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1821 – 1862Henry Thomas Buckle (1821-1862)Died 29 May 1862, aged 40Buckle was an English historian whose unfinished History of Civilization in England argued that human societies could be studied through scientific laws. He died of typhoid fever in Damascus while traveling in the Middle East.