Search results for "Figure" - New World Encyclopedia
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- first leader. Sun Yat-sen was a unifying figure in post-Imperial China, and ... is that of a respected but unimportant figure, as the first provisional ...36 KB (5,408 words) - 22:52, 26 February 2023
- German born David Einhorn would become a leading figure in American Reform Judaism after immigrating to the U.S. in 1855. In Hungary, Talmudic ...19 KB (2,867 words) - 03:01, 8 December 2022
- Valla, he also attacked the validity of the third figure. Ramus also set the modern fashion of deducing the figures from the position of the middle ...18 KB (2,695 words) - 02:53, 24 November 2022
- Another figure used is from Bernal Díaz del Castillo, who traveled ... sacrifice to Xipe Totec. A bigger figure would be dedicated to Huitzilopochtli ...52 KB (8,358 words) - 05:19, 26 August 2023
- brother of another important Chinese political figure and essayist Zhou Zuoren. He was among the early supporters of the Esperanto movement in China. ...17 KB (2,586 words) - 04:15, 4 November 2022
- went on to become perhaps the first watershed figure in American music; his career, while never extremely innovative, marked the beginning of the ...16 KB (2,453 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- she longed for the love of a father figure, and Chaplin craved her loyalty ... British Film Institute as "a towering figure in world culture," ...32 KB (4,840 words) - 00:37, 5 December 2023
- The prophet Habakkuk is a largely enigmatic figure, discernible only through the oblique hints offered by the text itself. The evidence, as manifested ...16 KB (2,522 words) - 00:09, 19 November 2023
- inch of human skin at 50 million, although this figure varies greatly over the average 20 feet2 of human skin. Oily surfaces, such as the face, may ...18 KB (2,750 words) - 22:09, 12 October 2022
- yupana (quechua for "counting tool"; see figure) which was still in use after the conquest of Peru. The working principle of a yupana is unknown ...17 KB (2,684 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- most inspired him: The nude or lightly clad figure in motion. In the process he could model the forms of the body in full sunlight, and create images ...17 KB (2,520 words) - 21:07, 30 April 2023
- Gautama Buddha (563-483-543 B.C.E.) the key figure in Buddhism, as well as Bahá'u'lláh (1817–1892 C.E.) the founder-prophet of the Bahá ...18 KB (2,850 words) - 07:10, 23 August 2023
- savage, in-your-face style made him as popular a figure as Babe Ruth or Red Grange, who were huge, charismatic figures in their time. Dempsey's ...17 KB (2,668 words) - 08:39, 13 March 2024
- is the birthplace of Parshvanatha, an important figure in the religion. A lesser felt cultural influence in the area is Islam, that while visible, is ...18 KB (2,802 words) - 14:36, 3 May 2023
- decided that he needed a trilogy to explore this figure, and it came to be called "The Trilogy of Desire." The second book was The Titan (1914 ...16 KB (2,526 words) - 17:57, 30 April 2023
- historical record. However, he remains a figure of great interest and at ... famous Pharaohs would lack its most original figure. (146) ...35 KB (5,451 words) - 07:14, 16 June 2023
- house for a time. Aveling was a scholarly figure and it was he who translated ... Off the platform, his figure was instinct with pride of country, pride ...34 KB (5,469 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
- :Confucius（孔子）, leading figure in Confucianism the editor of Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋) :Laozi （老子）or Lao tse, founder of Daoism ...17 KB (2,639 words) - 16:15, 8 February 2023
- still outside politics was already a well known figure due to her outspoken criticism of Özal's economic policies. Inflation was rampant. When ...19 KB (2,845 words) - 04:26, 27 February 2023
- including Wolfgang Köhler, another key figure in the development Gestalt psychology. He also held visiting posts at Harvard University and Massachusetts ...20 KB (2,927 words) - 15:10, 27 April 2023
