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- for his light, elegant, and airy style and the list of his buildings includes ... Adam was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, the second son of William ...10 KB (1,385 words) - 03:09, 15 December 2022
- composer who became famous for discovering the planet Uranus. He also discovered ... Born Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel in Hanover, Germany, Herschel was ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 10:59, 9 May 2023
- Electroplating involves the coating of an electrically conductive ... The process used in electroplating is called electrodeposition and ...13 KB (1,984 words) - 17:16, 29 December 2021
- May 14, 1727 – August 2, 1788) was one of the foremost portrait and landscape ... He is recognized among the most innovative and enigmatic artists of ...17 KB (2,489 words) - 21:10, 30 April 2023
- Cross of the Military Division of the Order of the Bath who were also Knights ... 1805, he was created a Knight of the Order of the Bath, a senior knighthood ...8 KB (1,279 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- science. Although he was a close confidant of the Lake School of Poets, and ... The Confessions, and De Quincey himself, are notable not just for ...10 KB (1,469 words) - 21:06, 30 April 2023
- Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, GCB, OM, GCMG, KCSI, CIE, PC, FRS ... Lord Cromer was one of the most experienced and famous colonial administrators ...10 KB (1,464 words) - 04:54, 23 March 2024
- George (KCMG) and a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). However, it should ... (Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath). ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 04:34, 18 April 2024
- strong personality. They are considered one of the oldest breeds of domestic ... The origin of the Abyssinian is shrouded in mystery. Early cat books ...12 KB (1,817 words) - 07:07, 14 June 2023
- Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Order of the Garter (KG), Order of the Bath ... In early 1944, Slim was appointed a Companion of the Order of the ...24 KB (3,728 words) - 18:26, 17 April 2023
- [[File:Isaac Pitman.jpg|thumb|300px|Sir Isaac Pitman, from 'The ... British phonographer, famous for developing the most widely used system of ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 12:46, 22 July 2022
- Minerva was the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom and war. Her areas ... Her name is virtually identical to that Menrva, the Etruscan goddess ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- Saint Alphege is the Latinate name of Ælfheah (954–19 April, 1012 ... After Alphege's martyrdom at the hands of Danish invaders, his ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 19:03, 22 December 2022
- author, and diplomat. He is best known as the excavator of Nimrud, the ancient ... 5, 1817 in Paris, France, into a family of Huguenot descent. His father ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 17:54, 22 August 2023
- 09, 1588), better known simply as Sinan was the chief architect and civil ... where he traveled widely both as a commander of soldiers and a military engineer ...19 KB (2,894 words) - 22:27, 29 January 2023
- Urea is an organic compound of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen ... It was the first organic compound to be artificially synthesized from ...16 KB (2,391 words) - 13:44, 3 May 2023
- ordinary washing, hand washing, or washing of the body. By extension, ablutions ... Ablutions of one sort or another are practiced in nearly every religious ...20 KB (3,118 words) - 04:49, 14 June 2023
- The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey ... Chaucer is generally considered not only the father of English literature ...31 KB (5,016 words) - 15:32, 30 April 2023
- The Arthashastra (more precisely Arthaśāstra) refers to a tradition ... While the Arthaśāstra tradition played a key role in the establishment ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 11:01, 16 August 2023
- c. 1502 – February 28, 1525) was the last Aztec ruler (Tlatoani ... Most of what we know about pre-Spanish conquest Aztec history is derived ...8 KB (1,234 words) - 19:34, 8 July 2016
