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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Lake Ladoga, located in the northwestern part of Russia, is the largest ... In total, Lake Ladoga covers an area of 6,700 fresh water square miles ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 23:18, 21 October 2022
- Ann Radcliffe (July 9, 1764 - February 7, 1823) was an English author ... She married William Radcliffe, an editor for the English Chronicle, at Bath ...8 KB (1,148 words) - 06:39, 28 July 2023
- :This article is about the Christian sacrament of Baptism. For similar ... (baptízô), is a religious act of purification by water usually associated ...24 KB (3,694 words) - 07:45, 20 September 2023
- ) is a city in Ajmer District in India's Rajasthan state. The ... Prithviraj Chauhan founded Ajmer (Ajaya-meru in Sanskrit) in the late ...14 KB (1,997 words) - 07:13, 16 June 2023
- was a notorious English pirate in the Caribbean Sea and western ... pistols at his disposal. It was reported in the General History of the Pirates ...25 KB (4,026 words) - 23:53, 12 February 2024
- and died around 850. He worked most of his life as a scholar in the ... His Algebra was the first book on the systematic solution of linear ...22 KB (3,234 words) - 17:58, 10 November 2022
- general of the army, secretary of state, and the third secretary of ... * British Order of the Bath * French Legion of Honor * Order of the ...21 KB (3,077 words) - 07:05, 18 April 2024
- shapes and colors as shown in this ball from the Verrerie of Brehat in Brittany]] to sophisticated lenses and optical fibers, the multiple uses of glass have ...28 KB (4,417 words) - 07:52, 24 January 2023
- The Battle of Kandahar, September 1, 1880, represents the last major ... both Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) and Companion ...22 KB (3,333 words) - 10:03, 22 September 2023
- and Mrs. Esther Sleepe Burney (1725-1762). The third of six children, she ... eight plays, one biography, and 20 volumes of journals and letters. In addition ...31 KB (4,786 words) - 06:41, 1 April 2024
- came to public notice when he vindicated the defeat and murder of Charles ... Kitchener was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry, in Ireland, son ...25 KB (3,907 words) - 14:28, 9 February 2022
- Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (August 26, 1676 – March 18 ... is nevertheless acknowledged as having held the de facto office due to the ...29 KB (4,445 words) - 00:47, 29 November 2022
- The Arabian Sea is located in the northwestern part of the Indian ... The Sea provides an important link between the neighboring areas of ...10 KB (1,516 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023
- who exerted a considerable influence on the development of Elizabethan ... 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
- 7, 1573 - January 10, 1645) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645 ... Laud wanted the reconciliation of all Christians, hoped and prayed ...19 KB (2,977 words) - 11:10, 10 May 2023
- Yom Kippur (Hebrew:יוֹם כִּפּוּר meaning Day of Atonement ... In the Bible, the day is called Yom HaKippurim (Leviticus 23:27) and ...20 KB (3,188 words) - 16:40, 4 June 2023
- was knighted as a member of the Order of the Bath (hence the postnominal ... County, Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Vice Admiral of the ...22 KB (3,598 words) - 15:08, 2 February 2024
- as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army ... He physically fed, clothed, and nursed the sick. It is perhaps regrettable ...21 KB (3,345 words) - 19:07, 4 December 2023
- Enzo Anselmo Ferrari (February 18, 1898 - August 14, 1988) was the ... The Ferrari brand could inspire others who have developed elite technologies ...10 KB (1,512 words) - 19:03, 13 February 2024
- Corrosion is the deterioration of a material's essential properties ... The rusting of iron is a well-known example of corrosion. Other metals ...20 KB (3,072 words) - 03:36, 8 January 2024
- in today's Turkey c. 306 C.E. Known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as ... Veneration of Saint Barbara was common from the ninth century until ...12 KB (1,877 words) - 19:07, 22 December 2022
- Etching is the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into ... that is resistant to acid (and alkali). The artist then scratches off ...21 KB (3,460 words) - 01:27, 19 March 2022
- church that traditionally contained the seat of a bishop. The great ... a visual Axis Mundi for connecting with the Divine. Furthermore, they ...26 KB (4,257 words) - 00:10, 1 December 2023
- poet, and politician, considered to be one of the most important poets in ... Little definitive is known of Sturluson's life, and much of what ...13 KB (2,143 words) - 05:13, 13 October 2022
- The Char Dham ('the four abodes/seats') constitutes the ... All four pilgrimage sites sit in the Himalayas, previously difficult ...11 KB (1,617 words) - 01:45, 4 December 2023
- quot;) is a Hindu goddess married to Shiva (the ascetic god of destruction ... Parvati is a decidedly maternal figure, raising with Shiva the divine ...16 KB (2,503 words) - 08:58, 18 November 2022
- for his actions while stationed in the Canadian colonies. His efforts ... heroics earned him membership in the Order of the Bath, and he had the privilege ...28 KB (4,513 words) - 18:55, 7 March 2024
- (敬仲), is conventionally regarded as the Chinese inventor of paper ... he was responsible for the first significant improvement and standardization ...11 KB (1,768 words) - 23:46, 12 January 2023
- Northern Africa is generally accepted to refer to the northernmost ... * The inclusion of Western Sahara in the U.N. list is highly controversial ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 06:36, 16 November 2022
- as a French painter. His versatility in the popular style of Rococo, led ... One of the great painters and draftsmen of the eighteenth century ...11 KB (1,576 words) - 04:57, 9 April 2024
