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- 671: Marie Curie
- ... Eve, in 1897 and 1904 did not interrupt Maria's intensive scientific work. She was appointed lecturer in physics at the École Normale Supérieure for girls in Sévres (1900) and introduced there a method of teaching based on experimental demonstrations. In December 1904 she was appointed chief assistant in the laboratory directed by Pierre Curie. The sudden death of Pierre Curie (April 19, 1906) was a bitter blow to Maria Curie ...
- 672: Pope John XXIII
- ... accomplishment was calling the Second Vatican Council, unfortunately he died before it had been completed. The Council’s purpose was to bring about the renewal of Roman Catholic religious life through the updating of church teaching, discipline, and organization and to encourage the unification of Christians and of all humanity. Another of Pope John XXIII’s accomplishments was writing seven encyclical letters. Many of these letters stressed the importance of human ...
- 673: Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
- ... of genetics. There were also cultural developments that made first evolution and then natural selection acceptable to a wider range of people. In 1925, John Thomas Scopes was put on trial in Dayton, Tennessee for teaching evolution. The resulting public interest allowed the concepts that Darwin developed to be taught in American schools as fact. Many opponents of the selection theory who find its emphasis on trial and error impossible to ...
- 674: The Life of Thomas Edison
- ... station and then he saw s boy fall onto the tracks, there was a train coming so Edison Saved the boy. The boys father was the station offical. The boy's Father thanked edison by teaching him how to use the telegraph. Edison built a telegraph out of a peice of scrap metal and practices morse code. When Thomas was sixteen he moved to Toronto, Canada and became telegraph assistant. His ...
- 675: Sergey Bubka
- ... was very successful. Although female gymnasts stop competing worldwide at a very young age, she kept with it for a very long time, even though she was out of competition. She still does gymnastics today, teaching younger children the sport of gymnastics. She and her husband alike are both very fond of sports. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, Bubka now represents Ukraine but competes for the OSC Berlin Club ...
- 676: John Dalton (1766 - 1844)
- ... was influenced greatly by the mathematician John Gough. Dalton while in Manchester became the teacher of math and philosophy at a college. He taught there until 1799. Dalton became a chemist and physicist after his teaching jobs. Dalton did a lot of experimenting but did not test his experiments to make sure they were right. A good amount of his experiments were later proven to not be true. But his most ...
- 677: Benjamin Franklin: A Man of American Ideals
- ... deist view reflects his belief in practicality. He simply wants to become a better citizen through the words of God, and that is what he expects the minister to preach in public worships instead of teaching some dogmas that seem “unintelligible . . . [and] doubtful” (873) to him. Franklin’s optimistic view toward human nature is what separates him from most people today. Though his attempt to perfect himself in thirteen weeks is ...
- 678: Sir Robert Laird Borden
- ... and math. Due to his outstanding achievements throughout his school years, in 1869, when Robert was only 14 years old, he became a teacher at the Acacia Villa Seminary. Then, in 1873, Robert accepted a teaching position in Matawan, New Jersey, where he taught for one year. Robert returned to Canada in 1974 to become a lawyer and, due to the fact that Nova Scotia had no law school, h estudied ...
- 679: Ralph Ellison’s Life
- ... be one of the most respected writers in the United States. “Throughout his career, Ellison lectured widely throughout the United States and taught at a number of universities, including New York University, where he began teaching in 1970"(Reuben). In 1986, Ellison published Going to the Territory, a second volume of essays on the themes that had preoccupied him throughout his life and career. At the time of his death from ...
- 680: Mother Teresa
- ... streets of Calcutta. There lives were horrible, living on other peoples scraps and letting babies that they couldn’t support die in trash bins. She decided to ask the archbishop if she could stop her teaching and dedicate her life to helping the "less fortunate." When Mother Teresa received a written consent that it was okay, she began her work. In 1948 Pope Pius XII gave Mother Teresa permission to be ...
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