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[–] Joe_McCarthy [S] ago  (edited ago)

Murray had a reason for doing that. Off the top of my head though I can't remember what it was. The book is a survey of individual geniuses based on verifiable data though as much as it is anything else. Go much further back and it can be hard to separate history from legend - especially as it relates to artistic and scientific advances pertaining to individuals.

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[–] Master_Foo ago 

Homer makes the list and I'd argue he doesn't belong as he can't be historically verified. But, I'm not going to throw too much of a fuss, It's an interesting list. Maybe a good place to start reading some biographies I haven't gotten around to yet.