Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet, best known for his masterpiece, Moby-Dick.
Horace Mann was an American education reformer and abolitionist, instrumental in establishing a system of free, universal public education in the United States.
David Herbert Donald was a renowned American historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, best known for his work on Abraham Lincoln.
H.L. Mencken was an American journalist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English who significantly influenced American literature and culture.
Charles Janeway, a renowned historian and educator, whose insightful research and teachings have significantly shaped modern interpretations of historical events.