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- who earned worldwide fame with his discovery of the first specimens of early ... dedicated to, if not obsessed with, the idea of finding what he believed to ...11 KB (1,759 words) - 04:18, 23 March 2024
- Although he received no formal education of any sort, Carter became one ... Carter's efforts established a new trend in archaeological practices ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 19:24, 7 February 2024
- As the founder and artistic director of the Joffrey Ballet—a company ... from such rock ballets as Joffrey's hit of 1967, Astarte, to distinguished ...11 KB (1,725 words) - 05:07, 15 December 2022
- The Hanging Gardens of Babylon (also known as the Hanging Gardens ... The image of the gardens is impressive not only for its beauty, but ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 20:50, 21 January 2024
- Prize-winning Polish born American writer of both short stories and novels ... by Jews near Warsaw in Poland, then part of the Russian Empire, probably ...18 KB (2,895 words) - 18:52, 7 March 2024
- His initial insight was that a social group of human beings in many ways functions ... Karlsruhe, Germany. His father was the head of the household staff of the ...10 KB (1,388 words) - 06:38, 15 April 2024
- Absurdism is a philosophical perspective which holds that the efforts ... Absurdism implies a tragic tone and feelings of frustration that arise ...15 KB (2,329 words) - 06:46, 14 June 2023
- Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and ... Michigan's shores. The great cities of Chicago and Milwaukee were ...12 KB (1,735 words) - 23:18, 21 October 2022
- 'De-jung') meaning "Source of happiness," is a mythical ... scriptures also speak of a closely-related land called 'Olmolungring ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 09:52, 6 October 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
- | screenshot = [[Image:JSTOR new front page.png|200px]] ... in 1995. It provides full-text searches of digitized back issues of several ...12 KB (1,747 words) - 07:45, 27 February 2023
- Parmenides of Elea (c. 515 – 450 b.c.e.) was a Greek pre-Socratic ... Earlier pre-Socratic philosophers identified the ultimate principle ...11 KB (1,608 words) - 08:52, 18 November 2022
- he was a Dutch painter who came to New York City. He was an important ... that he called compositions, consisting of rectangular forms of red, yellow ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 22:49, 28 March 2023
- James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (October 29, 1740 - May 19 ... journals that he wrote for long periods of his life, which remained undiscovered ...10 KB (1,514 words) - 08:53, 18 March 2024
- 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
- December 4, 1952) was a German psychoanalyst of Norwegian and Dutch descent ... on September 16, 1885 in the German city of Hamburg. Her father, Berndt ...26 KB (3,913 words) - 16:28, 15 November 2023
- 1806) was a Scottish physician and explorer of the African continent who explorations ... His career was set in the context of the early days of the European ...19 KB (3,147 words) - 18:22, 10 November 2022
- a philosophical model. He was a close friend of the U.S. German-born theologian ... May is best known for his work on the human struggles of living in ...14 KB (2,212 words) - 02:44, 16 December 2022
- [[Image:NYPDBrooklynBridge.jpg|thumb|250px|right|New York City Police ... those empowered to use force and other forms of coercion and legal means to ...30 KB (4,393 words) - 06:56, 4 March 2023
- | work_institutions = Stony Brook University | alma_mater = ... and archaeologist, famous for his discovery of "Turkana Boy." The ...14 KB (1,980 words) - 23:02, 4 January 2024
- Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources ... The Park's 119 square miles (309 km²) of spire-filled desert forms a ...13 KB (1,918 words) - 06:16, 12 August 2023
- would quickly renounce these views in favor of a life-long, if sometimes cynical ... Walter Lippmann was born on September 23, 1889 in New York City to ...12 KB (1,763 words) - 22:27, 3 May 2023
- lawyer and peace activist; he is one of several people who have been ... and Otlet created the Central Office of International Associations ...22 KB (3,199 words) - 17:09, 26 March 2023
- The New Kingdom is the period in ancient Egyptian history between ... Some of the most famous of all the Pharaohs, such as Ramesses II and ...12 KB (1,918 words) - 16:32, 11 November 2022
- Schuyler and Kenneth Koch, was a key member of the New York School of poetry ... . The urgency and quickness of his voice allows the reader to experience ...22 KB (3,437 words) - 05:07, 9 April 2024
- was a popular US jazz saxophonist and one of the premier saxophonists of ... (Segell 2005, 123). Among the generation of jazz musicians that saw rock ...11 KB (1,729 words) - 16:53, 9 November 2022
- 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was the founder of the American Red Cross. As ... with my life if need be; as the daughter of an accepted Mason, he had me ...14 KB (2,285 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- she was understood as the protector of the Lower Kingdom, and represented ... In classical Egyptian religion, Bast was the subject of considerable ...21 KB (3,284 words) - 11:08, 20 September 2023
- , marked annually on March 8, is a major day of global celebration for the ... The holiday that developed from these beginnings blended the culture ...18 KB (2,637 words) - 10:37, 6 March 2024
- Roman trade with India started around the beginning of the Common ... The use of monsoon winds, which enabled a voyage safer than a long ...21 KB (3,121 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- ) is a holy Islamic city in Saudi Arabia's Makkah province, in ... The city is revered by Muslims for containing the holiest site of ...20 KB (3,193 words) - 03:48, 9 November 2022
- The Book of Mormon is one of the sacred texts of the Latter Day Saint ... Along with the Bible, the Book of Mormon is esteemed as part of the ...29 KB (4,400 words) - 00:27, 19 November 2023
- who contributed to mapping the source of the Niger River and was the ... his father, William Laing, a private teacher of classics, and at Edinburgh ...15 KB (2,435 words) - 09:08, 18 July 2023
- often called "The Dean of Western Writers". Stegner ... As a historian, Stegner concerned himself with the issues of community ...23 KB (3,464 words) - 18:47, 17 April 2023
- psychologist who helped found the school of transpersonal psychology. He ... His humanistic model allowed psychologists and students of psychology ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 06:31, 14 June 2023
- " Monk is often regarded as a founder of bebop, although his playing ... 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of Thelonious and Barbara Monk ...19 KB (2,925 words) - 17:54, 30 April 2023
- ) was a co-recipient, with Mairead Corrigan, of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977 ... Williams led a women's movement for peace that consisted of ordinary ...12 KB (1,943 words) - 23:29, 11 January 2023
- S. Census Bureau, covers nine states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts ... The first Europeans to settle New England landed in present-day Massachusetts ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- name Jalalu'ddin has the meaning Majesty of Religion. Rumi wrote over 65,000 verses of intoxicated poetry on the Sufi path ...22 KB (3,530 words) - 16:32, 12 December 2023
- on July 24, 1897 (missing in flight as of July 2, 1937), daughter of ... Daughter of a railroad attorney, she grew up as a tomboy in the American ...24 KB (3,751 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- a Dutch painter who specialized in scenes of ordinary people going about ... lifetime he was relatively unknown outside of his hometown of Delft where ...27 KB (4,136 words) - 07:23, 5 April 2024
- Matchmaking is the process of introducing a couple as potential partners ... Historically, in many cultures parents would request the assistance ...21 KB (3,273 words) - 16:48, 7 November 2022
- as the “First Teacher”) because of his extensive commentaries ... work, Al-Madina al-fadila (The Virtuous City), describes a hierarchical ...18 KB (2,709 words) - 07:20, 16 June 2023
- Drew University is a private university located in Madison, New Jersey ... Nicknamed the "University in the Forest" because of the ...19 KB (2,571 words) - 17:43, 30 January 2024
- east-central North America, crossing the interior of the continent ... The System traverses the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario ...15 KB (2,273 words) - 20:48, 17 April 2023
- Prize in Literature|1993 Presidential Medal of Freedom|2012 ... | deathplace = New York City, U.S. | occupation = Novelist, editor ...18 KB (2,615 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- Up, about Peter, Wendy and the Lost Boys of Never Never Land. Barrie was ... Critics have speculated that Peter Pan was a reflection of Barrie ...16 KB (2,361 words) - 08:18, 13 March 2024
- was the co-founder, with Betty Williams, of the Community of Peace People ... Corrigan gained recognition as a promoter of peace and justice that has ...10 KB (1,559 words) - 10:55, 9 March 2023
- first to quantify the change in frequency of a wave motion experienced by ... Christian Doppler was born in Salzburg, Austria, the son of a well ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 17:59, 10 December 2023
- temple complex in Japan. Located in the city of Ise in Mie prefecture, ... Jingū is in fact a shrine complex composed of over one hundred individual ...13 KB (2,113 words) - 03:00, 8 March 2024
