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If you mean Cnut or Canute he was the Danish King of England from 1016 to 1035 (as well as being king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden) He famously sat on the beach and commanded the tide to retreat. It did not. Some say he thought he had the power to do so and others that he was demonstrating that he had power over men but not the forces of nature. If you mean Octave Chanute, (1832 - 1910) he was a French-born American railroad engineer and aviation pioneer who provided the Wright brothers with help and advice.

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