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- 1961: Jules Verne
- ... again to Verne's next and final homeplace, Amiens in 1872. Even though he was famous, he contributed to his community in many way a lot of times. He received the Legion Of Honor, a French order of Merit instituted by Napoleon in 1802. It recognizes people for achievement in civil or military life . He acquired the Honor only days before the Franco-Prussian War. In Amiens, he was elected to ...
- 1962: Satie, Erik
- Satie, Erik The French composer Erik Satie was born on May 17, 1866, and died on July 1, 1925, was the son of an English mother and a Parisian music publisher. He entered the Paris Conservatory in 1879 but ...
- 1963: Karl Gauss: Biography
- ... began to gain recognition from countries all over the world. He was invited to work in Leningrad, was made a member of the Royal Society in London, and was invited membership to the Russian and French Academies of Sciences. However, he remained in his hometown in Germany until his death in 1855. Acomplishments During his Teen years, Karl Gauss developed many mathematical theories and proofs, but these would not be recognized ...
- 1964: Blaise Pascal
- ... gave him a copy of Euclids's Elements, a book which Pascal read and soon mastered. At the young age of fourteen he was admitted to the weekly meetings of Roberval, Mersenne, Mydorge, and other French geometricians. At the age of sixteen he wrote an essay on conic sections; and in 1641 at the age of 18 he construced the first arithmetical machine, an instrument with metal dials on the front ...
- 1965: Albert Einstien
- ... provided convincing evidence for the physical existence of atom-sized molecules, which had already received much theoretical discussion. His results were independently discovered by the Polish physicist Marian von Smoluchowski and later elaborated by the French physicist Jean Perrin. ( http://www.humboldt1.com/~gralsto/einstein/1905.html) General Theory of Relativity After 1905, Einstein continued working in all three of his works in the 1905 Papers. He made important contributions to ...
- 1966: Freud and Marx
- ... eventually become thin out due to competition and therefore the wealth would become increasingly more centralised in fewer people's pockets. The spread of wealth would eventually become so uneven and lop-sided that a revolution would occur and the Bourgeois would be overthrown. Marx believed that Capitalism was probably the last form of oppression and once overthrown, everyone would live as a single society where all men could live in ...
- 1967: Charlemagne
- ... School were foreigners: Italians, Spaniards, and Irish, but there were also some Franks. (Holmes 96-97) Charlemagne saw it his duty to create a center for science, art and literature, and to spearhead a cultural revolution in Western Europe. Charlemagne himself joined the school, attended classes, and fulfilled his scholarly duties. (Bulfinch) He was known to be fluent in speech, and able to eloquently express himself. He mastered Latin and Greek ...
- 1968: The Marquis de Sade's Attitude Towards Women
- ... She is soon released by a woman named Dubois, who engineers their escape via setting aflame the prison (Lynch 42). Dubois leads Justine to an encounter with her brigand friends, led by Coeur-de-fer (French for Heart of Iron). They rape Justine between raids in which she doesn't participate. During one of their raids, they rob and beat Saint-Florent. Justine helps Saint-Florent escape. He promptly expresses his ...
- 1969: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... wife. In 1815, John Allan moved his family to England. While there, Poe was sent to private schools (Asselineau 410). In the spring of 1826, Poe entered the University of Virginia. There he studied Spanish, French, Italian, and Latin. He had an excellent scholastic record. He got into difficulties almost at once. Mr. Allan did not provide him with the money to pay for his fees and other necessities. Poe was ...
- 1970: The Life of Leonardo da Vinci
- ... great scholar dies at the age of sixty-seven. An artistic and scientific genius, Leonardo had a deep effect on the world of then and now, he helped usher in the Renaissance and the scientific revolution. Leonardo will always be remembered by all generations and I think his paintings, inventions, sculptures, and great words of intelligence will never die, but give hope, encouragement and motivation to the kids of the future ...
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