December 7

Willa Cather

Willa Cather (born December 7, 1873) US novelist

Read more about Willa Cather here

Watch a documentary about Willa Cather
 here


Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) U.S. linguist, philosopher

Visit Chomsky's website https://chomsky.info

Watch Noam Chomsky talk about language in this 1989 interview
 here


Dom Joseph Pothier

Dom Joseph Pothier (born December 7, 1835) French monk (Benedictine), Gregorian chant scholar, composer – Les mélodies grégoriennes: d’après la tradition (French Edition) / Traditional Gregorian Melodies (1880)

Read more about Dom Joseph Pothier here

Listen to Gregorian chant
 here


Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi [عبدالرحمن صوفی] (born December 7, 903) Persian astronomer – Book of Fixed Stars

See some illustrations from the Book of Fixed Stars here

Watch a short video about Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sufi
 here