Search results for "William of York" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Nobel laureate, credited with the discovery of the electron, the isotope, ... in Cheetham Hill, Manchester in England, of Scottish parentage. Thomson ...15 KB (2,271 words) - 01:09, 8 February 2023
- early contributions to the development of radar. He served as a professor ... become an often-unseen but indispensable part of modern life. ...7 KB (1,005 words) - 05:01, 17 June 2023
- The Museum was a major participant of the Great Circus Parade held ... Center. The Museum also contains a variety of archive materials as well as ...11 KB (1,624 words) - 22:24, 10 December 2023
- The Wilmot Proviso was introduced on August 8, 1846, in the House ... to receive the necessary two-thirds approval of the Senate, the United States ...17 KB (2,658 words) - 10:55, 15 May 2023
- James II of England (also known as James VII of Scotland; October ... He was the last Roman Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdom of ...32 KB (4,831 words) - 21:40, 8 February 2024
- in 1995. It provides full-text searches of digitized back issues of several ... non-profit organization with offices in New York City and Ann Arbor, Michigan. ...12 KB (1,747 words) - 07:45, 27 February 2023
- regarded as the "Founding Father" of the Hudson River School, an ... His historical and allegorical paintings of the 1820s and 1830s gave ...18 KB (2,643 words) - 21:34, 7 September 2023
- The Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, normally called Westminster ... Since the Christmas Day coronation of William the Conqueror in 1066 ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- William Godwin (March 3, 1756 – April 7, 1836) was an English journalist ... to achieve an elevated understanding of moral and political truth, ...22 KB (3,378 words) - 12:12, 8 May 2023
- Often referred to as the "father of modern parapsychology," ... since he could not advance beyond the stage of observing phenomena to developing ...13 KB (1,908 words) - 01:09, 8 February 2023
- or simply 2 Thessalonians, is a short book of the New Testament in the Christian ... Since the turn of the twentieth century, scholars have questioned ...13 KB (1,952 words) - 20:43, 17 May 2023
- The Trail of Tears refers to the forced relocation in 1838, of the ... This was caused by the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Cherokee Trail ...16 KB (2,520 words) - 04:56, 1 May 2023
- William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield PC (March 2, 1705 – March ... that slavery was immoral. This is an example of how a slavish adherence to ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 20:02, 24 November 2022
- born Houston was a key figure in the history of Texas, including periods as ... married into), military service in the War of 1812, and subsequent successful ...18 KB (2,765 words) - 01:57, 23 December 2022
- 1920 – June 5, 2012) decided at the age of 12 that he was going to be ... short stories, novels, and poems are full of thought provoking "what ...27 KB (3,902 words) - 19:07, 16 April 2023
- Electric charge is a fundamental, conserved property of some subatomic ... electric charge is zero) because the number of protons within its nucleus ...14 KB (2,244 words) - 00:13, 13 February 2024
- and fiddler, who was known as the "King of the Hillbillies," the ... Acuff was born in Maynardville, Tennessee, the third of five children ...6 KB (954 words) - 22:28, 16 December 2022
- April 10 1882 – May 14 1965) was Secretary of Labor for the twelve years ... moved to Worcester when she was two years of age. Perkins' father opened ...8 KB (1,176 words) - 06:42, 1 April 2024
- writer, sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs." His fiction ... Cheever's main themes include the duality of human nature: Sometimes ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 04:43, 3 August 2022
- William Wells (June 10, 1907 or 1909 – November 12, 1985), known ... in Louisville, Kentucky. He moved to New York City in 1926, where he became ...5 KB (863 words) - 03:26, 29 July 2022
