Most scholarly books we read for the information or insight they contain. But some we return to simply for the pleasure of the author's company.

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• George Bernard Shaw

  Playwright

  Saturday, Jul 26, 1856
  Thursday, Nov 02, 1950

• Pope Francis

  Thursday, Dec 17, 1936
  

• Lucy Larcom

  Poet

  Friday, Mar 05, 1824
  Monday, Apr 17, 1893

• Will Rogers

  Actor

  Tuesday, Nov 04, 1879
  Thursday, Aug 15, 1935

• Peter Drucker

  Author

  Friday, Nov 19, 1909
  Friday, Nov 11, 2005

• Soren Kierkegaard

  Philosopher

  Wednesday, May 05, 1813
  Sunday, Nov 11, 1855

• Benjamin Franklin

  Founding Father Of The United States

  Sunday, Jan 17, 1706
  Saturday, Apr 17, 1790

• Jean De La Bruyere

  Wednesday, Aug 16, 1645
  Thursday, May 10, 1696

• Thomas Sowell

  Economist

  Monday, Jun 30, 1930
  

• Oprah Winfrey

  Media Proprietor

  Friday, Jan 29, 1954
  

• Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Philosopher

  
  

• Charles Spurgeon

  Preacher

  Thursday, Jun 19, 1834
  Sunday, Jan 31, 1892

• Leonardo Da Vinci

  Painter

  Thursday, Apr 15, 1452
  Friday, May 02, 1519

• Aldous Huxley

  Writer

  Thursday, Jul 26, 1894
  Friday, Nov 22, 1963

• John Lewis

  U.s. Representative

  Wednesday, Feb 21, 1940