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Born January 13, 1737 • Austria
Died May 16, 1798 (aged 61) • Vienna • Austria
Subjects Of Study coin collecting
Percy Gardner
British archaeologist
Prinsep's Ghat, Kolkata; the archway was erected in memory of James Prinsep.
James Prinsep
English antiquarian
Reiske, engraving, 1770
Johann Jakob Reiske
German scholar
Sir John Evans
British antiquarian and archaeologist
Ferdinand von Hebra
Moravian physician
Maria Lassnig
Austrian painter
Ernst Jandl
Austrian poet
Maria Augusta Kutschera von Trapp
Austrian musician
Wolfgang Linger
Austrian luger
Heinrich Harrer
explorer and writer
Andreas Linger
Austrian luger
Ernest Gold
American composer
Miep Gies
Austrian-born heroine
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychoanalyst
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
F.A. Hayek
F.A. Hayek
British economist
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein
British philosopher
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Austrian composer