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- 1241: Galileo 2
- ... the four largest satellites of Jupiter. He published these findings in March 1610 in The Starry Messenger (trans. 1880). His new fame gained him appointment as court mathematician at Florence; he was thereby freed from teaching duties and had time for research and writing. By December 1610 he had observed the phases of Venus, which contradicted Ptolemaic astronomy and confirmed his preference for the Copernican system. Professors of philosophy scorned Galileo ...
- 1242: Fredrick Douglass 5
- ... cheap source of labor in the North. Learning to read and write was a challenge simply because the resources were not there. He used wit and good natured cunning to trick local school boys into teaching him the alphabet. If he had never sought knowledge, he would never been able to write any of his autobiographies which live on even today as important accounts of slavery. Also, without knowledge, he would ...
- 1243: Frank Lloyd Wright 3
- ... 1950) in San Francisco; and the Price Tower (1955), a skyscraper Bartlesville, Oklahoma. In 1959 he completed the curvilinear Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Wright spent much time is writing, lecturing, and teaching. By 1908 he had originated most of the principles that are today the struggle against discrimination won him the hostility of the American scholars, nevertheless his work profoundly influenced the development of contemporary architecture in ...
- 1244: Florence Nightingale
- ... She valued each individual and taught her nurses not to judge their patients. She taught nurses to treat patients as multidimensional individuals rather than diseases. The concepts of public health nursing grew out of her teaching and theories. Environment was very important on the impact of health and wellness. She stated that the purpose of nursing was to put the patient in the best possible condition for nature to act upon ...
- 1245: Elie Wiesel
- ... a writer and go on living his life. He started off with a lot. Then lost everything, but his struggle got him everything he needs and now he is living his life in style and teaching the world that we shall never again have another scene like the Holocaust.
- 1246: Essay On The Life Of Frederick Douglass
- ... began to learn his A, B, C s and small words with the guidance of Mrs. Auld. However, when Mr. Auld heard of this, he put an end to it. He says in regard to teaching a slave, If you give a nigger an inch, he will take an ell. A nigger should know nothing but to obey his master to do as he is told to do. Learning would spoil ...
- 1247: David Livingstone
- ... at Kolobeng. Here, they lived in poverty within a primitive home built by Livingstone. The family was ever increasing in numbers, and were often hungry. Livingstone s days were filled with translating the local language, teaching, preaching, and carrying out other miscellanies duties. In all the time he spent at Kolobeng, Livingstone made only one convert, his only one ever, and even he relapsed. Perhaps because of these experiences Livingstone decided ...
- 1248: Confucius And Lao Tzu
- ... simplicity was the key to truth and freedom. He taught his followers to understand the laws of nature, which would later lead to a life of love without force. Lao Tzu never wrote down his teaching because he believed speech was much more powerful then words. His teachings were later written down by his followers in a document entitled Teo-Te Ching, this writing is the second most translated document next ...
- 1249: Confucius Life Philosiphy
- ... was the one who should restore the faith and practices of the old emperors and wise men. Since Confucius was not able to gain an official position in China, he spent most of his life teaching a core group of disciples. The main idea of Confucius philosophy was to provide rules and traditions for every conceivable situation in every day life. He was concerned with all the misery in the world ...
- 1250: Booker T. Washington 2
- ... he made him the organizer and principal of a black trade school. He named it Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. While at Tuskegee, Booker T. Washington incorporated the idea of integrating blacks into society by teaching them skills needed to work. While at Tuskegee, blacks could learn such skills as carpentry, welding, fabrication, and agricultural qualities. The school was very popular among black, but also whites. Whites did not enroll, but ...
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