30+ Rarely Seen Photos You Won’t Find in History Books

Published on 11/04/2022
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Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis is most remembered for his time as President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865, during the American Civil War. He was born in Virginia and raised in Tennessee. However, that was not the only thing he accomplished during his lifetime. Additionally, Davis served as a Mississippi senator and as Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce, and he fought in the Mexican-American War.

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Sir John Herschel

Sir John Herschel possessed a wide range of abilities. Hischel was a mathematician and inventor, as well as a chemist, experimental photographer, and astronomer before he went on to construct the world’s first blueprint. As part of his research into the stars, Herschel named seven moons of Saturn and four moons of Uranus, which was discovered by his father, Sir William Herschel, during his lifetime.

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