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May 9, 2024 · The Arms of Sutton Coldfield are based on the Arms of the towns greatest benefactor, John Harman, otherwise known as Vesey. Born in Sutton in the fifteenth century, he attained high office during the reign of King Henry VIII, being consecrated Bishop of Exeter in 1519. From the Arms of Vesey, the town Arms have taken the cross on a silver field ...
May 18, 2024 · James G. Hunt was born July 24, 1732 [1] to Henry and Agnes Hunt in Surry County, Colony of Virginia. [2] His early years were spent in Brunswick County, Virginia. The Hunt family became neighbors of John and Mary Rackley on the north side of the Tar River, a short distance downstream from the present day town of Louisburg, North Carolina.
5 days ago · Henry James (born April 15, 1843, New York, New York, U.S.—died February 28, 1916, London, England) was an American novelist and, as a naturalized English citizen from 1915, a great figure in the transatlantic culture. His fundamental theme was the innocence and exuberance of the New World in clash with the corruption and wisdom of the Old ...
6 days ago · Henry Ossawa Tanner (born June 21, 1859, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.—died May 25, 1937, Paris, France) was an American painter who gained international acclaim for his depiction of landscapes and biblical themes. After a childhood spent largely in Philadelphia, Tanner began an art career in earnest in 1876, painting harbour scenes, landscapes, and ...
May 15, 2024 · Henry VII (born January 28, 1457, Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales—died April 21, 1509, Richmond, Surrey, England) was the king of England (1485–1509), who succeeded in ending the Wars of the Roses between the houses of Lancaster and York and founded the Tudor dynasty.
May 1, 2024 · René Descartes (born March 31, 1596, La Haye, Touraine, France—died February 11, 1650, Stockholm, Sweden) was a French mathematician, scientist, and philosopher. Because he was one of the first to abandon Scholastic Aristotelianism, because he formulated the first modern version of mind-body dualism, from which stems the mind-body problem ...
May 6, 2024 · Template:Cosmology Albert Einstein ( / ˈaɪnstaɪn / EYEN-styne; [ 1] German: REDIRECCIÓN Plantilla:AFI ⓘ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, [ 2] widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, he also made ...
