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2 days ago · George Orwell. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. [2] His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism. [3] [4]
3 days ago · Jean Borotra Howard Kinsey † 8–6 6–1 6–3 U.S. National: René Lacoste Jean Borotra 6–4 6–0 6–4 1927: Australian: Gerald Patterson John Hawkes 3–6 6–4 3–6 18–16 6–3 French: René Lacoste Bill Tilden 6–4 4–6 5–7 6–3 11–9 Wimbledon: Henri Cochet Jean Borotra 4–6 4–6 6–3 6–4 7–5 U.S. National: René ...
2 days ago · Prince George's County (often shortened to PG County) [2] [3] is located in the U.S. state of Maryland bordering the eastern portion of Washington, D.C. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 967,201, [5] making it the second-most populous county in Maryland, behind neighboring Montgomery County.
6 days ago · Portrait of Seurat by Maximilien Luce. This is a list of notable paintings by Georges Seurat (2 December 1859 - 29 March 1891). He is a Neo-Impressionist painter and together with Paul Signac noted for being the inventor of pointillism. [1] The listing follows the 1980 book Georges Seurat and uses its catalogue numbers.
3 days ago · The movement was pioneered in partnership by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, and joined by Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, Robert Delaunay, Henri Le Fauconnier, Juan Gris, and Fernand Léger. One primary influence that led to Cubism was the representation of three-dimensional form in the late works of Paul Cézanne.
5 hours ago · The top twenty are most likely accurate as no players before the mid-1980s amassed more than twenty or thirty caps. For example, Boris Bandov, the player active before 1980 with the highest number of caps, played 33 times between 1976 and 1983, while Perry Van der Beck played 23 times between 1979 and 1985. With the typical low scores of the ...
3 days ago · George Mathew Fernandes [3] (3 June 1930 – 29 January 2019) was an Indian trade unionist, statesman, [4] and journalist, [5] who served as the 22nd Defence Minister of India from 1998 until 2004. A veteran socialist, he was a member of the Lok Sabha for over 30 years, starting from Bombay (present-day Mumbai) in 1967 till 2009 mostly ...
