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- Yejong of Goryeo (1079 - 1122) was the 16th emperor of the Korean ... King Yejong was a great patron of Daoism, preferring its precepts ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- by faith in the doctrines and sacraments of the Christian religion. a major force in the mainline churches of Great Britain and the United ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 21:44, 30 January 2023
- in Gilded Age newspapers as a leader of the American woman's suffrage ... old Canning Woodhull from a town outside of Rochester, New York. Dr. Woodhull ...11 KB (1,729 words) - 06:00, 8 May 2020
- Kennedys became America's equivalent of the "royal family." Robert F. Kennedy were her sons. Both of these public servants were ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 19:16, 16 December 2022
- an eleven year ministry in a tenement area of New York City, he taught at ... became a Baptist, attracted to their style of church organization which he ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 22:29, 3 May 2023
- psychology. He is best known as the creator of the Stanford-Binet IQ test ... County, Indiana, seventeen miles southeast of Indianapolis. He was the twelfth ...14 KB (2,037 words) - 22:21, 25 October 2022
- Ashgabat (Aşgabat) is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan ... Ashgabat, a city of around 900,000, is primarily a government and ...13 KB (1,843 words) - 04:04, 18 August 2023
- The Great Society was a set of domestic programs proposed or enacted ... War choked off the Great Society. While some of the programs have been eliminated ...28 KB (4,129 words) - 12:21, 24 January 2023
- The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (Devanāgarī: ... and technology-oriented institute of higher education established ...32 KB (4,594 words) - 21:31, 11 November 2021
- Catholic Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit ... In 1529, while attending the University of Paris, Xavier became acquainted ...15 KB (2,402 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- An art museum is a museum that specializes in works of art ranging ... Curators preserve historical works of art as treasures of humanity. ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 10:51, 16 August 2023
- own right, conquering both Egypt and much of the Eastern Roman Empire. The descendant of various royal ancestors, Zenobia became queen of ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 05:50, 13 June 2023
- 1919) was an American pioneer in the areas of feminism, abolitionism, prohibition ... One of the first women in the country to be awarded a medical degree ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 16:01, 7 November 2022
- a Carmelite nun, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church, who died ... Nazi regime reacted by ordering the arrest of all Catholics in Holland of ...16 KB (2,393 words) - 20:38, 8 August 2023
- who practices medicine with the purpose of promoting, maintaining, or ... Both the role of the physician and the meaning of the word itself ...29 KB (3,911 words) - 19:59, 15 May 2020
- Bimbisara (ruled 544-491 B.C.E.) was a king of the Magadha empire ... peaceful relations with most if not all of his peers. He is legendary ...11 KB (1,687 words) - 17:43, 31 October 2023
- The Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County, often referred to ... In March of 1955, Mrs. Dorothy Chandler began fundraising toward a ...21 KB (3,188 words) - 02:46, 4 November 2022
- was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology ... several occasions, and living the last years of his life in Jerusalem. He was ...13 KB (1,892 words) - 16:43, 13 May 2024
- social reformer, a pioneer in the fields of child welfare and public welfare ... 29, 1858 in Rockford, Illinois, the first of five children of William Lathrop ...10 KB (1,507 words) - 21:08, 4 October 2022
- He was the fourth secretary-general of the United Nations, serving ... Prior to serving as UN secretary general, Waldheim was a member of ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- but rather pursued relentlessly the course of making human evolutionary science ... on the manifestations and human significance of love, the underlying focus ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 04:42, 18 August 2023
- who is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and the best known ... William Wordsworth, Burns is perhaps one of the most enduringly popular ...16 KB (2,543 words) - 03:14, 15 December 2022
- : Another John Venn was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1686–1687. ... He published three texts on logic, The Logic of Chance (1866) which introduced ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 04:30, 3 May 2024
- Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that ... == History == [[Image:A1 House of Quality.png|left|thumb|QFD House ...28 KB (3,868 words) - 00:58, 21 April 2023
- An academy (Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of higher learning ... The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 07:13, 14 June 2023
- 13, 1896) was a German organic chemist. One of the most prominent organic ... Kekulé was born in Darmstadt, Germany, the son of a civil servant ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 18:28, 21 August 2023
- 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
- [[Image:1915NatGeog.jpg|thumb|175px|Cover of January, 1915 National ... National Geographic, is the official journal of the National Geographic Society ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 04:11, 11 March 2023
- As an educator, he promoted the teaching of history, science, and the arts ... gases becoming famous for his co-discovery of oxygen, which he called "dephlo ...19 KB (2,767 words) - 04:54, 7 May 2024
- The Deep South is a descriptive category of cultural and geographic ... The Deep South is a belt stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to west ...16 KB (2,381 words) - 08:36, 15 January 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard ...32 KB (4,558 words) - 16:50, 30 January 2022
- and philanthropist often considered as one of the fathers Reform Judaism. Germany, Jacobson married into the family of the wealthy court Jew Hertz ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 06:05, 11 March 2024
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located on ... refers to the province's location east of the Taihang Mountains. Its ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in ... Gansu has a unique role in China. Sitting on the terminus of the Silk ...21 KB (2,969 words) - 04:27, 18 April 2024
- Germany around 383 C.E. At the request of her father, King Donaut of ... Recently, the historicity of Ursula's story has come under serious ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 00:54, 23 December 2022
- (Narkompros) responsible for the Ministry of Education. In addition to his ... His brother-in-law was Alexander Bogdanov, a close associate of Vladimir ...35 KB (4,665 words) - 20:09, 31 August 2023
- In mathematics, the concept of a curve tries to capture the intuitive ... function (as in learning curve), or graph of a function (Phillips curve). ...14 KB (2,245 words) - 21:42, 23 June 2022
- He was the son of Theodore, a Roman nobleman. He reigned for longer ... He may have been the first Pope to refer to the Donation of Constantine ...12 KB (1,943 words) - 06:17, 15 June 2023
- Santiago, officially Santiago de Chile, is the federal capital of ... Approximately two decades of uninterrupted economic growth have transformed ...25 KB (3,606 words) - 18:44, 25 January 2024
- born around 735 C.E. and became the student of Egbert at York. At the invitation ... He was made abbot of the monastery of Saint Martin of Tours in 796 ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 05:08, 17 June 2023
- Marie began her career as a writer in 1839. She was a friend of female ... promoted complimentarity with men's education and occupations, holding ...16 KB (2,413 words) - 08:32, 10 March 2023
- organization, preservation and dissemination of information resources, and ... quot; aspect, or improve the popular image of librarians. ...14 KB (1,842 words) - 22:32, 25 October 2022
- to benefit society or a specific group of people within that society ... and in some jurisdictions specific types of companies, may be established ...17 KB (2,518 words) - 01:47, 4 December 2023
- India. He is best known as the founder of the Arya Samaj "Society ... who believed in the infallible authority of the Vedas. Dayananda advocated ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- and leader, a Yoruba Chief, and native of Ikenne in the Ogun State of ... Awolowo was well aware that the challenge of holding Nigeria's ...19 KB (2,818 words) - 10:13, 11 March 2023
- 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
- Grammar is the set of rules that allow a speaker to form an intelligible ... (grammatikḕ téchnē), which means "art of letters," from ...25 KB (3,469 words) - 22:17, 30 March 2023
- C.E.) was a Chinese philosopher and follower of Confucianism who argued that ... In the history of Confucianism, he is second only to Confucius in ...22 KB (3,470 words) - 04:29, 9 November 2022
- Aga Khan (Persian: آغا خان ) is the hereditary title of the ... philanthropic efforts and establishment of various educational and medical ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 06:09, 16 June 2023
- 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
- July 2, 1778) was a Franco-Swiss philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ... the modernizing, industrializing society of his own time — was a negative ...25 KB (3,929 words) - 01:04, 9 February 2023
- Jodhpur (जोधपुर), is the second largest city in the state ... to as the Blue City, due to the indigo tinge of the whitewashed houses around ...14 KB (2,036 words) - 06:32, 5 April 2024
- The temperance movement attempted to greatly reduce the amount of ... " Journal of the Midwest History of Education Society. 115-133. 1981. ...23 KB (3,290 words) - 05:37, 27 February 2023
- Public libraries exist in most nations of the world and are often ... well as educational and nonfiction materials of interest to the general public; ...23 KB (3,301 words) - 23:36, 2 December 2022
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... Canada. Founded in 1821, McGill is one of the oldest universities in ...36 KB (4,859 words) - 09:30, 10 March 2023
- a school, in 1904, that later became part of Bethune-Cookman College in ... little scholarly attention in the histories of the period. As a stateswoman ...20 KB (2,970 words) - 16:12, 7 November 2022
- Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (October 29, 1938 - ) is the current President ... For anyone to become head of their state is a significant achievement ...17 KB (2,476 words) - 17:14, 13 February 2024
- and politician who pioneered modern education for the Muslim community ... Company. Personally affected by the turmoil of the Indian rebellion of 1857 ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- was a Korean independence activist and one of the early leaders of the Korean ... Many consider Ahn Chang-ho to be one of the key moral and philosophical ...16 KB (2,495 words) - 06:55, 16 June 2023
- Formerly Haute-Volta it was a colony of French West Africa, before ... one party still dominates the politics of the nation. Despite the greater ...22 KB (3,224 words) - 18:45, 22 November 2023
- " He went on to become one of the most influential journalists ... He was a widely read, and popular figure of the era, and in his later years ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 15:56, 7 May 2023
- ) or Lu Hsün (Wade-Giles), pen name of Zhou Shuren ( t=周樹人|s ... ) (September 25, 1881 – October 19, 1936) was one of the major Chinese ...17 KB (2,586 words) - 04:15, 4 November 2022
- on preexisting capital assigned for the cost of labor. A pioneer in using statistical ... beliefs, particularly regarding the issue of immigration. He feared that ...11 KB (1,557 words) - 04:48, 9 April 2024
- 13, 1922 - October 14, 1999) was President of Tanzania (previously Tanganyika ... He also battled the International Monetary Fund over the issue of ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 09:54, 12 May 2024
- Kenya. Established in 1946, it was a project of Mervyn Cowie, a conservationist ... south of the center of Nairobi, the nation's capital and largest ...18 KB (2,633 words) - 02:41, 11 March 2023
- February 22, 1901) was an Irish professor of "natural and experimental ... Stoney. Rev. FitzGerald was professor of moral philosophy in Trinity ...10 KB (1,556 words) - 15:45, 6 November 2022
- Marietta Robusti (1560? - 1590) was a female Venetian painter of the ... (1527–1576) and King King Philip II of Spain (1527-1598) to work at ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 15:54, 6 November 2022
- and newspaper publisher, who left a gift of $500,000 to Columbia University ... He thus sought to establish the school of journalism at Columbia University ...15 KB (2,254 words) - 23:45, 2 December 2022
- and calligraphist. She also the mother of seven children and was also ... Shin Saimdang had more responsibilities than most of her peers. She ...16 KB (2,547 words) - 21:41, 6 October 2022
- specifically established by the government of a country to serve as the preeminent ... had their origins in the royal collections of the sovereign or some other ...17 KB (2,398 words) - 04:12, 11 March 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Kiangsu) is a province of the People's ... its southern parts. Since the inception of economic reforms in 1978, Jiangsu ...28 KB (3,971 words) - 20:38, 3 April 2024
- who was the first to observe four of Saturn's moons. He compiled ... near Sanremo, at that time in the Republic of Genoa. His father was James ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 20:28, 26 September 2023
- ), is a province of the People's Republic of China located in ... it is traditionally regarded as the cradle of Chinese civilization. ...27 KB (3,852 words) - 17:21, 7 February 2022
- States, England and Wales, or other parts of the world, a brief is a road ... The brief was probably so called from its at first being only a copy ...13 KB (2,127 words) - 23:07, 20 November 2023
- modern context; for the lifelong abstinence of monastics and priests of certain ... marriage. The traditional religious virtue of chastity combines abstinence ...26 KB (3,963 words) - 10:13, 26 January 2023
- The Republic of Cape Verde or Cape Verde is a republic located on ... strict controls on the economy and politics of the nation. But a multiparty ...19 KB (2,758 words) - 19:33, 25 November 2023
- Anne of Cleves (September 22, 1515 – July 16, 1557) (German: Anna ... Knowing the fate of other wives of Henry who resisted his marital ...14 KB (2,263 words) - 04:57, 31 July 2023
- Literature in 1924. Reymont was the author of novels such as the ironic The ... to protect him in the Russian-occupied area of Poland from any trouble for ...13 KB (2,005 words) - 23:19, 17 May 2023
- she changed the public's perception of people with disabilities. She ... true value comes from the height and depth of her mind. ...17 KB (2,745 words) - 08:35, 21 January 2024
- political scientist who devised the concept of a Condorcet method. Unlike ... Condorcet was a key figure in the transformation of society from its ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- American Quaker poet and forceful advocate of the abolition of slavery in ... John Greenleaf Whittier was born on December 17, 1807, the second ...11 KB (1,653 words) - 05:14, 3 August 2022
- آباد Ilāhābād) is the English name of a city in the north Indian ... "-ābād" being Persian for "place of." ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 13:37, 17 May 2021
- and seventh (1872–1876) president of Liberia after helping lead ... world leaders to see to the realization of such. His diplomatic skills ...15 KB (2,161 words) - 07:38, 27 February 2023
- major magazine, during the "Golden Age of Photojournalism," she ... whether that required sitting on top of a gargoyle on the Chrysler ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 03:53, 6 November 2022
- A gang is a group of individuals who share a common identity and, ... identity or defiance. The increasing problem of gang violence in many cities ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 08:52, 23 October 2022
- She was known as the "Conscience of the American Revolution." to publish an anti-Federalist interpretation of the American Revolution. Her ...17 KB (2,550 words) - 16:13, 9 November 2022
- associated with the establishment of Confucianism as the official ... writings are preserved in the Standard History of the Western Han Dynasty ...11 KB (1,702 words) - 18:44, 2 May 2023
- ) (born August 15, 1945) was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from ... During her period in office, the leader of the official opposition ...24 KB (3,377 words) - 23:03, 30 January 2023
- lies primarily in the southern part of Thurston County and northeastern ... removal from their ancestral lands, the fate of many other tribes at that time ...12 KB (1,854 words) - 00:35, 18 November 2022
- November 1, 1894) reigned as Tsar (Emperor) of Russia from March 14, 1881 ... role that his father had granted members of the educated class, he gave ...18 KB (2,859 words) - 14:23, 18 July 2023
- reformer. He is best known as the author of the report Social Insurance ... India, on March 5, 1879, the eldest son of a judge in the Indian Civil ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 15:39, 6 May 2023
- The Lodi Dynasty or Lodhi (1451 – 1526 c.e.), were rulers of Pashtun ... ==Origin of the Dynasty== Bahlul nominated his second son, Sikandar ...6 KB (975 words) - 05:58, 16 June 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... |name = University of Pennsylvania |image = [[Image:Collegegreen ...31 KB (4,374 words) - 13:08, 3 May 2023
- close friend Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, one of the influential figures in ... a provincial town some miles north of Stuttgart. Schiller was the ...18 KB (2,816 words) - 06:39, 15 April 2024
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Group ... The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, also ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 23:05, 31 October 2023
- regarded as the "Founding Father" of the Hudson River School, an ... His historical and allegorical paintings of the 1820s and 1830s gave ...18 KB (2,643 words) - 21:34, 7 September 2023
- " Hebrew: יהוֹיָקִים) was one of the last kings of Judah. The ... During Jehoiakim's reign as a vassal of Egypt, Nebuchadnezzar ...12 KB (1,854 words) - 20:02, 4 November 2023
- Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of ... Dynasty in China. It is home to a number of Turkic ethnic groups, the largest ...28 KB (3,367 words) - 14:31, 20 May 2023
- [[Image:Photo of William Graham Sumner.jpg|250px|right|thumb|William ... sociologist, famous for his strong support of laissez-faire economy, free ...16 KB (2,256 words) - 12:13, 8 May 2023
- Category:Education Category:Law Category:Sociology in employment, housing, or education—but also to redress the ...23 KB (3,279 words) - 20:11, 7 July 2023
- known for propagating the Vaishnava doctrine of bhedabheda dvaitadvaita, duality ... and non-duality. He defines three categories of existence, God (Isvara), souls ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 04:44, 15 November 2022
- is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture and, with a population of 3 ... bombing during World War II. Today it is one of Japan’s major ports along ...20 KB (2,678 words) - 11:13, 25 May 2023
- (or Lower Himalaya) in the Indian state of West Bengal, located at ... at an average elevation of 1,247 m (4,100 feet). The town serves as ...23 KB (3,374 words) - 17:14, 14 May 2024
- is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka ... no daidokoro) or the gourmet food capital of Japan. The city has a long ...25 KB (3,427 words) - 19:39, 20 July 2023
- views on womanhood and equality of people helped to move a nation ... Louisa May Alcott was the second of four daughters born to Amos Bronson ...17 KB (2,709 words) - 04:11, 4 November 2022
- total) is the idea that all the properties of a given system (biological ... The general principle of holism was concisely summarized by Aristotle ...23 KB (3,318 words) - 16:10, 25 January 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... City. Founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St. John ...33 KB (4,668 words) - 06:21, 1 April 2024
- and the postpartum period (including care of the newborn). Midwives may ... Today, midwifery is a recognized health profession with education ...32 KB (4,799 words) - 10:57, 10 March 2023
- ), were an essential part of the Chinese government administration ... == History of Imperial Examinations == [[Image:Palastexamen-SongDynastie ...21 KB (3,072 words) - 15:27, 4 February 2023
- performing companies. At the head of the complex's central ... Created with a vision of bringing together the best of New York's ...27 KB (4,040 words) - 07:39, 9 March 2023
- 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 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), constitute an elite group ... class science and technology college education program with a successful ...40 KB (5,809 words) - 14:53, 16 October 2021
- famous for his contribution to theories of cultural evolution. His approach ... Marvin Harris was born in Brooklyn, New York, into a poor family of ...11 KB (1,566 words) - 08:40, 10 March 2023
- on Easter Sunday, 1939, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington ... Overcoming the odds of poverty, racism and the loss of her father ...14 KB (2,054 words) - 23:31, 1 September 2023
- " 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
- an American publisher who was the co-founder of the Funk & Wagnalls Company ... The publication of The Literary Digest in 1890 marked a change for ...7 KB (985 words) - 05:46, 15 June 2023
- capital, Halifax, is a major economic center of the region. It is the fourth ... The province includes several regions of the Mi'kmaq nation of ...28 KB (4,053 words) - 10:08, 11 March 2023
- diplomat and the second secretary-seneral of the United Nations. He served ... his own nation but he was a representative of the international community ...15 KB (2,373 words) - 07:44, 12 January 2024
- literature and society, and the impact of The Holocaust. ... A polyglot and polymath, he is often credited with redefining the ...21 KB (2,963 words) - 08:15, 23 January 2023
- #039;s law, represents the true beginning of electrical circuit analysis. Ohm offers a good example of the working of science through his experimental ...15 KB (2,285 words) - 06:57, 18 April 2024
- 11, 2021) was the last State President of apartheid-era South Africa ... De Klerk is best known for engineering the end of apartheid, South ...12 KB (1,870 words) - 10:34, 11 April 2024
- Respectfully dubbed as "The Wizard of Tuskegee," Washington ... In the decades after the war, millions of Southern freedmen needed ...32 KB (5,107 words) - 19:08, 20 November 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Kiangsi) is a southern province of the People ... first century. Blessed with an abundance of water, Jiangxi is the rice ...21 KB (3,089 words) - 20:39, 3 April 2024
- – November 3, 1639) was a Catholic monk of mixed raced from Peru and the ... Born the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a former slave ...10 KB (1,693 words) - 15:53, 7 November 2022
- was an Austrian sociologist and philosopher of science and one of the founders ... 1919, after the war, the Marxist governments of Bavaria and Saxony employed ...12 KB (1,753 words) - 05:54, 18 November 2022
- Due to Pushkin's role as the founder of modern Russian poetry and the ... young. He received only a little formal education at the gymnasium in Kazan ...6 KB (907 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- ; Postal map spelling: Shansi) is a province of the People's ... refers to the province's location west of the Taihang Mountains. Its ...23 KB (3,285 words) - 13:15, 27 January 2023
- was a Kenyan politician, the third President of Kenya, serving from December ... 30, 2007, for his second term as president of the Republic of Kenya after ...24 KB (3,416 words) - 18:22, 8 December 2022
- diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 ... As a devout Buddhist and practitioner of meditation, Thant brought ...14 KB (2,150 words) - 01:24, 3 May 2023
- to 1831, the hall was crowded as the hall of no philosophical teacher in ... In 1840, when Cousin became Minister of Public Instruction in France ...26 KB (4,045 words) - 18:04, 3 May 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Ngan-hui, Anhwei or An-hwei) is a province ... from the seventeenth century, has a history that provides a cross section ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 06:03, 28 July 2023
- The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (JOKB) Korea's largest denomination ... The Jogye order came fully into prominence following the end of the ...16 KB (2,359 words) - 06:43, 5 April 2024
- Physical fitness is used in the context of two meanings: General fitness ... Physical fitness is the capacity of the heart, blood vessels, lungs ...19 KB (2,829 words) - 05:08, 24 November 2022
- Gyeongju is a city (see Subdivisions of South Korea) and prominent ... Gyeongju was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Silla, a fact to ...25 KB (3,647 words) - 14:22, 14 December 2021
- 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
- Scottish historian, a co-founder and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society ... as well as Farsi, drew on a wide range of Indian sources. Aspects of ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:48, 10 November 2022
- Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance ... represented Patrick County in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 04:28, 31 July 2022
- discipline that involves application of the principles of physics for ... The beginnings of mechanical engineering go back to the craftsmen ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 03:49, 9 November 2022
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... |name = University of Cambridge |latin_name = Universitas Cantabrigiensis ...34 KB (4,989 words) - 13:06, 3 May 2023
- French chemist and physicist whose discovery of the law of combining volumes ... Gay-Lussac was born at Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, in the department ...13 KB (1,969 words) - 07:30, 2 April 2008
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... |motto = Vox clamantis in deserto(The voice of one crying ...29 KB (4,327 words) - 22:24, 25 January 2024
- and educator. Serving as a professor of economics at Harvard University ... and the consequent health and prosperity of society and all its members. ...7 KB (1,057 words) - 05:09, 9 April 2024
- Guo Moruo studied at Sixth Higher School and the Medical School of ... family members were also persecuted and two of his children were led to kill ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 19:48, 12 July 2023
- Sichuan, the home of ancient civilizations and ethnic groups, sits ... == History == The general territory of the province and its neighboring ...21 KB (2,859 words) - 14:31, 27 January 2023
- Category:Education Category:Military [[Image:ROTCFTX1.jpg|thumb|right ... Alden Partridge originated this novel system of education which combined civilian ...25 KB (3,768 words) - 19:43, 16 April 2023
- is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario, James Bay, and Hudson ... administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is the ...36 KB (5,238 words) - 15:40, 7 December 2022
- Réunion is an island, located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar ... It is part of the Mascarene Islands, which are volcanic in origin; ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- inventor who achieved fame for his invention of the technology of printing ... The exact origin of Gutenberg's first press is apparently unknown ...16 KB (2,461 words) - 15:05, 1 August 2022
- ; Postal map spelling: Hopeh) is a province of the People's Republic ... (which border one another), and a small part of the province (an exclave disjointed ...26 KB (3,622 words) - 15:13, 25 January 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox University ... |name = University of Oxford |latin_name = Universitas ...35 KB (5,122 words) - 13:07, 3 May 2023
- Thomist tradition, and economist. Like many of his fellow Roman Catholic theologians ... For a New Political Economy, and at the end of his life, worked on An Essay ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 11:19, 28 September 2023
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in ... after the Japanese defeat and at the onset of the Chinese Civil War. The ...23 KB (3,109 words) - 22:25, 25 October 2022
- story writer, and an eminent personality of Hindi literature. She is considered ... She developed a soft vocabulary in the Hindi poetry of Khadi Boli ...33 KB (4,286 words) - 22:07, 30 October 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... |affiliations = Association of American Universities |website ...32 KB (4,475 words) - 14:20, 3 May 2023
- especially for depicting natural scenes of mothers with their children ... Born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, which is now part of Pittsburgh ...12 KB (1,997 words) - 16:00, 7 November 2022
- population 3,145,300 (2005), is the capital of Vietnam. From 1010 until 1802 ... The city is located on the right bank of the Red River. Hanoi is located ...24 KB (3,621 words) - 13:28, 24 January 2023
- and statesman, the second president of India (1962-1967). Radhakrishnan was one of the foremost scholars of comparative religion ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 16:20, 27 July 2021
- singer who has been called "the queen of Tejano music".Rick Mitchell ... Selena was murdered at the age of 23 by Yolanda Saldívar, the president ...16 KB (2,443 words) - 17:47, 25 January 2023
- began in 1873, just prior to the Treaty of Ganghwa in 1874 between Japan ... China representing the whales. Indeed, the history of Korea is replete with ...29 KB (4,382 words) - 23:06, 30 November 2022
- is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan. Founded in 1831 ... 31 Nobel Prize winners; 9 National Medal of Science recipients; 12 Pulitzer ...33 KB (4,775 words) - 09:32, 11 March 2023
- Category:Education Category:Anthropology Category:library and information ... thumb|300px|right|The Louvre in Paris, one of the largest and most famous ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China. He was also a twentieth ... Rong was ranked among the Seven Scholars of Jian'an (建安七子 ...13 KB (2,005 words) - 04:08, 4 March 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Tientsin) is one of four municipalities of ... The urban area of Tianjin is located along the Haihe River, and is ...29 KB (3,826 words) - 23:22, 30 April 2023
- (c. 820 – February 6, 893) was Patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to ... appointed to the patriarchate in the midst of a political struggle in the ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- *For the history of the Korea before its division, see History of Korea. The History of South Korea formally begins with the establishment ...21 KB (3,199 words) - 11:47, 1 February 2024
- in music, he studied law at the University of Leipzig. The most prolific ... writing concertos for unusual combinations of instruments, such as multiple ...11 KB (1,648 words) - 06:57, 18 April 2024
- The Cayman Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom ... The Caymans are one of the most popular tourist attractions in the ...26 KB (3,769 words) - 16:23, 3 December 2023
- Roman Emperor and for promoting the vision of the Christian world as a single ... Leo was the son of Atyuppius and Elizabeth. Unlike many of the Cardinals ...12 KB (1,984 words) - 20:06, 25 October 2022
- – December 9, 2009) served as President of Costa Rica from May 8, 1978 ... to educate peacemakers. He was the founder of the University for Peace, established ...13 KB (1,884 words) - 14:31, 28 June 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Hupeh) is a central province of the People ... ), after the powerful state of Chu that existed here during the Eastern ...22 KB (3,092 words) - 21:04, 7 February 2024
- Category:Education [[Image:800px-Smithsonian Building NR.jpg|300px ... administered and funded by the government of the United States and by endowments ...22 KB (3,235 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... |caption= Shield of Emory University |motto=Cor prudentis possidebit ...26 KB (3,754 words) - 18:26, 13 February 2024
- Thought and in Sociology at the University of Chicago. An influential sociologist ... truth but rather as a necessary component of culture and human life, which ...17 KB (2,459 words) - 23:52, 12 February 2024
- theologian. He is considered the founder of the Hanbali school of fiqh ... Ibn Hanbal is considered a defender of orthodoxy, or pure Islam, and ...7 KB (1,052 words) - 06:52, 16 June 2023
- clearly formulate the fundamental principles of thermodynamics. He also placed ... Clausius was born in Köslin in the Province of Pomerania, the son ...13 KB (1,927 words) - 21:04, 21 December 2022
- Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country ... quot; was applied to the Ndebele territory of Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was then ...31 KB (4,520 words) - 05:42, 13 June 2023
- to hold the office as Executive president) of Sri Lanka (November 12, 1994 ... President. In power, she pursued a policy of economic liberation and emphasized ...18 KB (2,650 words) - 01:16, 4 December 2023
- A Morality play is a type of dramatic allegory, performed in a theater ... Morality plays survived the disenchantment of the church and the wrath ...15 KB (2,390 words) - 21:20, 9 November 2022
- Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, with an area of 227 ... The 1874 "March West" of the federal government's new ...28 KB (3,852 words) - 03:30, 23 December 2022
- potential applications. It includes study of subjects such as theories of ... Ultimately, the goal of those working in the field of educational ...35 KB (4,855 words) - 18:18, 12 February 2024
- in digital form, the intellectual output of an institution, particularly ... articles, peer reviews, and digital versions of theses and dissertations, but ...16 KB (2,155 words) - 22:54, 5 February 2023
- Nearly all known traditional denominations of Christianity, including ... regional war lords and approximately 100,000 of their subjects had converted ...21 KB (2,903 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- Santa Fe de Bogotá, is the capital city of the South American nation of ... financial, and political center of Colombia. As with many large ...33 KB (4,818 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- Pretoria is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving ... In the mid-twentieth century racial segregation in the form of apartheid ...25 KB (3,503 words) - 00:35, 12 April 2023
- in the Lesser Antilles islands. They are one of the two main tribes of Amerindian ... Like most of the indigenous peoples of the New World, the Carib suffered ...16 KB (2,321 words) - 19:15, 26 November 2023
- Kobe(Kōbe-shi) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent ... It was one of the first cities to open for trade with the Western ...32 KB (4,446 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- energy corporation in the world and is one of the six "supermajor" ... The history of ConocoPhillips encompasses the entire history of the ...24 KB (3,330 words) - 18:20, 6 June 2023
- Mills during the early 1800s made it a place of pilgrimage for social reformers ... earliest years was the key to the formation of good character and to the amelioration ...26 KB (4,155 words) - 01:46, 16 December 2022
- enacted in the Southern and border states of the United States after 1876 ... to the U.S. and the first popularizer of blackface performance, which ...24 KB (3,703 words) - 12:44, 1 August 2022
- Her most famous photo appeared on the front cover of Rolling Stone ... established herself as an astute observer of American popular culture and ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
- New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern ... In one of the earliest English settlements in the New World, English ...32 KB (4,620 words) - 09:13, 11 March 2023
- quot;)) is the rapid and extensive spreading of a disease whereby there is ... A pandemic is simply an epidemic that affects a large proportion of ...22 KB (3,244 words) - 14:30, 11 February 2022
- There exists a fierce debate over the use of factories that have come to ... to improving the opportunities, and standard of living, of those otherwise ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- His stories, especially his treatment of the Cossacks in the war with ... Born to a Jewish family in Odessa during a period of social unrest ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 18:50, 7 March 2024
- ) is one of the most diversified companies in Japan, offering a wide ... Starting in the 1970s, Yamaha developed a wide range of electronic ...25 KB (3,604 words) - 10:08, 22 May 2023
- , also known as Madame Sun Yat-sen, was one of the most prominent women in ... Communists founded the People’s Republic of China, Soong was elected the ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- During the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties of Korea, the royal courts ... Based on the civil service examinations of imperial China, the gwageo ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 06:03, 27 July 2023
- known for being an outspoken critic of the Aristotelian philosophy ... *Graves, Frank. History of Education During the Middle Ages And the ...18 KB (2,695 words) - 02:53, 24 November 2022
- Pavel Josef Šafařík, also known by the Slovak spelling of his name ... local culture while realizing the extent of Slavic oppression. While most ...26 KB (4,082 words) - 01:44, 23 November 2022
- and an institutionalist, a leading proponent of government involvement in solving ... in politics, serving in the administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry ...18 KB (2,525 words) - 02:28, 9 February 2023
- The Field Museum of Natural History (commonly abbreviated to FMNH ... The Field Museum has contributed to the advancement of museums in ...15 KB (2,331 words) - 19:38, 26 March 2024
- for "discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements" ... , contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten elements, developed ...29 KB (4,299 words) - 07:54, 24 January 2023
- at Harvard University, where he is Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute ... a more pluralistic approach to the question of the literary canon. There has ...23 KB (3,215 words) - 21:58, 21 October 2022
- played a pivotal role in the establishment of the oil industry and defined ... He was bitterly attacked by the media of his day, newspapers and the ...24 KB (3,700 words) - 18:48, 5 April 2024
- which is the organization and management of information services or materials ... today are required to have a high degree of diversified and specialized ...23 KB (3,189 words) - 11:04, 7 March 2023
- educator, and social thinker. The founder of "anthroposophy," ... === Childhood and education === Rudolf Steiner was born on February ...49 KB (7,066 words) - 17:42, 22 December 2022
- glaciologist, and geologist, the husband of educator Elizabeth Cabot Cary ... In the early stages of his career, Agassiz made a name for himself ...18 KB (2,730 words) - 04:09, 4 November 2022
- was an influential British literary critic of the early-to-mid-twentieth ... One of the most influential figures in twentieth-century English literary ...19 KB (2,790 words) - 00:02, 25 March 2024
- Bridge of Asses or Pons Asinorum (Latin for "Bridge of Asses ... The term “Bridge of Asses” first came into use during the Middle ...8 KB (1,319 words) - 23:03, 20 November 2023
- in southern Egypt on the western bank of Lake Nasser about 190 miles ... The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during ...14 KB (2,343 words) - 06:55, 14 June 2023
- in Giorgio Vasari's Vite (Lives of the Artists). Alberti studied ... Alberti was employed by Pope Nicholas V in the restoration of the ...24 KB (3,831 words) - 20:08, 25 October 2022
- 1961 - ) is a Colombian politician and one of the most outspoken and daring ... The daughter of Colombia's former ambassador to the United Nations ...22 KB (3,388 words) - 22:51, 5 February 2023
- gambling, sandy beaches, spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the ... Native Lenape inhabited the area prior to the arrival of English settlers ...28 KB (3,984 words) - 06:06, 21 August 2023
- was an American philosopher in the school of pragmatism, known for his contributions ... He argued, controversially, that members of such groups as the Communist ...27 KB (3,748 words) - 14:49, 31 May 2023
- #039;s newspaper, reporting instances of racism in the community. She ... Daisy was raised by friends of the family, Orlee and Susie Smith, ...13 KB (1,959 words) - 07:47, 12 January 2024
- tax applied to an individual giving anything of value to another person. For ... also countries that have alternative methods of accomplishing a similar result. ...24 KB (3,964 words) - 07:45, 24 January 2023
- in 1919 after serving on the city council of Metz, he was arrested in 1940 ... Schumans's concept of supra-national democracy and his vision ...19 KB (2,911 words) - 21:29, 16 April 2023
- In the People's Republic of China, Red Guards ( s=红卫兵|t ... ) were a mass movement of civilians, mostly students and other young ...18 KB (2,779 words) - 02:28, 8 December 2022
- The Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental ... to its citizens and the duties of the citizens to the State. Those ...44 KB (6,390 words) - 07:20, 15 April 2024
- University, Johnson interrupted his education with several extended trips ... In 1930, he founded the Department of Architecture and Design at MoMA ...17 KB (2,558 words) - 22:38, 28 March 2023
- ; literally "south of the clouds") is a province of the ... Yunnan has earned fame for the natural beauty of its setting from ...27 KB (3,822 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- His most popular book was The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. not just in his career but also in his life of faith, his family life, and ...25 KB (3,579 words) - 19:59, 9 February 2023
- Cape Town (Afrikaans: Kaapstad; Xhosa: iKapa) is one of South Africa ... Cape Town is well-known for its history of apartheid, a system of ...27 KB (3,877 words) - 19:33, 25 November 2023
- reformer and social activist, leader of the women's suffrage movement ... grandfather, Henry Clay. She was a cousin of Ephraim McDowell and American ...7 KB (1,006 words) - 04:55, 5 November 2022
- whose writings in the 1920s sparked a surge of interest in the subject of ... Oberth was the son of Dr. Julius Oberth, the head of a Saxon family ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 10:20, 22 January 2024
- The Territory of Christmas Island is a small territory of Australia ... It maintains about 1,500 residents who live in a number of "settlement ...27 KB (3,857 words) - 21:39, 10 December 2023
- modern China. It brought about an upsurge of Chinese nationalism, and a ... and towards communism. The introduction of Vernacular Chinese (白话 ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 02:19, 9 November 2022
- is the oldest and most fundamental branch of mathematics. It is used by ... In common usage, arithmetic refers to a branch of mathematics that ...35 KB (4,898 words) - 02:39, 15 August 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... Township, Pennsylvania, ten miles northwest of Philadelphia. The name "Bryn ...14 KB (2,073 words) - 16:50, 22 November 2023
- Racial segregation is the separation, either by law or by action, ... Racial segregation is characterized by separation of people of different ...23 KB (3,411 words) - 22:42, 7 December 2022
- 6, 1973)—was the de facto military ruler of Cuba from 1933 to 1940, and ... Growing resistance to his government included most of the coalition ...18 KB (2,625 words) - 11:10, 20 September 2023
- was a Chinese religious prophet and leader of the Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864 ... Hong proclaimed the "Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping" and began to ...20 KB (3,050 words) - 13:03, 2 February 2024
- The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award in ... The Presidential Medal of Freedom ranks second only to the Medal of ...9 KB (1,283 words) - 22:24, 30 November 2022
- Archival science is a systematic study of record preservation, appraisal ... involved both the cataloguing and accession of items into a collection archive ...17 KB (2,431 words) - 06:20, 12 August 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... campuses are in New York City and in Education City, Qatar. Cornell is ...42 KB (5,828 words) - 03:33, 8 January 2024
- and Public Radio International. The goal of PBS is to make educational ... in 1969, at which time it took over many of the functions of its predecessor ...16 KB (2,300 words) - 18:03, 14 April 2023
- exposure for adultery in Japan from Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs ... Punishment is the practice of imposing something unpleasant on a person ...23 KB (3,563 words) - 18:12, 14 April 2023
- Enlightenment philosopher whose advocacy of religious tolerance resounded ... the Jewish faith while advancing the cause of reason. Towards the end of ...14 KB (2,061 words) - 16:58, 10 November 2022
- Breedlove in Delta, Louisiana, the daughter of former slaves, she was raised ... for African-Americans, especially women, of her day. At a time when women ...18 KB (2,870 words) - 10:48, 9 March 2023
- Ontario is a province located in the east-central part of Canada, ... The capital of Ontario is Toronto, the largest city in Canada. Ottawa ...35 KB (5,025 words) - 00:41, 18 November 2022
- Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a nation ... The Tanzanian geography is one of the most varied and unique in the ...29 KB (4,092 words) - 04:27, 27 February 2023
- was an eminent astrophysicist. Of Tamil Indian heritage, he was born ... He served on the University of Chicago faculty from 1937 until his ...20 KB (2,980 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five ... (after New York County, which is the borough of Manhattan). ...28 KB (4,109 words) - 04:35, 22 November 2023
- Islamic feminism is a form of feminism concerned with the role of ... Muslim majority countries have produced more than seven heads of state ...30 KB (4,309 words) - 20:25, 1 April 2023
- Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{infobox University ... | affiliations = Association of Jesuit Colleges | fightsong ...40 KB (5,605 words) - 08:22, 23 January 2023
- politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia. He came to power ... and in some respects, colonial view of Australia and of Australian ...31 KB (4,378 words) - 06:35, 5 November 2022
- Cannes is a French commune located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes ... with monastic Christianity, although most of the city’s growth has occurred ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 19:24, 25 November 2023
- Acoustics is a branch of physics that studies sound, or more precisely ... Knowledge gained through the field of acoustics has had great significance ...7 KB (998 words) - 07:44, 14 June 2023
- 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
- Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong ... The site of Guangzhou has been continuously occupied since Panyu ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
