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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a major Genevois philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution and the development of modern political, sociological and educational thought. His novel, *Emile: or, On Education*, which he considered his most important work, is a seminal treatise on the education of the whole person for citizenship. His sentimental novel, Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse, was of great importance to the development of pre-Romanticism and romanticism in fiction. Rousseau's autobiographical writings: his *Confessions*, which initiated the modern autobiography, and his *Reveries of a Solitary Walker* were among t…
Ernest Rhys
17 July 1859 – 25 May 1946
Ernest Percival Rhys, born in Islington in north London, was a Welsh-English writer and editor, best known for his role as founding editor of the *Everyman's Library* series of affordable classics. When Rhys died in London on 25 May 1946, 983 *Everyman* titles had been produced. He wrote essays, stories, poetry, novels and plays. Source: [Wikipedia]()
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