Question: When was the On Giants' Shoulders author born?

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Seiko Tanabe: Seiko Tanabe (田辺 聖子 , Tanabe Seiko , born March 27, 1928) is a Japanese author born in Osaka.  She graduated from the Department of Japanese Literature of Shōin Joshi Senmon Gakkō (now Osaka Shoin Women's University).  Author of numerous novels, she won the Akutagawa Prize, Yomiuri Prize, and Asahi Prize, and received the Order of Culture for her contributions to literature.

Malcolm Braly: Malcolm Braly (July 25, 1925April 7, 1980) was an American author born in Portland, Oregon.  He spent much of his life in and out of various prisons, including Folsom Prison and San Quentin, before earning recognition as an author after his final release from prison in 1965.

Melvyn Bragg: Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} , (born 6 October 1939) is an English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian.  He is best known for his work with ITV as editor and presenter of "The South Bank Show" (1978–2010), and for the Radio 4 discussion series "In Our Time".

Raffi: Raffi Cavoukian, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (Armenian: Րաֆֆի , born July 8, 1948), better known by the mononym Raffi, is a Canadian singer-lyricist and author born in Egypt and known best for his children's music.  He developed his career as a "global troubadour" to become a music producer, author, entrepreneur, and founder of the Centre for Child Honouring, a vision for global restoration.

Joseph Lewinstein: Josef "Josek" Lewinsten (Lewinsztejn) was a Jewish rabbi and religious author born on July 11, 1842 at Lublin under the Russian Partition of Poland.  He was a member of the family of rabbis and Talmudists which includes the author of "Pene Yehoshua" and the "Lebushim".  Josek was the son of Rabbi Abram Abuś Lewinszteyn and Chana Lewensztein (Himmelfarb).

Caleb Carr: Caleb Carr is a military historian and author born August 2, 1955 in New York, New York.  Carr is the second of three sons born to Lucien Carr and Francesca Von Hartz.  He is the critically acclaimed author of "The Alienist, The Angel of Darkness, The Lessons of Terror, Killing Time, The Devil Soldier, The Italian Secretary," and "The Legend of Broken".  He has taught military history at Bard College, and worked extensively in film, television, and the theater.  His military and political writings have appeared in numerous magazines and periodicals, among them "The Washington Post, The New York Times," and "The Wall Street Journal".  He lives in upstate New York.

D. W. Wilson: D. W. Wilson (David William) (born 1985) is a Canadian author born in Cranbrook, British Columbia.  He is the author of the short story collection, "Once You Break A Knuckle" published under Penguin Books Ltd in Canada and Bloomsbury in the UK.  It had positive press from Canadian and UK media sources including CBC News, "The Globe and Mail", and "The Guardian".

Mary Susanne Edgar: Mary Susannah Edgar was a Canadian author born in Sundridge, Ontario on May 23, 1889.  Her schooling took her from Sundridge to Barrie High School and Havergal College, Toronto.  She is the author of several books, one-act plays and hymns, the most famous of them being "God Who Touchest Earth with Beauty", which has been translated into several languages and placed in hymnals around the world.

On Giants' Shoulders: On Giants' Shoulders was written in 1998 by Melvyn Bragg.  The book was assembled after a series of interviews Bragg had with current scientists about the world's greatest scientists such as Archimedes, Isaac Newton and Einstein.  Bragg, who brands himself as a "non-scientist", conducted these interviews on BBC Radio 4 for other non-scientists.  The book looks at the notion of being a "genius" and through discussions with 20th-century scientists explores the extent to which the great scientists of history were geniuses.

Tyne O'Connell: Tyne O'Connell (full name Clementyne Rose O'Connell) is an English author born in Windsor, who lives and works in Mayfair, London.  Mayfair serves as a backdrop for much of her contemporary women's fiction, including "Making The A list" (Headline Review, 1999) and "Sex With The Ex" (Red Dress Ink UK, 2004).  She has written for publications such as "Ms.", "Elle UK" and "Journal".  Her short stories appear in "Girls' Night Out" and "Kid's Night In".  She is a contributor to "Holiday Goddess".  O'Connell is The Eccentrics Club's (whose patron is HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh), "Most Eccentric Thinker of the Year" 2015.  <br><br>Bloomsbury USA published a compilation of O'Connell's YA fiction 'Royal Match' and 'Royal Mess' in 2012 to coincide with the Royal Wedding.  Soon after O'Connell was diagnosed with a brain tumour and began writing her history of eccentricity as a quintessential aspect of the British and Irish character.  CNN Style in its documentary 'The Adorned' describes O'Connell "The Mayfair-based author and socialite seems to have been torn straight from the pages of an Evelyn Waugh novel; with her cut-glass accent, perma-fixed tiara and layers of pearls.

Supporting paragraphs: On Giants' Shoulders Melvyn Bragg
Answer: 6 October 1939