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- 1911: Viete
- ... plane and spherical trigonometry were completed by 1579. The last two books on astronomy have never been published. In 1573 Vičte was appointed to the parliament of Brittany and in 1589 he worked for the French state as a parliamentary councillor. During the war with Spain (1590), Vičte served Henry IV of France and deciphered the Spanish code in intercepted messages. Vičte introduced the first systematic algebraic notation in his book ...
- 1912: Important African American Figures
- ... Negro into the mainstream of American life as quickly as possible." Having begun to recognize the deeper relationships of economics and poverty to racism, King now called for a "reconstruction of the entire society, a revolution of values." Along with demands for stronger civil and voting rights legislation and for a meaningful poverty budget, he spoke out against the Vietnam War. On Apr. 4, 1967, he told an audience that "The ...
- 1913: Pierre Auguste Renoir
- ... and find out what made him great. That is, painting people who are happy Choice of Artist I chose this painter for a variety of reasons. First, I learned a little about Renoir in my French class, and I wanted to follow up that learning with research. Second, my English class talked about Impressionism and I wanted to choose a painting on that subject manner. Thirdly, when I viewed Renoir's ...
- 1914: A Short Biography Of Benjamin Franklin
- ... was a determined young man. As a boy, he taught himself to be a very good writer. He also learned basic algebra and geometry, navigation, grammar, logic, and natural and physical science. He partially mastered French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Latin. He was soon to be named the best educated man in the country. When he was 12-years-old, he was apprentice to his brother in printing. Benjamin's brother ...
- 1915: John Gough
- ... at Pardshow Hall 1778-1780 Opened a school in Eaglesfield, England 1781-1784 Planned to run a school with my brother when G. Bewley retired. 1785-1797 Kendall (our school) opened offering English, Latin, Greek, French and 21 math and science subjects. During this time, I also answered questions from ladies and gentleman’s magazines. My responses appeared in print sixty times. 1772-1777 Self employed as a tutor at New ...
- 1916: Johann Sebastian Bach
- ... 1,000 of his compositions survive today. Some examples are the Art of Fugue, Brandenburg Concerti, the Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord, the Mass in b-Minor, the Easter and Christmas oratorios, Toccata in F Major, French Suite No 5, Fugue in G Major, Fugue in G Minor (“The Great”), St. Mathew Passion, and Jesu Der Du Meine Seele. There were over fifty-three musicians in his family over a period of ...
- 1917: Benito Mussolini
- ... be turned to her decisive disadvantage. Hitler suggested to Mussolini that Spain might be coaxed on the axis side, thus giving Germany free use of the British Rock of Gibraltar, by offering Franco part of French North Africa, and that France might be persuaded to accept that concession by compensation with parts of British West Africa”.4 Mussolini seemed enthusiastic and very understandable why this was the case, since this scheme ...
- 1918: The Life of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... and Fanny Allen. Poe then at age six moved to England where he attended private schools. As a teen Poe was very gifted in foreign language. He wrote some of his early works in both French an Latin. At age fifteen Poe had already written enough works to publish a book but John would not allow it. Poe was also very fit as a teen. Poe was supposedly a very fast ...
- 1919: A Critique of C. S. Lewis
- ... who's not there?'" - C. S. Lewis: A Biography Clive Staples Lewis was born, in 1898, in Belfast. C. S. Lewis was educated at various schools in England. In 1914, Lewis began studying Latin, Greek, French, German and Italian under the private tuition of W. T. Kirkpatrick. He then moved to Oxford where his studies were interrupted by World War I (1917). Two years later he was back in Oxford resuming ...
- 1920: A Dictionary Of Modern Revolut
- The book A Dictionary of Modern Revolution written by Edward Hyams is a book that has changed my entire view on society, life, greed, and morales. This book tells the entire life of a famous revolutionary named Ernesto Guevara. Ernesto Guevara is ...
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