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February1812

Famous People Born in February 1812

Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Feb 7 English writer ("Oliver Twist"; "A Tale of Two Cities"; "A Christmas Carol"), born in Portsmouth, Hampshire

Charles Dickens

Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883)

Feb 11 American Vice President of the Confederate States (1861-65) and Governor of Georgia (1882-83), born in Crawfordville, Georgia

Alexander H. Stephens

Feb 11 Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander (Union Navy), (d. 1883)
Feb 14 Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist, born in Sparta, New York (d. 1846)

Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812-1902)

Feb 15 American jeweler and founder of Tiffany & Co, born in Killingly, Connecticut

Charles Lewis Tiffany

Henry Wilson (1812-1875)

Feb 16 American politician, 18th Vice President (Republican: 1873-75) and Senator (Massachusetts 1855-73), born in Farmington, New Hampshire

Henry Wilson

Feb 19 Lauro Rossi, Italian composer (I falsi monetari), born in Macerata, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1885)
Feb 29 Hermann Hirschboch, German composer and music critic, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1888)
Feb 29 Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1880, also on 29 February)

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