John M. B. Sill 1831–1901 Source: Wikimedia Commons About John M. B. Sill American diplomat People from the Same Era Karel Houška 1833–1889 jurist, lawyer, local politician, politician Plzeň Peter Engelmann 1823–1874 writer Argenthal Hans Christian Orlamundt 1837–1912 actor Aalborg Félix Pisani 1831–1920 chemist Constantinople Karl Weihrauch 1841–1891 mathematician, meteorologist Mainz William Martin Ampt 1840–1909 lawyer, volapükologist