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author, son of Archibald Smollett, who was youngest son of Sir James 

 Smollett (1648-1731). 



SNELL, WILLEBRORD (1591-1626) [44], a Dutch mathemati- 

 cian, the first to calculate the size of the earth, and the discoverer of 

 refraction of light. He was son of Rudolph Snell (1547-1613), a 

 mathematician and philologist. 



SOCRATES (B. C. 470-399), a Greek philosopher. 



SOLOMON (B. C. 1033-975) [52], King of Israel, son of David 

 (B. C. 1085-1015) [A 2 ], who was youngest son of Jesse. 



' SOPHOCLES (B. C. 496-406), a Greek tragic poet. 



SPALDING, MARTIN JOHN (1810-1872), an American arch- 

 bishop. 



SPENCER, HERBERT (1820), an English philosopher, son of 

 a teacher. 



SPENSER, EDMUND (1553-1599), an English poet. 



SPINOZA, BARUCH (1632-1677), a Dutch philosopher born in 

 Amsterdam of Jewish parents. His father was a Portuguese mer- 

 chant who fled to Holland to escape persecution. 



STAEL-HOLSTEIN, ANNE LOUISE GERMAINE NECKER 

 DE (1766-1817) [34], a French authoress, only child of Finance Min- 

 ister Necker (1732-1804). 



STEPHENS, ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1812-1883), an 

 American statesman, youngest son of Alexander B. Stephens, who 

 was son of Alexander Stephens (born about 1715 to 1725?) who set- 

 tled in Pennsylvania in 1746 and who was in England an adherent of 

 Prince Charles Edward. 



STEPHENSON, GEORGE (1781-1848), an English railway en- 

 gineer and inventor. At 18 he could not read. He was son of Robert 

 Stephenson, a fireman. His son Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) [22], 

 was also an engineer. 



STEVENS, EDWIN AUGUSTUS (1795-1868) [46], an Ameri- 

 can inventor and founder of Stevens' Institute of Technology, son of 

 John Stevens (1749-1838), an inventor. 



