – 1855 ).

* 1799 – Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor ( d. 1855 )

* 1777 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician ( d. 1855 )

* 1797 – Charles Robert Malden, English naval officer ( d. 1855 )

After 1890 came philosopher Josiah Royce ( 1855 – 1916 ), botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey ( 1858 – 1954 ), the Southern Agrarians of the 1920s and 1930s, novelist John Steinbeck ( 1902 – 1968 ), historian A. Whitney Griswold ( 1906 – 1963 ), environmentalist Aldo Leopold ( 1887 – 1948 ), Ralph Borsodi ( 1886 – 1977 ), and present-day authors Wendell Berry ( b. 1934 ), Gene Logsdon ( b. 1932 ), Paul Thompson, and Allan C. Carlson ( b. 1949 ).

* 1855 – The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.

* 1914 – Hubert Bland, English socialist, co-founder of the Fabian Society ( b. 1855 )

Four more children followed: Charlotte, ( 1816 – 1855 ), Patrick Branwell ( 1817 – 1848 ), Emily, ( 1818 – 1848 ) and Anne ( 1820 – 1849 ).

* 1855 – John Hodges, Australian cricketer ( d. 1933 )

* 1855 – Visit of Napoleon III to Guildhall, London

* 1816 – Charlotte Brontë, English author ( d. 1855 )

The Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister 1855 – 58, 1859 – 65

* Fernand Cabrol ( 1855 – 1937 )

The English Biblical scholar Robert Henry Charles ( 1855 – 1931 ) reasoned on internal textual grounds that the book was edited by someone who spoke no Hebrew and who wished to promote a different theology from John's.

Charles Robert Malden ( 9 August 1797 – 23 May 1855 ), was a nineteenth century British naval officer, surveyor and educator.

Joseph " Joe " Hunter ( 3 August 1855 – 4 January 1891 ) was a professional cricketer, who played 143 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1878 and 1888.

* Joe Wright ( greyhound trainer ), born in Waverton 1855

* 1660: Baron Windsor, called out of abeyance after 18 years ( the length of the English Civil War ); again in 1855 after 22 years.

Nicaragua's legal system also is a mixture of the English Common Law and the Civil Law through the influence of British administration of the Eastern half of the country from the mid-17th century until about 1905, the William Walker period from about 1855 through 1857, USA interventions / occupations during the period from 1909 to 1933, the influence of USA institutions during the Somoza family administrations ( 1933 through 1979 ) and the considerable importation between 1979 and the present of USA culture and institutions.

Charlotte Brontë (; 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855 ) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood, whose novels are English literature standards.

Ten years later, limited liability, the key provision of modern corporate law, passed into English law: in response to increasing pressure from newly emerging capital interests, Parliament passed the Limited Liability Act 1855, which established the principle that any corporation could enjoy limited legal liability on both contract and tort claims simply by registering as a " limited " company with the appropriate government agency.

This prompted the English periodical The Economist to write in 1855 that " never, perhaps, was a change so vehemently and generally demanded, of which the importance was so much overrated.

* 1787 – Mary Russell Mitford, English writer ( d. 1855 )

* 1855 – George Charles Haité, English designer, painter, and illustrator ( d. 1924 )

* 1763 – Samuel Rogers, English poet ( d. 1855 )

An English version of this was published by Novello in 1855.

* 1924 – Isabella Ford, English activist and writer ( b. 1855 )

* 1855 – Mary Russell Mitford, English novelist and dramatist ( b. 1787 )

* 1855 – Isabella Ford, English activist ( d. 1924 )

* 1789 – William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist ( d. 1855 )

According to his The New York Times obituary published on April 3, 1872, Morse received respectively the decoration of the Atiq Nishan-i-Iftikhar ( English: Order of Glory ) medal on wearer's right depicted in photo of Morse with medals, set in diamonds, from the Sultan Ahmad I ibn Mustafa of Turkey ( c. 1847 ), a golden snuff box containing the Prussian gold medal for scientific merit from the King of Prussia ( 1851 ); the Great Gold Medal of Arts and Sciences from the King of Württemberg ( 1852 ); and the Great Golden Medal of Science and Arts from Emperor of Austria ( 1855 ); a cross of Chevalier in the Légion d ' honneur from the Emperor of France ; the Cross of a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog from the King of Denmark ( 1856 ); the Cross of Knight Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, from the Queen of Spain, besides being elected member of innumerable scientific and art societies in this States and other countries.

* 1855 – William Friese-Greene, English photographer ( d. 1921 )

* 1855 – Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author ( d. 1895 )

* December 16 – Mary Russell Mitford, English novelist and dramatist ( d. 1855 )

* October 8 – William John Swainson an English naturalist and artist ( d. 1855 )

* December 19 – William Edward Parry, English Arctic explorer ( d. 1855 )

* James Bennett ( cricketer ) ( 1775 – 1855 ), English professional cricketer

* James King ( cricketer ) ( 1855 –?

* John Hodges ( 1855 – 1933 ), Australian cricketer

Walter William Read ( born 23 November 1855 in Reigate, Surrey, died 6 January 1907 in Addiscombe Park, Surrey ) was an English cricketer, who was a fluent right hand bat.

Robert Edwin Bush ( 11 October 1855 – 29 December 1939 ) was a first-class cricketer for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club from 1874 to 1877, and from 1890 to 1893 was a member of Western Australia's first Legislative Council under responsible government.

John Robart Hodges, an Australian cricketer, was born in Knightsbridge, London on 11 August 1855 and is believed to have died on 17 January 1933 in Melbourne, Victoria in his adopted country.

John Shuter ( 9 February 1855 Thornton Heath, Surrey, England – 5 July 1920, Blackheath, Kent, England ) was a cricketer who played for England and Surrey in the late 19th century.

") Webbe ( 16 January 1855 in Bethnal Green, London, England – 19 February 1941 at Fulvens Farm, Hoe, Abinger Hammer, Surrey, England ) was a cricketer who played for Oxford University and Middlesex.

Edmund (" Ted ") Peate ( Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, 2 March 1855 – 11 March 1900 in Newlay, Horsforth, Yorkshire ) was an English professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire and England.

Richard (" Dick ") Pilling ( 11 August 1855 in Old Warden, Bedfordshire, England – 28 March 1891 in Old Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire, England ) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club and England.

George John Bonnor ( born 25 February 1855 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia ; died 27 June 1912 in East Orange, New South Wales ) was an Australian cricketer, known for his big hitting, who played between 1880 and 1888.

James ( Jim ) Slight ( 20 October 1855 in Geelong – 9 December 1930 in Elsternwick, Melbourne ) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1880.

Samuel Morris ( 22 June 1855 in Hobart – 20 September 1931 in Albert Park, Victoria ) was an Australian cricketer who played in 1 Test in 1885.

* Samuel Morris ( 1855 – 1931 ), Australian cricketer