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* 1859 – Knut Hamsun, Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1952 )
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Alfred Edward Housman (; 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936 ), usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad.
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* 1952 – Knut Hamsun, Norwegian author, Nobel laureate ( b. 1859 )
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Skiing in Australia was first introduced by Norwegian miners in the goldrush town of Kiandra, New South Wales around 1859, near today's Selwyn Snowfields ski resort.
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Dionysius Lardner ( 3 April 1793-29 April 1859 ), was an Irish scientific writer who popularised science and technology, and edited the 133-volume Cabinet Cyclopedia.
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* Andy Adams ( writer ) ( 1859 – 1935 ), American writer of western fiction
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