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FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
KING
AND ELECTOR?
original Latin: ET ELECTORI. Frederick Augustus I was the Elector of Saxony before being elevated to King in 1806.
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original Latin: LITERARUM. In this context, letters refers to the whole of academic scholarship and the humanities.
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CLAUDIUS GALEN
Galen of Pergamon was a prominent Greek physician and philosopher in the Roman Empire. His theories dominated Western medical science for over 1,300 years.
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