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- popularly known as the "Founder of the American Industrial Revolution ... manufacturing, others regard him as a hero of the Industrial Revolution in ...8 KB (1,244 words) - 03:02, 23 December 2022
- who founded the field known as the history of ideas. As a professor of philosophy ... that material objects exist independently of human perception of them, and ...10 KB (1,444 words) - 17:35, 16 August 2023
- has never been as wide-spread as that of many of her Modernist peers; ... style. She was, and remains, one of the most difficult poets to ...11 KB (1,653 words) - 04:13, 6 November 2022
- includes novels, poems, and collections of folklore. He was also one of ... Johnson was a prominent figure of the latter part of the Harlem Renaissance ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 14:28, 24 March 2023
- The Black Hole of Calcutta incident refers to forty three British ... Faced with overwhelming superiority, most of the British soldiers ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 14:24, 8 February 2022
- libre) is a term describing various styles of poetry that are not written ... As the twentieth century continued into the dynamic experimentation ...8 KB (1,239 words) - 14:59, 8 October 2022
- gained international fame as the co-author of The Polish Peasant in Europe ... information from written records of the society they were studying ...11 KB (1,469 words) - 07:56, 21 May 2021
- 13, 1901) was the twenty-third president of the United States. Serving ... for the dramatic geographical expansion of the United States. The large ...14 KB (2,048 words) - 09:55, 28 September 2023
- Taussig, Frank William Frank William Taussig (December 28, 1859 – November 11, 1940) was ...7 KB (1,057 words) - 05:09, 9 April 2024
- The Norman conquest of England was the invasion of the Kingdom of ... ruler Charles the Simple had allowed a group of Vikings, under their leader ...20 KB (3,151 words) - 02:47, 16 November 2022
- image_caption = William James | name = William James | birth = January 11, 1842 | death = August 26, 1910 | ...19 KB (2,743 words) - 00:33, 21 May 2023
- Felton filled the vacancy left by the death of Thomas E. Watson, serving just ... At 87 years of age, Felton is also the oldest freshman senator to ...12 KB (1,826 words) - 01:42, 8 December 2022
- in debtor's prisons or the claiming of property by the state. The ... by unjust taxation was enough for citizens of the new state to expect not ...14 KB (2,090 words) - 13:24, 27 January 2023
- William Gaddis (December 29, 1922 – December 16, 1998) was an American ... As a result of his uniqueness, Gaddis was largely misunderstood by ...11 KB (1,787 words) - 12:11, 8 May 2023
- tactics employed by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst in their ... However, the era of yellow journalism was influential both in galvanizing ...18 KB (2,650 words) - 09:56, 23 May 2023
- † 443 B.C.E. in Argos), was one of the canonical nine poets of ... a poet that, although only a tiny fraction of his works have survived, what ...7 KB (1,079 words) - 06:16, 24 November 2022
- First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess ... To date, no women have served as president of the United States. Presumably ...12 KB (1,723 words) - 17:24, 28 March 2024
- artist, and daredevil who captivated much of the Western world with his ... He immigrated with his father at the age of four on July 3, 1878, ...11 KB (1,684 words) - 20:47, 29 January 2022
- first and most well-known governor-general of British India, from 1773 to ... Hastings, unlike many of his successors, respected and admired Indian ...14 KB (2,155 words) - 22:56, 3 May 2023
- 24, 1770) was an English poet and forger of pseudo-medieval poetry. Committing ... commemorated by many major poets and authors of the romantic style. Percy Bysshe ...14 KB (2,111 words) - 18:41, 30 April 2023
- and handbooks; his Psychology: A Study of Mental Life (1921) and Experimental ... in philosophy in 1897. Following the advice of his mentor William James, Woodworth ...11 KB (1,471 words) - 02:14, 16 December 2022
- Hearst, William Randolph {{Infobox Biography | subject_name = William Randolph Hearst | image_name = HearstAbout1910 ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 10:39, 12 May 2023
- Louis Zukofsky (January 23, 1904 - May 12, 1978) was one of the most ... For most of his life Zukofsky was virtually unrecognized, even though ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 04:11, 4 November 2022
- 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
- wing causes, she was a vigorous proponent of social justice and critic of ... Louisiana into a Jewish family. During most of her childhood she spent half ...14 KB (2,112 words) - 01:43, 26 October 2022
- Garrison, William Lloyd [[Image:william_garrison.jpg|thumb|240px|William ... William Lloyd Garrison (December 12, 1805 – May 24, 1879) was a ...24 KB (3,479 words) - 18:24, 17 April 2023
- and vividness. Cardozo is regarded as one of the most influential and respected ... The decisions of past jurists and legislators may or may not have ...12 KB (1,848 words) - 09:56, 28 September 2023
- A troubadour was a composer and performer of songs during the Middle ... The texts of troubadour songs deal mainly with themes of chivalry ...21 KB (3,432 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- within the school system and as a professor of education at the college level ... states that each employee rises to the level of his incompetence. Although ...14 KB (2,060 words) - 17:51, 25 October 2022
- is the name sometimes given to a period of heightened religious activity ... large following." Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," is his ...15 KB (2,094 words) - 17:24, 28 March 2024
- The Chrysler Building is an iconic Art Deco skyscraper in New York ... Building was built in homage to the success of the auto giant for which it ...11 KB (1,614 words) - 21:55, 10 December 2023
- James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was a member of the ... Party effectively moribund, the eight years of Monroe's administration ...18 KB (2,572 words) - 16:07, 8 February 2023
- and Beelzebus) was reportedly the name of a deity worshiped in the Philistine ... In the Old Testament, the Israelite king Ahaziah inquired of Ba‘al ...11 KB (1,702 words) - 10:24, 26 September 2023
- The principle of sufficient reason is the principle which is presupposed ... The principle has a variety of expressions, all of which are perhaps ...13 KB (1,981 words) - 21:33, 26 February 2023
- |institutions = Institution of Civil Engineers |practice_name = ... was summoned to take part in the creation of many new architectural and ...13 KB (1,904 words) - 22:56, 30 April 2023
- John Keats (October 31, 1795 – February 23, 1821) was one of the ... voice. Keats felt that the deepest meaning of life lay in the apprehension ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 06:06, 3 August 2022
- on Dante Alighieri established him as one of the foremost medievalists of ... social problems through the application of economic theories. He was one ...10 KB (1,479 words) - 03:49, 24 November 2022
- The U–2 Affair of 1960 occurred when an American U–2 spy plane ... On May 1, 1960, fifteen days before the scheduled opening of an East–West ...9 KB (1,350 words) - 01:20, 3 May 2023
- Robert Alphonso Taft (September 8, 1889 - July 31, 1953), of the Taft ... Taft was the grandson of Attorney General and Secretary of War Alphonso ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 02:17, 16 December 2022
- a considerable influence on the development of Elizabethan and Jacobean poetry ... in his own right, Daniel stands out as one of the most versatile of all English ...9 KB (1,447 words) - 02:58, 23 December 2022
- Domesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was ... quot;Domesday" (Middle English spelling of Doomsday) in the twelfth century ...15 KB (2,383 words) - 16:43, 29 January 2024
- Sir William Wallace (c. 1270 – August 23, 1305) was a Scottish knight ... To the Scottish people, Wallace was the exemplification of undying ...21 KB (3,320 words) - 20:44, 13 May 2023
- Abraham Lincoln. He was a staunch supporter of the Union and of the emancipation ... Hay was born in 1838, in Salem, Indiana, of Scottish ancestry, raised ...10 KB (1,420 words) - 06:55, 8 April 2024
- their goals. She established the New York Infirmary in 1857, thereby ... Blackwell was born in Bristol, England, the third of nine children ...7 KB (1,033 words) - 16:15, 13 February 2024
- centuries, in particular his book The Making of the English Working Class ... Thompson's writing helped expose the role of class, elitism, ...19 KB (2,741 words) - 17:30, 12 February 2024
- The New York Daily News is the sixth largest daily newspaper in the ... Patterson and Robert R. McCormick, members of the family that published the ...9 KB (1,384 words) - 21:48, 14 November 2022
- , 936–978), also known as Houzhu of Southern Tang (南唐後主 ... Li Houzhu has been called the "first true master" of the Ci, ...10 KB (1,502 words) - 22:23, 25 October 2022
- dilemma" (so named because a version of it first appeared in Plato ... He discusses Abraham's dilemma of offering his son Isaac by a ...13 KB (1,986 words) - 15:31, 29 January 2024
- the information environment consisting of the interdependent network ... infringement, and may call for new models of commerce. Furthermore, cyberspace ...14 KB (2,094 words) - 02:18, 15 January 2023
- composer, theorist, editor and organist of the Renaissance, and the foremost ... Morley was one of the first composers of madrigals to utilize the ...10 KB (1,490 words) - 21:24, 30 April 2023
- lawyer and politician and a founding father of the United States. He served ... He was the only person to sign all four great state papers of the ...11 KB (1,581 words) - 02:41, 16 December 2022
- authors. She is known for her depictions of life in the United States in ... The first two are part of the so-called "prairie trilogy," ...10 KB (1,563 words) - 12:02, 5 May 2023
- Formal logic is logic that deals with the form or logical structure ... ==Types of Formal Logic== Formal logic encompasses predicate logic ...7 KB (926 words) - 06:33, 1 April 2024
- In the discussions of ethics, courage is considered to be a moral ... as an important virtue in various aspects of social life. ...6 KB (958 words) - 08:44, 10 January 2024
- Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, in New York ... Built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1890, it is one of the ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 00:35, 29 November 2023
- during World War II. He was the publisher of the Nazi Der Stürmer newspaper ... and for their impact on the treatment of Jews in "places where ...9 KB (1,276 words) - 09:58, 12 May 2024
- Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet KH (March 7, 1792 ... Herschel was born in Slough, Buckinghamshire, the son of William and ...15 KB (2,220 words) - 05:56, 3 August 2022
- but achieved fame as a writer; he was one of the best regarded American ... One of the United States' most popular nineteenth century poets ...15 KB (2,269 words) - 10:32, 11 March 2023
- Feathers" and the "Grand Old Man of the Army," he served on ... American War, he served as military governor of Mexico City. Such was his stature ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 11:00, 15 May 2023
- 1966) was a long-time president and chairman of General Motors. ... He guarded information about his private life and instead focused ...14 KB (2,147 words) - 18:05, 20 July 2023
- William IV (William Henry; August 21, 1765 – June 20, 1837) was ... King." His reign saw the implementation of several reforms: The poor law ...36 KB (5,444 words) - 21:27, 8 February 2024
- " or other variations on the theme of "Ethical." Ethical ... Ethical Culture Society initiated a number of projects to improve the lives ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 04:32, 22 March 2024
- science. Although he was a close confidant of the Lake School of Poets, and ... not just for their preoccupation with some of the seedier issues of London ...10 KB (1,469 words) - 21:06, 30 April 2023
- The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the ... Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of ...21 KB (3,060 words) - 14:46, 11 November 2022
- She is perhaps best known for her biography of Charlotte Brontë. Her novels ... Chelsea, which was then on the outskirts of London. Gaskell was the eighth ...15 KB (2,205 words) - 16:19, 13 February 2024
- William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (September 13, 1520 – August 4 ... He served as Secretary to the Protector of King Edward, and as an adviser ...19 KB (3,064 words) - 23:35, 3 December 2023
- spelled La Guardia, was the Republican Mayor of New York for three terms from ... LaGuardia was born in New York City to a non-traditional parents of ...15 KB (2,248 words) - 19:50, 26 March 2024
- was a leading American essayist and author of children's literature ... ironic onlooker, exploring the complexities of modern society, the unique ...13 KB (2,032 words) - 05:37, 4 August 2023
- The Long Parliament is the name of the English Parliament called by ... after the English Civil War and at the end of Interregnum in 1660."Dissolving ...14 KB (2,082 words) - 21:03, 3 November 2022
- but is best known for her A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790), a ... true virtue. Virtue, which consisted of imitating God, could only be ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 16:16, 7 November 2022
- The Battle of Yorktown or Siege of Yorktown was fought from April ... On April 5, the IV Corps of Brigadier General Erasmus D. Keyes was ...15 KB (2,213 words) - 01:43, 26 September 2023
- 9, 1936) was an American journalist and one of the most famous and influential ... estate" at its best. Politicians are of course bound by the same laws ...10 KB (1,453 words) - 04:14, 29 October 2022
- William McKinley, Jr. (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was ... He supported the Spanish-American War, the purpose of which was to ...21 KB (3,197 words) - 10:35, 11 May 2023
- and poet who is notable for his mastery of English prosody and his deeply ... baptized on April 18, 1580. He was the son of a bricklayer who had been raised ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 21:23, 30 April 2023
- R.F. Outcault, he is considered the inventor of the modern comic strip and ... yellow colored nightshirt ushered in the era of colored comic strips. Outcault ...13 KB (2,026 words) - 20:15, 8 December 2022
- The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775 on Breed's ... The British were victorious but they suffered a devastating loss of ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 11:35, 20 September 2023
- birth control activist, and the founder of the American Birth Control ... Sanger was born in Corning, New York. Her father Michael Higgins was ...14 KB (2,043 words) - 08:32, 10 March 2023
- – June 18, 1869), born near Lima, New York, graduated from the University ... Raymond is perhaps best known, however, for being the founder of the ...9 KB (1,276 words) - 15:23, 25 January 2023
- 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849), was the wife of President James Madison, who ... North Carolina, on May 20, 1768, a daughter of John Payne, farmer and starch ...12 KB (1,850 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of Prince ... Social unrest at the end of World War I led to the German Revolution ...30 KB (4,097 words) - 18:41, 7 February 2024
- Jogging is a form of trotting or running which is conducted at a slow ... Running may be considered more of a competitive sport, while jogging ...12 KB (1,901 words) - 06:42, 5 April 2024
- Sir William David Ross KBE (April 15, 1877 – May 5, 1971) was a ... Ross also wrote books on Kant's ethics, each of Aristotle's ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 15:58, 7 May 2023
- Chick Webb, born William Henry Webb (February 10, 1905 - June 16, ... could pride themselves for a greater wealth of top soloists, the bouncy energy ...9 KB (1,389 words) - 15:18, 10 December 2023
- an Italian-born British librarian and a man of letters. He was exiled from ... best remembered for his role in the design of the Circular Reading Room within ...12 KB (1,791 words) - 05:44, 11 August 2023
- was an American youth leader and the founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA ... Juliette Magill Kinzie Gordon was born in Savannah, Georgia to William ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 21:13, 4 October 2022
- It was in use centuries before the adoption of the written Hindu-Arabic numeral ... replacing it for practical reasons, the use of the abacus continues to be ...17 KB (2,684 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- Harold Harefoot (c. 1015–March 17, 1040) was King of England from ... He was the son of Canute the Great, King of England, Denmark, Norway ...17 KB (2,606 words) - 17:22, 27 October 2020
- famous Dow Jones Industrial Average as part of his research into market movements ... society today. The Wall Street Journal isone of the most respected financial ...12 KB (1,815 words) - 01:59, 4 December 2023
- The Elizabethan Age is the time period associated with the reign of ... The Elizabethan Age is viewed so highly because of the contrasts with ...11 KB (1,816 words) - 21:47, 22 September 2022
- He is best known as a part-owner and leader of Sears, Roebuck and Company ... Over the course of his life, Rosenwald and his fund donated over ...10 KB (1,544 words) - 09:56, 12 May 2024
- part for his major victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn against Custer’s ... tribe clashed with U.S. troops at the Battle of Killdeer Mountain. The battle ...14 KB (2,110 words) - 22:40, 29 January 2023
- who is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War and ... As Mathew Brady's leading photographer during the early days ...15 KB (2,177 words) - 09:08, 18 July 2023
- A student of Paul Hindemith, Etler is noted for his highly rhythmic ... from major orchestras and a number of these works were premiered ...5 KB (687 words) - 14:08, 17 May 2021
- January 31, 1955) was a long-serving leader of the YMCA and the World Student ... From 1920 until 1928, he was the Chairperson of the WSCF. For his labors in ...11 KB (1,626 words) - 03:51, 3 May 2024
- other awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. insight, touching on the essentials of life. He had an unfailing faith ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 18:02, 3 May 2023
- Award winning American actress, arguably one of the greatest from Hollywood ... in San Antonio, Texas, the third child of Tennessee-born Thomas E. LeSueur ...17 KB (2,572 words) - 13:41, 1 August 2022
- for his Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science. He was also ... he was also a key figure in the advancement of the British system of university ...12 KB (1,648 words) - 04:20, 29 October 2022
- 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
