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16 hours ago · Pictures have always accompanied children's stories.: 320 A papyrus from Byzantine Egypt, shows illustrations accompanied by the story of Hercules' labors. Modern children's books are illustrated in a way that is rarely seen in adult literature, except in graphic novels. Generally, artwork plays a greater role in books intended for younger ...
16 hours ago · Portrait of Jane Addams, from a charcoal drawing by Alice Kellogg Tyler of 1892. Source: Addams: Twenty Years at Hull House (1910), p. 114 Laura Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, philosopher, and author.
- Laura Jane Addams, September 6, 1860, Cedarville, Illinois, U.S.
16 hours ago · Harold Wilson. James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, PC, FRS, FSS (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British statesman and Labour Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970 and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He was the Leader of the Labour Party from 1963 ...
- Edward Heath
- Labour
- 2, including Robin
- James Callaghan
16 hours ago · Nikola Tesla ( / ˈtɛslə /; Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла, [2] [nǐkola têsla]; [a] 10 July [ O.S. 28 June] 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American [5] [6] inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist. He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity ...
- Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering
- Graz University of Technology (dropped out)
16 hours ago · Robert Hooke FRS ( / hʊk /; 18 July 1635 – 3 March 1703) [4] [a] was an English polymath who was active as a physicist ("natural philosopher"), astronomer, geologist, meteorologist and architect. [5] He is credited as one of the first scientists to investigate living things at microscopic scale in 1665, [6] using a compound microscope that ...
- Physics and Biology
- English
16 hours ago · James Scott Garner (born Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor.He played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, which included The Great Escape (1963) with Steve McQueen; Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily (1964) with Julie Andrews; Cash McCall (1960) with Natalie Wood; The Wheeler Dealers (1963) with Lee Remick; Darby's Rangers (1958) with ...
16 hours ago · Etymology Pittsburgh was named in 1758, by General John Forbes, in honor of British statesman William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. As Forbes was a Scotsman, he probably pronounced the name / ˈ p ɪ t s b ər ə / PITS -bər-ə (similar to Edinburgh). Pittsburgh was incorporated as a borough on April 22, 1794, with the following Act: "Be it enacted by the Pennsylvania State Senate and ...
