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<html> <head> <title>Eponyms</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Eponyms LISTS A word derived from the name of a person. See also <a href="/lists/426/000072210/">Units of Measure</a>. <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/996/000178462/">Amelia Jenks Bloomer</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1818</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1894</tt></td> <td>Bloomers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/823/000031730/">George Boole</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1815</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1864</tt></td> <td>Inventor of Boolean Algebra</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/151/000208524/">Satyendra Nath Bose</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1894</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1974</tt></td> <td>Bose-Einstein condensates</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/256/000085001/">James Boswell</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Oct-1740</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1795</tt></td> <td>The Life of Samuel Johnson</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/104/000102795/">Charles Boyle</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1676</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-1731</tt></td> <td>4th Earl of Orrery</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/230/000117876/">Anthony Comstock</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1844</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1915</tt></td> <td>New York Society for the Suppression of Vice</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/142/000083890/">Louis Daguerre</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1787</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1851</tt></td> <td>Invented Daguerreotype photography</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/912/000031819/">Marquis de Sade</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-1740</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Dec-1814</tt></td> <td>120 Days of Sodom</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/724/000087463/">Euclid</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 365 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 275 BC</tt></td> <td>Father of geometry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/187/000022121/">R. Buckminster Fuller</a></td> <td><center>Architect</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jul-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-1983</tt></td> <td>Futurist, invented the geodesic dome</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/742/000091469/">Luigi Galvani</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1737</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Dec-1798</tt></td> <td>Explored bioelectical phenomena</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/640/000050490/">Elbridge Gerry</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1744</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1814</tt></td> <td>Patron saint of Gerrymandering</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/581/000203969/">Sylvester Graham</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-1794</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-1851</tt></td> <td>Graham crackers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/248/000024176/">John Maynard Keynes</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1946</tt></td> <td>Father of Keynesian economics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/682/000205067/">Charles Macintosh</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Dec-1766</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jul-1843</tt></td> <td>Invented the raincoat</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/418/000096130/">John Loudon McAdam</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1756</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1836</tt></td> <td>Macadam method of roads</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/948/000091675/">Franz Anton Mesmer</a></td> <td><center>Paranormal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-May-1734</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Mar-1815</tt></td> <td>Proponent of Animal Magnetism</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/596/000125221/">Ernesto Miranda</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1976</tt></td> <td>Miranda v. Arizona</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/386/000113047/">Osman I</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1258</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1326</tt></td> <td>Founder of the Ottoman Empire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/574/000213932/">Joseph P. Overton</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jan-1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jun-2003</tt></td> <td>The Overton Window</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/504/000179964/">Charles Ponzi</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jun-1949</tt></td> <td>Get-rich-quick schemes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/543/000092267/">Vidkun Quisling</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jul-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Oct-1945</tt></td> <td>Norwegian president, Nazi collaborator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/275/000203663/">Thomas D. Rice</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1808</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1860</tt></td> <td>Played "Jim Crow"</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/805/000140385/">Charles Richter</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Apr-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-1985</tt></td> <td>Groundbreaking seismologist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/182/000130789/">Leopold von Sacher-Masoch</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jan-1836</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1895</tt></td> <td>Venus in Furs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/035/000025957/">Rick Santorum</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1995-2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/730/000125355/">Henry Shrapnel</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-1761</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1842</tt></td> <td>Explosive artillery shell</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/891/000173372/">William Archibald Spooner</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jul-1844</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Aug-1930</tt></td> <td>Spoonerisms</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/931/000087670/">Vespasian</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Dec-37 AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jun-79 AD</tt></td> <td>Roman Emperor, 69-79 AD</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/438/000085183/">Amerigo Vespucci</a></td> <td><center>Explorer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1454</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1512</tt></td> <td>American eponym</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=91488" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/847/000000847/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/847/847/s847.jpg" width=128> Google Board Politics</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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