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Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864) – Musical Pioneer
Stephen Foster was one of America’s best-loved composers in the 19th century, writing more than 200 songs, including his smash hit, 'Oh! Susanna', the comic ‘Camptown Races’, the haunting ‘Hard Times Come Again No More’ and the hugely successful ‘Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)’, which sold an unprecedented 100,000 copies and became the official state song of Florida. His roots were Irish and, of course, there's 1847 all over this one too.