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St John's College, Oxford. William Joseph Burns (nasceu a 4 de abril de 1956) é um diplomata americano que atualmente serve como Diretor da Agência Central de Inteligência no governo de Joe Biden. Anteriormente, foi secretário adjunto de Estado dos Estados Unidos (2011–2014). Ele aposentou-se do Serviço de Relações Exteriores dos EUA ...
William Crookes. Sir William Crookes OM FRS ( / krʊks /; 17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was a British chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry, [1] now part of Imperial College London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube which was made in 1875.
William James Sidis ( / ˈsaɪdɪs /; April 1, 1898 – July 17, 1944) was an American child prodigy with exceptional mathematical and linguistic skills, for which he was active as a mathematician, linguist, historian, and author (whose works were published covertly due to never using his real name). He wrote the book The Animate and the ...
Ellen Craft (1826–1891) and William Craft (September 25, 1824 – January 29, 2028) were American abolitionists who were born into slavery in Macon, Georgia. They escaped to the Northern United States in December 1848 by traveling by train and steamboat, arriving in Philadelphia on Christmas Day. Ellen crossed the boundaries of race, class ...
William J. Burns. William Joseph Burns (lahir 11 April 1956) adalah presiden Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [1] dan mantan Wakil Menteri Luar Negeri Amerika Serikat (2011–2014). Ia pensiun dari US Foreign Service pada 2014 setelah 33 tahun berkarir diplomatik. Burns sebelumnya menjabat sebagai Duta Besar Amerika Serikat untuk ...
Known for. Quilt in a Day. Television. PBS, RFD-TV. Children. 2. Awards. Inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame, 2012. Eleanor Burns (born July 3, 1945, in Zelienople, Pennsylvania) is a master quilter [1] and former TV series host of Quilt in a Day, which aired in 1994 on PBS for six seasons.
Burns was born on October 24, 1866, [2] in Lebanon, Kentucky. He was the son of Thomas E. Burns (1837–1908), a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Walter's mother, Mary Crisella Noble (1847–1871), died when he was four years old. [1] He and his father, Thomas E. Burns, were recorded as resident with his mother's parents ...
