Happy Birthday to composer Alfred Humphreys Pease, who graduated from around 1856.
While not well known today, Pease was one of the most popular composers of the 19th century, and his work "Break, Break, Break" was performed by the top performers of the day.

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2019-05-06

Purple pride: Today's Doodle honors the man who made purple possible — the British chemist William Henry Perkin, who discovered the world's first synthetic dye.

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2018-03-13