Poet. He was a Sufi, and his work was thought to have a hidden, mystical meaning.

Chronicler. He recorded the English voyages of navigation.

Judge. He developed and recorded "the common law."

Author, feminist. She wrote Women's Record: or Sketches of All Distinguished Women. . . and also broke new ground by editing the Ladies Magazine.

Statesman. He favored appeasing the Nazis, but became war-time ambassador to the U.S.

Protestant martyr. A follower of Luther, he was burned in Scotland as a heretic.

Vice-president. Moved by anti-slavery sentiment, he left the Democrats to become Abraham Lincoln's first vice-president.

Secretary-general of the U.N. He worked tirelessly to contain regional conflicts and died in the Congo. The later publication of his journals revealed a religious and especially a mystical side.

Lyricist. He interpreted American life.