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4 days ago · Year Picture Laureate Country Language(s) Age awarded Citation Genre(s) 1901: Sully Prudhomme (1839–1907) France French: 62 "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect" [8]
5 days ago · Founded in 1907, since 1928 they have played their home matches at Stadio Paolo Mazza, named after Paolo Mazza (chairman of the club 1946–1977). In total, SPAL have participated in 24 top-tier, 28 second-tier, 43 third-tier, 7 fourth-tier and 1 fifth-tier league seasons.
3 days ago · Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book Silent Spring (1962) are credited with advancing marine conservation and the global environmental movement.
3 days ago · In November 1907 he caught a chill and his condition deteriorated until he died at his Scottish country seat, Netherhall, in Largs on 17 December. [84] At the request of Westminster Abbey , the undertakers Wylie & Lochhead prepared an oak coffin lined with lead.
2 days ago · In any case, a series of field tests from 1907 to 1911 were held to decide between the Savage and Colt designs. [22] Both designs were improved between each round of testing, leading up to the final test before adoption. [22] Among the areas of success for the Colt was a test at the end of 1910 attended by its designer, John Browning.
Sep 12, 2024 · Georges Prosper Remi [5] [6] was born on 22 May 1907 in his parental home in Etterbeek, a central suburb in Brussels, the capital city of Belgium. [7] His was a lower-middle-class family. [ 8 ] His Walloon father, Alexis Remi, worked in a confectionery factory, whilst his Flemish mother, Elisabeth Dufour, was a housewife. [ 9 ]
2 days ago · The Panic of 1907 was a financial crisis that almost crippled the American economy. Major New York banks were on the verge of bankruptcy and there was no mechanism to rescue them, until Morgan stepped in to help resolve the crisis.
