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This week's featured author pagesCharles Dickens (1812 - 1870) -- one of the most popular novelists of all time, whose writings combined a range of extraordinary qualities
Zeno of Citium (334 - 262) -- founder of the Hellenistic school of Stoic philosophy
George Boole (1815 - 1864) -- mathematician, whose work allowed for the discovery of propositional calculus and Boolean algebra
Anne Bronte (1820 - 1849) -- youngest of the Brontë sisters, the subject matter of her work was influenced by brother Branwell, a drug and alcohol addict.
Cesare Beccaria (1738 - 1794) -- Italian jurist who, preempting Bentham, encouraged the improvement of prison systems in Europe