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- 1131: John Dalton
- ... contribution to science, was his atomic theory that "matter is composed of atoms differing weights and combine in simple ratios by weight". In 1808 Dalton published a third book entitled A New System of Chemical Philosophy. In this book he listed the atomic weights of a number of known elements related to the weight of hydrogen, although his weight were not precisely accurate they did in fact form the basis for ...
- 1132: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
- ... as his home. As he traveled even more, he grew severely ill and was forced to return home from Leipzig. During the time of this illness he experimented with religious mysticism, alchemy, astrology, and occult philosophy, all of which is evident in Faust. Upon his recovery, Goethe decided to continue his studies at Strassburg which would have a great impact on his life. "When he returned to Weimar at last, he ...
- 1133: Jennifer Lopez
- ... album. Her album went number one and this will probably start her second success story. Life has not been easy for Jennifer because she had to work hard to make her dream come true. Her philosophy is that there is only one way to get where you wanted to go and those is being aggressive and persistent and believe you could do anything you wanted to do and competing with the ...
- 1134: James Watt
- ... at this time no one would have even imagined his effect on the Industrial Revolution that was to occur within that century. When James was fifteen he had read books about and become accustomed to Philosophy (similar to modern physics). He had also completed many of his own chemical experiments and even started produce and construct his own products such as a small electronic device that startled his companions. He soon ...
- 1135: Jacques Louis David
- David was the virtual art dictator of France for a generation. Extending beyond painting, his influence determined the course of fashion, furniture design, and interior decoration and was reflected in the development of moral philosophy. His art was a sudden and decisive break with tradition, and from this break "modern art" is dated. David studied with Vien, and after winning the Prix de Rome (which had been refused him four ...
- 1136: Igor Stravinsky
- ... as childish, but on the other hand indulged him in it with the piano and the operas and the ballets. In 1902 he was sent to St. Petersburg University to study criminal law and legal philosophy to honor his parents wishes. While he was there, he still concentrated on his music and especially his composing. In the summer of 1902 he was introduced to the Russian composer, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov. Rimsky ...
- 1137: Frederic Douglass
- ... Frederick was beginning to have different views than the people he was with. Instead of just going along with the flow Frederick took the initiative to start his own anti-slavery journal, with his own philosophy and views as its base. Though he found much oppositions and discouraging words he still stuck with his goal. Frederick knew that starting this paper was a daunting task. "It is not concealed however that ...
- 1138: Fidal Castro
- ... odious type of government. It killed its own citizens, it stifled dissent. At this time Fidel Castro appeared as leader of the growing rebellion. Educated in America he was a proponent of the Marxist-Leninist philosophy. He conducted a brilliant guerilla campaign from the hills of Cuba against Batista. On January 1959, he prevailed and overthrew the Batista government. Castro promised to restore democracy in Cuba, a feat Batista had failed ...
- 1139: Ernest Che Guevara
- ... 1960) he signed a trade pact with the USSR which freed the Cuban sugar industry from dependence on the teeth of the U.S. market. At this time, he glorified his own kind of communist philosophy. He was moving away from "Moscow," towards Mao, and beyond into what is essentially the old idealistic, Anarchism. His formal breach with Soviet Communists came when, addressing the Organization for Afro-Asian Solidarity at Algiers ...
- 1140: Emily Dickinson
- ... Thoreau believed that answers lie in the individual. Emerson set the tone for the era when he said, "Who so would be a human, must be a non-conformist." Emily Dickinson believed and practiced this philosophy. When she was young she was brought up by a stern and austere father. In her childhood she was shy and already different from the others. Like all the Dickinson children, male or female, Emily ...
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