Familiar Names

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J. Lechmere Guppy. A clergyman living in Trinidad. He sent several species of tropical fish to the British Museum, including a tiny species that now bears his name

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Thomas Crapper. No, he didn't invent the flush toilet, but did invent the ballcock.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crapper

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Dr. J. L. Guillotin....A French physician. Moved by mercy, he endorsed what he thought was a more humane method of execution than hanging. Ironically, the guillotine .....which he did not invent .....is now synonymous with needless and brutal slaughter.

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Jules Leotard....A renowned French acrobat of the 19th century. Designed and introduced the tight-fitting outfit " that does not hide your best features.

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Tom Collins. A 19th-century English bartender at Limmer's Old House in London.

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Racheal Rottencrotch...... famous Logan lady.

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Sally Suckemsilly.... Racheal's married sister.

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Amelia Jenks Bloomer..........An outspoken late-19th- century feminist. Did not invent bloomers, but advocated their use by women [instead of corsets and cumbersome hoopskirts].

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Nicholas Chauvin:......Fanatically loyal soldier in Napoleon's army. Inspired the word chauvinism .

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Cesar Ritz..........A Swiss hotelier. Founded a chain of fancy hotels, which he named after himself.

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Jean Nicot....French ambassador to Portugal in the 1550s. First brought tobacco to France. When nicotine was found in tobacco leaves in 1818, it was named after him.

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Henry Shrapnel...English artillery officer. Created the shell that helped beat Napoleon in 1815.

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Helen Porter "Melba" Mitchell. A celebrated opera singer whose professional name, Melba, was taken from her hometown of Melbourne, Australia. When she was dieting, she ate thin, crisp slices of bread now called Melba Toast. When she wasn't, she ate a desert called Peach Melba.

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Sylvester Graham...A food faddist of the early 1800s. Advocating vegetarianism and high fiber, he was called "the poet of the bran meal and pumpkins" by Ralph Waldo Emerson . His followers were called Grahamites , and the food he recommended included graham crackers and graham flour.

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Etienne de Silhouette.....Louis XIV's unpopular controller-general in 1759. He made shadow portraits, "recommending them for their cheapness," and they were named after him.

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Haile Selassie:.....The emperor of Ethiopia, known as "The Lions of Judah," his real name was Ras Tafari----which explains the origin of the term Rastafarian