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- 6661: Adam Smith
- ... manifesto against mercantalism, appeared in 1776, there was a strong sentiment for free trade in both Britain and America. This new feeling had been born out of the economic hardships and poverty caused by the war. However, at the time of publication, not everybody was convinced of the advantages of free trade right away: the British public and Parliament still clung to mercantilism for many years to come (Tindall and Shi ...
- 6662: The Life of Leonardo da Vinci
- ... Meets mathematician Luca Pacioli, with whom he studies Euclid (1496) Paints "Madonna and Child with St. Anne" (1499) Leaves Milan to return to Flourence (1499) 1500 Cesare Borgia assumes Leonardo as military engineer (1502) Designs war machines and draws topographical maps (1502-3) Draws studies for "The Battle of Anghiari" (1503-6) Paints the "Mona Lisa" (1504) Studies the flight of birds, designs flying machines and tries to square the circle ...
- 6663: Jean Sartre
- ... and was schooled at Evole Normale Superieure in Paris, University of Fribourg in Switzerland, and the French Institute in Berlin. From 1929 he taught philosophy at some secondary schools. Resulting in the start of World War II, he was drafted into the military. Sometime during 1940-1941 he was captured by the Germans, and was later released. After his return to France he taught in Neuilly, and Paris. He became fond ...
- 6664: Silent Cal: An American President
- ... times I say only 'yes' or 'no' to people. Even that is too much. It winds them up for twenty minutes more." But no President was kinder in permitting himself to be photographed in Indian war bonnets or cowboy dress, and in greeting a variety of delegations to the White House. Both his dry Yankee wit and his frugality with words became legendary. His wife, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, recounted that a ...
- 6665: Joan Of Arc
- ... 6, 1412 and died May 30,1431 at the age of 19. Joan is a French national heroin and a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. She rescued France from defeat during the "Hundred Years War" against England. In honor of her victory she is often called the Maid of Orleans. This is a story of her life. Joan was not a well-educated woman. She had never learned to read ...
- 6666: Joan Of Arc 2
- ... of Arc, in French, Jeanne d'Arc, also called the Maid of Orleans, a patron saint of France and a national heroine, led the resistance to the English invasion of France in the Hundred Years War. She was born the third of five children to a farmer, Jacques d'Arc and his wife Isabelle de Vouthon in the town of Domremy on the border of provinces of Champagne and Lorraine. Her ...
- 6667: Important People in History
- ... and shaping human personality. She focused on the native peoples of the American plains. Her work helped to create a heightened interest in a greater knowledge of North American native societies. During the 2nd world war she was employed by the American government. This was so she could prepare a study on Japanese culture. Her work showed that anthropology was gaining respect in American society. Erikson, Erik - Psychoanalyst (1902 - 1994) He ...
- 6668: Biography of Robert Cormier
- ... Cormier married in 1948, and despite his own childhood experiences, he and his wife sent their four children to local parochial schools. Cormier's first three books were moderately successful, but in 1974 The Chocolate War launched him into the young adult market where he has had tremendous success. Cormier still lives in Leominster and still writes for young people-and often directly to them, answering the numerous letters his young ...
- 6669: John Dalton 2
- ... In memory of the English chemist, physicist and teacher a statue was erected in his memory out side of his home in Manchester, but most other of Dalton s collected relics were lost in World War II. John Dalton was a very important figure in study of atoms and meteorology. "My Brother John". (online) available http://encarta.msn.com/encarta/MediaMax.asp?z=2&br=0&pg=3&ti=02DFD000&med ...
- 6670: Andrew Jackson
- ... share of trials and tribulations in youth, Jackson rose from his painful childhood to be President of the United States and a military hero. Even though he committed some outrageous acts, such as the Bank War, he was only as corrupt as any American citizen. "Oh, do not cry," said Andrew Jackson on his deathbed, "Be good children, and we shall all meet in Heaven."
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