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Sir Henry Morton Stanley, also known as Bula Matari (Breaker of Rocks ... HM Stanley Hospital, St Asaph) until the age of 15. After completing an elementary ...

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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 ...

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The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (JOKB) Korea's largest denomination ... The Jogye order came fully into prominence following the end of the ...

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– 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 ...

who developed Alfred Adler's system of individual psychology into ... He saw the family as the first social setting in which education takes ...

diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 ... As a devout Buddhist and practitioner of meditation, Thant brought ...

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Category:Education [[Image:New_York_Public_Library_030616.jpg|300px ... The New York Public Library (NYPL) is one of the leading libraries ...

Raoul Gustav Wallenberg (born August 4, 1912, exact date of death ... ancestors. Raoul Wallenberg, Sr., died of cancer three months before ...

) is a province of China located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze ... Chongqing to the northwest. The capital city of the province is Changsha. ...

; "School of Mo") or Moism is a Chinese Philosophy founded ... individual piety and submission to the will of "heaven," or "Shang ...

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 ...

the Lynds pioneered applying the methods of cultural anthropology to the ... A. in 1914, and started to work as an editor of the trade magazine Publishers ...

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to maintaining an online library and archive of Web and multimedia resources ... historians, and scholars. It is a member of the American Library Association ...

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is an African city in the modern day nation of Mali. Occupying a strategic ... Timbuktu was the center of significant written tradition on the African ...

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1772 – September 27, 1833) was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj, one of the ... movement that has given birth to a number of leaders of the Bengali social ...

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30, 1969) was a British psychologist, one of the pioneers of cognitive and ... England. After receiving a private education, he entered St. John's ...

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29, 1618) is famed as a writer and poet. One of the last true "Renaissance ... primarily for his poems, yet only 560 lines of his verse remain. He is not ...

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 ...

Category:Education Category:Economics Category:Politics and social sciences ... unfettered by concerns about conditions of their employment will be more ...

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 ...

India. He is best known as the founder of the Arya Samaj "Society ... who believed in the infallible authority of the Vedas. Dayananda advocated ...

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Pavel Josef Šafařík, also known by the Slovak spelling of his name ... local culture while realizing the extent of Slavic oppression. While most ...

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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 ...

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known for propagating the Vaishnava doctrine of bhedabheda dvaitadvaita, duality ... and non-duality. He defines three categories of existence, God (Isvara), souls ...

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known as e-commerce or eCommerce, consists of the buying and selling of products ... A small percentage of electronic commerce is conducted entirely electronically ...

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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 ...

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name Jalalu'ddin has the meaning Majesty of Religion. Rumi wrote over 65,000 verses of intoxicated poetry on the Sufi path ...

The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (Devanāgarī: ... and technology-oriented institute of higher education established ...

architect and archaeologist, the pioneer of stratigraphic excavation and ... While the details of his claims regarding locations mentioned in Homer ...

1945) was a prominent Japanese philosopher of the Meiji era. Nishida Kitaro ... Nishida Kitaro was born on June 17, 1870, in the Mori section of Unoke ...

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the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Born into a prosperous ... Yuan is criticized in Chinese culture for taking advantage of both ...

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known as H. G. Wells, was an English author of science fiction novels such ... Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, producing ...

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novelist, best known for his novel The Name of the Rose (Il nome della rosa ... Umberto Eco was born in the city of Alessandria in the region of Piedmont ...

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and technology toward benefiting the lives of everyday people. Despite the ... Carver said that in his search for truth he embraced both faith and ...

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, marked annually on March 8, is a major day of global celebration for the ... The holiday that developed from these beginnings blended the culture ...

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The State of Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region ... Arizona is a crossroad of culture and heritage intertwining many different ...

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Malta, officially Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated ... Malta has had a long and turbulent history. Situated in the middle ...

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historian and writer] He was a champion of the nineteenth-century ideals ... His observations represented the excitement of sociological discovery, made ...

The Indian city of Varanasi, (also known as Benares, Banarasm Benaras ... A major city of Hindu learning, Varanasi is commonly referred to as ...

is best known as an early advocate of utilitarianism. He was a political ... Bentham argued in favor of individual and economic freedom, including ...

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Saint Brendan of Clonfert, or Bréanainn of Clonfert (c. 484 – c ... who is chiefly renowned for his legendary quest to the Isle of the ...

Santa Fe de Bogotá, is the capital city of the South American nation of ... financial, and political center of Colombia. As with many large ...

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This concept of a "Dark Age" was first created by Italian ... out that this idea was based on ignorance of the period combined with popular ...

) was an influential Chinese master of Chan (Zen in Japanese) Buddhism ... Huangbo developed the concept of oneness of beings, one of the central ...

objective idealist philosopher. He was one of the most influential philosophers ... Josiah Royce was born November 20, 1855, in the remote mining town ...

Mansūr Nizār al-Azīz (975-996) at the age of 11 on October 14, 996 with ... Initially, Barjawan, his wasita (the equivalent of a vizier, as intermediary ...

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Positive psychology is a recent branch of psychology which emphasizes ... Researchers in this field analyze states of happiness, flow, values ...

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States ... demographic, economic, and political makeup of the nation, with a mixture ...

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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 ...

he has now come to be regarded as one of the four or so most important ... Frege began his studies at the University of Jena in 1869, moving to Göttingen ...

The Great Lakes region includes much of the Canadian province of Ontario ... power, recreation, and a host of other uses. The Great Lakes ...

takes its defining inspiration from the work of Aristotle. Since Aristotle ... Aristotelian concepts in their theories of ethics and politics. Aristotle ...

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that contains information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch ... (pron. enkyklos paideia), literally 'the things of boys/child ...

The Silla dynasty, emerging in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula ... Shilla, numbered among the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Beginning as a chiefdom ...

in England. He is most famous as a student of Peter Paul Rubens and for his ... By the age of 15 he was already a highly accomplished artist, as his ...

strong). Officially known as the Union of Myanmar, (also as Burma or ... this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ...

Simon Wiesenthal, Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) (December ... At the end of World War II, thousands of Nazis who participated in ...

educator, and social thinker. The founder of "anthroposophy," ... === Childhood and education === Rudolf Steiner was born on February ...

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Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor, Companion of Honour (CH), ... she shared Adolf Hitler's hatred of Jews and dislike of Catholics ...

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Industrial engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with ... Industrial engineering draws upon the principles and methods of engineering ...

17, 1913 - December 18, 2008) was an agent of the United States Federal Bureau ... For thirty-three years one of the great mysteries of American politics ...

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G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition ... The Maasai are an indigenous African ethnic group of semi-nomadic ...

conflict caused by the attempted secession of the southeastern provinces ... which resulted in a humanitarian crisis of huge proportion. Images of ...

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Penicillin (sometimes abbreviated PCN) refers to a group of β-lactam ... are often viewed negatively as causes of food spoilage and plant and ...

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Philosophy of history or historiosophy is an area of philosophy concerning ... A philosophy of history begins with a few basic assumptions. First ...

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The Chicago School is one of the better known American "schools ... Economists of the Chicago school are known for applying economic analyses ...

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:Note: This article is about the institution and office of the Dalai ... The Dalai Lama (meaning "Ocean of Wisdom") is an institution ...

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Refugee was defined as a legal group in response to the large numbers ... refugee protection is the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner ...

Puerto Rico, officially Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado ... During the period of Spanish colonial rule in the nineteenth century ...

jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United ... Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender ...

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 ...

Gadamer. Ricoeur published a large body of work on a variety of philosophical ... himself from a more modern understanding of the knowing subject as limited ...

Persian and Muslim poet, Sufi, theoretician of mysticism, and hagiographer ... His most famous work, The Conference of the Birds, rejoices in the ...

and administrator and a close associate of Joseph Stalin. Kaganovich was ... As a trusted lieutenant, Stalin used Kaganovich to implement some ...

and the role he played in the development of the larger cultural movement ... to philosophy and criticized his lack of understanding about the role ...

— is the estuary formed by the combination of the Uruguay River and the Paraná ... widest estuary in the world. It forms part of the border between Argentina ...

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Creationism, in its most widely used sense, is a set of religious ... In the first sense, creationism (not to be confused with the doctrine ...

Described as a 'scrap of paper' that changed history, the ... The Balfour Declaration led to the 1922 League of Nations mandate ...

Quebec City or Québec (French: Ville de Québec) is the capital of ... the only North American fortified city north of Mexico whose walls still exist ...

referred to the animal by the feminine name of Nessie. sightings as hoaxes or misidentification of known creatures or natural ...

Victorian literature is the body of poetry, fiction, essays, and letters ... During the nineteenth century the novel become the leading form of ...

storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information. Information science ... understanding problems from the perspective of the stakeholders involved and ...

– March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy, horror, and science ... Rhode Island. He was the only child of Winfield Scott Lovecraft, a ...

Medicine is the science and practice of establishing the diagnosis ... Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, prognosis, ...

Review in 1955, hosted 1429 episodes of the television show Firing ... Buckley was the spiritual "godfather" of the modern American ...

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11, 1994) was an Austrian-born philosopher of science. He was one of the ... has noted, "If one looks at the course of Feyerabend's life, one ...

The Nibelungenlied, translated as The Song of the Nibelungs, is an ... based on historic events and individuals of the fifth century and sixth ...

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de France, giving it the title "History of Systems of Thought," ... Michel Foucault is best known for his critical studies of various ...

Engineering is the discipline of applying technical and scientific ... engineer. Those licensed in specific areas of engineering may have formal ...

The Partition of Ireland took place on May 3, 1921 under the Government ... problems, leaving minorities on both sides of the border. If the world is ...

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ... in 1948. Although it enjoyed a stable period of democracy and economic progress ...

Franz Kafka (July 3, 1883 – June 3, 1924) was one of the major German ... His most famous pieces of writing include his short story Die Verwandlung ...

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The Federated States of Micronesia is an island nation located in ... The Federated States of Micronesia is located in the region known ...

Nagaland (Hindi: नागालैंड) is a state of India located ... Nagaland has played a crucial role in the development of the Republic ...

A library is a collection of information, sources, resources and services ... In addition, with the collection of media other than books for storing ...

the scientific revolution. His theory of 'observation and experimentation ... as a philosophical advocate and defender of the scientific revolution. ...

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The Ayyubid or Ayyoubid Dynasty was a Muslim dynasty of Kurdish ... or Ayyoubides. Under Saladin, founder of the dynasty, Egypt became the ...

American aviatrix, considered to be one of the most gifted race pilots ... Flying Cross and the French Legion of Honor, and she still holds ...

The Nanjing Massacre, commonly known as "The Rape of Nanking ... During the occupation of Nanjing, the Japanese army committed numerous ...

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The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's ... and is known as the coldest of all the oceans. The International Hydrographic ...

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States ... The valley of the Willamette River in western Oregon is the most densely ...

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The Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations ... in the eighteenth century, among a group of men including John Wesley and ...

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Colorado is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United ... Colorado is one of only four states in the United States to share ...

Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the Caribbean ... social, and economic problems. As a result of mismanagement, very few natural ...

Music is an auditory art comprised of meaningful arrangements of sounds ... Generally, music is known through the cognition of specific arrangements ...

1909 – March 20, 2004) was Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ... evolved as a major participant in the work of global peace-keeping and as ...

1868 - October 19, 1952) was a photographer of the American West and of Native ... Invited to join anthropological expeditions as a photographer of native ...

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was a Russian painter and art theorist. One of the most important twenieth ... Kandinsky's creation of purely abstract style did not come about ...

1904 – September 24, 1991) is the author of several classic children's ... war effort against Nazi Germany, and some of his children's books are ...

Behavior therapy is a form of psychotherapy used to treat depression ... The history of behavior therapy progressed during the same time that ...

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most famous and influential thinker in the history of Western thought. He was ... Among the most famous of his philosophical contributions are the accounts ...

American cultural anthropologist, a pioneer of the feminist movement in America ... and an emphasis on the importance of early childhood development ...

- January 9, 1927) was a British-born author of books on political philosophy ... who died in 1927 prior to the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazis, was not ...

is a government classification for a group of related minorities in China ... to the upland people living in the mountains of Hunan and northern Guangdong ...

1492 to 1503), is the most controversial of the Popes of the Renaissance ... He was renowned for his mistresses but also for his patronage of the ...

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Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (329–January 25, 389 C.E.), also known ... The promulgation of his (at times contested) theological perspectives ...

Industrialization (or industrialisation) is the period of social and ... markets for consumer goods and services of all kinds tend to expand and ...

between Ethiopia and Eritrea, forming one of the conflicts in the Horn of ... For both countries, whose people needed education and development and health ...

century Gujarati literature, and was one of several Gujarati writers and ... rule. Manilal's beliefs led him to search for perfection and love in ...

Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is ... rapid economic growth due to the discovery of large offshore petroleum reserves ...

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