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- term originated primarily through the work of the nineteenth century Danish ... thing, but rather experiences the anxiety of the existential nothingness ...8 KB (1,159 words) - 17:33, 30 January 2024
- 1884) was an American inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine ... fail to place their skills at the service of humanity. Instead, what they ...11 KB (1,731 words) - 07:27, 12 January 2024
- leading up to the 1066 Norman invasion of England as well as the events ... The Tapestry is valued both as a work of art and as a source concerning ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 03:10, 26 September 2023
- Sumner, William Graham Category:Public [[Image:Photo of William Graham Sumner.jpg|250px|right|thumb|William ...16 KB (2,256 words) - 12:13, 8 May 2023
- acclaimed American pioneer in the education of the deaf. He founded and served ... on December 10, 1787, the oldest of eight children. His family ...11 KB (1,641 words) - 21:19, 30 April 2023
- as an Australian explorer. He was the leader of the ill-fated Burke and Wills ... Galway, Ireland, in 1821, the third son of James Hardiman Burke, an officer ...8 KB (1,267 words) - 01:46, 16 December 2022
- 1829 – November 18, 1886) was a politician of the United States who served ... Before entering national politics, Arthur had been Collector of Customs ...13 KB (1,928 words) - 18:32, 8 December 2023
- the Fulbright-Hays Program is a program of grants for international educational ... Fulbright alumni around the world recognize the importance of continued ...11 KB (1,431 words) - 07:18, 15 April 2024
- appear distorted. There are several variants of the Orbison illusion. The illusion ... The Orbison illusion is named for psychologist William Orbison, who ...4 KB (510 words) - 01:04, 18 November 2022
- McDougall, William William McDougall (June 22, 1871 – November 28, 1938) was a British ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 10:35, 11 May 2023
- weary public lost interest in seeing photos of the war, and Brady’s popularity ... War and combat photographs and photographers constitute one of the ...9 KB (1,405 words) - 16:51, 7 November 2022
- William Kingdon Clifford (May 4, 1845 - March 3, 1879) was an English ... Under the influence of Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer, Clifford ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 11:09, 10 May 2023
- Voluntarism is fundamentally a theory of action according to which ... Voluntarism (from the Latin: voluntas, meaning ‘will’) is a theory ...13 KB (2,009 words) - 21:03, 3 May 2023
- The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn, fought ... aftermath were marked by the British capture of New York City (which it held ...12 KB (1,814 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
- born American psychiatrist who became one of the most influential figures ... Meyer pioneered the application of Freudian ideas in American psychiatry ...9 KB (1,247 words) - 06:03, 15 June 2023
- [[Image:Beit Sur1.jpg|thumb|320px|Beth-Zur, one of the sites in the ... William Foxwell Albright (May 24, 1891 – September 19, 1971) was ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 15:59, 7 May 2023
- The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from ... was unsuccessful in halting enforcement of the Intolerable Acts. Their ...14 KB (1,859 words) - 19:55, 26 March 2024
- William Byrd (c. 1540 – July 4, 1623) was one of the most celebrated ... teenage years, alongside the finest musicians of his day. ...10 KB (1,651 words) - 15:42, 6 May 2023
- known as the Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters, poets, and ... the Classical poses and elegant compositions of Raphael, in particular, had ...16 KB (2,149 words) - 00:32, 12 April 2023
- Wampum is a string of shell beads often woven into belts and formerly ... Wampum belts were exchanged as a form of treaty between tribes. Wampum ...7 KB (1,160 words) - 22:50, 3 May 2023
- Robert Lowell and the confessionalist school of poetry, who is increasingly ... and complicate the autobiographical nature of his poetry, and it is unclear ...11 KB (1,723 words) - 04:15, 3 August 2022
- Welsh poet who is widely considered one of the most influential English ... Dylan Thomas was born in the coastal city of Swansea, Wales. His father ...9 KB (1,416 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- a clergyman. He is famous for his criticism of David Ricardo and his insistence ... He also worked as a commissioner on the Tithe Commutation Act of 1836 ...8 KB (1,180 words) - 01:42, 14 December 2022
- and luminosity than a main sequence star of the same surface temperature ... Stars of greater luminosity than giant stars are classified as supergiants ...9 KB (1,372 words) - 07:44, 24 January 2023
- Dr. William Thornton (May 20, 1759 – March 28, 1828) was an early ... From an early age William Thornton displayed interest and discernible ...12 KB (1,857 words) - 20:42, 13 May 2023
- to the Partisan Review and member of the group known as "The ... to receive tenure in the Department of English. A popular professor ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 04:21, 29 October 2022
- library system is a nationwide network of libraries administered by the ... the government and promised to offer a part of his estate at Hyde Park, New ...19 KB (2,492 words) - 22:38, 30 November 2022
- William Congreve (January 24, 1670 – January 19, 1729) was an English ... the grave site was erected by the Duchess of Marlborough, with whom he was ...16 KB (2,529 words) - 15:55, 7 May 2023
- The Radical Republicans were members of the Republican Party who were ... the United States following the end of the Civil War. Utilizing membership ...11 KB (1,485 words) - 22:44, 7 December 2022
- William Makepeace Thackeray (July 18, 1811 – December 24, 1863) ... William had been sent to England earlier, at the age of five, with ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 11:11, 10 May 2023
- was the founder and first president of the American Broadcasting Company ... than the more flamboyant figures of William S. Paley and David ...8 KB (1,119 words) - 20:12, 25 October 2022
- educator, dedicated to the education of young children. After meeting ... Susan Blow was born in St. Louis, Missouri, as the oldest of six children ...9 KB (1,286 words) - 23:57, 26 February 2023
- stockholder in AT&T and in the New York Central Railroad. Most of ... Born William Samuel Rosenberg to a Jewish family in New York City ...9 KB (1,337 words) - 17:39, 31 October 2023
- critic. A key figure in the development of Modernist American poetry, ... may have gone unnoticed, ironically, because of his even greater talents in ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 00:34, 8 December 2022
- The Peasants' Revolt, Tyler’s Rebellion, or the Great Rising ... military campaigns overseas—a continuation of the Hundred Years' War ...8 KB (1,321 words) - 07:09, 23 November 2022
- his capture by the British after the Battle of Long Island. Widely considered America's first spy, a copy of Frederick MacMonnies ...13 KB (2,092 words) - 01:31, 11 November 2022
- or Alexander Hamilton, the fifty-fourth of The Federalist Papers. It was ... Titled, "The Apportionment of Members Among the States" ...15 KB (2,066 words) - 01:55, 26 March 2024
- publisher, and owner. Patterson was one of the first women to head a major ... and using their talents for the benefit of society, their family life ...10 KB (1,584 words) - 13:57, 2 April 2008
- abolitionist, social reformer, and proponent of women's rights. She is ... described as "the real founder and soul of the woman's rights movement ...11 KB (1,557 words) - 02:27, 5 November 2022
- American pragmatists Charles S. Peirce and William James. Wright wrote only ... After reading Darwin's Origin of Species (published in 1859) ...12 KB (1,761 words) - 00:45, 5 December 2023
- Zircon is a mineral belonging to a subgroup of silicate minerals called ... and nuclear reactors. It is the source of zirconium oxide, an extremely ...9 KB (1,181 words) - 06:08, 13 June 2023
- 200px|thumb|Blegen Library at the University of Cincinnati.]] Carl William Blegen (January 27, 1887 – August 24, 1971) was an ...9 KB (1,327 words) - 19:17, 26 November 2023
- States presidency in the disputed election of 1876, the most controversial ... Tilden was born in New Lebanon in New York State. He studied at New ...14 KB (2,082 words) - 20:20, 1 December 2023
- | birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America ... | death_place = Covington, Louisiana, United States of America ...9 KB (1,310 words) - 18:46, 17 April 2023
- Crockett and by the popular title "King of the Wild Frontier." He ... approach and his fearlessness, made him one of the most popular personalities ...11 KB (1,717 words) - 08:40, 28 January 2024
- Marie de France ("Mary of France") was a poet. Born in France ... Her works are mostly dedicated to members of the French court at the ...12 KB (1,973 words) - 04:15, 6 November 2022
- The sonnet is one of the most important and enduring poetic forms ... Consisting of 14 rhymed lines broken into either two or four stanzas ...11 KB (1,767 words) - 01:16, 4 February 2023
- an American newspaper publisher and founder of The E.W. Scripps Company, a ... England, and Julia A. Osborne from New York. He had five brothers and ...10 KB (1,489 words) - 17:31, 12 February 2024
- spirit and public mission to be a vital part of the life around it, not an ... regarded as a powerful force in the freeing of education from the strictures ...7 KB (1,084 words) - 16:14, 13 February 2024
- Attorney General in 1860-61 and Secretary of War through most of the American ... Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, the eldest of the four children ...16 KB (2,329 words) - 23:57, 12 February 2024
