Search results for "William of York" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Maury County, Tennessee, and a third cousin of President James K. Polk. He ... Polk was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1806 to Sarah and William ...10 KB (1,572 words) - 08:03, 6 March 2023
- ) of Chalcedon (396 – 314 B.C.E.) was a Greek philosopher and third ... In his biography of Xenocrates, Diogenes Laertius recounts several ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 14:16, 20 May 2023
- most famous for being a founding member of a major literary movement and ... , an epic poem about the self-destruction of his friends of the Beat Generation ...22 KB (3,314 words) - 18:29, 21 July 2023
- James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was one of the principal ... but instead narrowly defined the powers of the government. Opponents of ...20 KB (2,961 words) - 00:56, 7 November 2023
- quot; that would lead to the development of nutrition as a science. His ... Born on a farm in Oneida County, New York, Babcock earned degrees ...8 KB (1,193 words) - 20:03, 9 February 2023
- Michael Faraday was one of the pioneers of modern electromagnetic ... It can also be argued that his discoveries resulted in some of the ...17 KB (2,503 words) - 16:54, 9 November 2022
- leader in colonial Virginia's House of Burgesses, delegate to the ... Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine, he was one of the most radical advocates ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 16:44, 21 November 2022
- 15, 1898, to battle the American annexation of the Philippines, officially ... Was U.S. intervention in 1898 disinterested altruism in support of ...22 KB (3,341 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- Huddie William Ledbetter (January 23, 1888 - December 6, 1949), better ... Lead Belly was one of the most colorful, albeit notorious figures ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- an English philosopher, and a leading member of the group of twentieth century ... Finchley, North London, by his parents, both of whom were teachers. He was ...11 KB (1,580 words) - 01:34, 24 November 2022
- and an influential figure on matters of political and social policy ... Bosanquet’s major works include A History of Aesthetic (1892), The ...16 KB (2,361 words) - 11:19, 28 September 2023
- jpg|thumb|right|200px|A Hamadryad, by John William Waterhouse]] In Greek mythology, a nymph, from the Latin word nympha, is any member ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 19:37, 17 November 2022
- modernist writer, is often viewed as one of the principal leaders and catalysts ... By bringing a number of disaffected artists and writers together within ...10 KB (1,473 words) - 18:29, 21 May 2024
- December 7, 1985) was a major English poet of the twentieth century. Graves ... In addition to poetry, Graves also wrote a number of novels and works ...16 KB (2,484 words) - 05:05, 15 December 2022
- [[Image:Greeley-Horace-LOC.jpg|thumb|right|Photographic portrait of ... editor, reformer, and politician. His New York Tribune was one of America ...15 KB (2,285 words) - 14:59, 2 February 2024
- various unions to fight against exploitation of children and women in factory ... efforts brought fruit both in the passage of laws and in the education of ...7 KB (992 words) - 16:10, 7 November 2022
- a leading scholastic theologian and bishop of the twelfth century. His philosophical ... Peter Lombard upheld the use of reason in interpreting dogma, while ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 01:35, 24 November 2022
- and Irish poet and playwright. He was part of the generation of "thirties ... MacNeice was born in Belfast, the youngest son of John Frederick and ...17 KB (2,543 words) - 04:06, 4 November 2022
- which lies among the ditches and low meadows of the Somerset Level, has a population ... but were laid to rest there. The monastery of Glastonbury is believed by ...11 KB (1,740 words) - 17:35, 23 May 2024
- July 31, 1875) was the seventeenth President of the United States (1865–1869 ... Johnson was a United States Senator from Tennessee at the time of ...20 KB (2,946 words) - 17:51, 27 July 2023
