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This week's featured author pagesIsaac Newton (1642 - 1727) -- a brilliant mathematician and physicist, Newton was also interested in theology and alchemy
George Meredith (1828 - 1909) -- British poet and novelist
Baruch Spinoza (1632 - 1677) -- [replace]
Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928) -- author of novels, short stories and poetry, portraying the rural poor as victims of fate.
Jules Verne (1828 - 1905) -- influential French author whose novels laid the foundation for science fiction.