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William H. Harrison, 9th US President
William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (1841) served the shortest time of any American President -- only thirty-two days. He also was the first Presid... |
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Louis Philippe, Last King of France
Louis Philippe was the last king to rule France, reigning from 1830 to 1848. During the July Revolution of 1830, he was made lieutenant general of the realm and, with the... |
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Robert Brown, British Botanist
Robert Brown, Scottish botanist and botanical explorer. In 1801 he went as a naturalist on one of Matthew Flinders's expeditions to Australia, returning (1805) to England... |
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Sorrows of Young Werther, Goethe
Goethe's morbid tale of a man madly in love is purely emotional and beautifully unrestricted. some call it over-exaggeration but when reading the book one must understand... |
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Francis Beaufort, Beaufort Wind Force Scale
Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, was a hydrographer and officer in Britain's Royal Navy. Beaufort was the creator of the Beaufort scale for indicating wind force.... |
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The American Revolutionary War
The British defeated the French and their Indian allies in the French and Indian War (1754-1763). The result was British control over much of North America. But the war h... |
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Jane Austen, English Novelist
Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works include Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion and Emma. Her biting social commentary and masterful use of... |
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Ampere, Father of Electrodynamics
Andre Marie Ampere is best known for defining a way to measure the flow of current, which was named after him, the ampere. He also laid the foundation for the science of... |
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William Turner, Painter
John Mallord William Turner, one of the finest landscape artists, whose work was exhibited when he was still a teenager. His entire life was devoted to his art. Unlike ma... |
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Bahadur Shah II, Last Mughal Emperor
Bahadur Shah II, also known as Zafar (his name as an Urdu poet), last Mughal emperor of India (1837–57). A political figurehead, he was completely controlled by the Briti... |
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Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith
Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the prin... |
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Declaration of Independence, 4th of July
The Declaration of Independence has been described as the most important document in human history. Here, in the memorable language of the famous preamble, a hundred and... |
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E. T. A. Hoffmann, Composer & Writer
Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann, better known by his pen name E. T. A. Hoffmann, was a Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman a... |
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Constable, British Landscape Painter
John Constable, English painter, ranked with Turner as one of the greatest British landscape artists. Although he showed an early talent for art and began painting his na... |
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Bernardino Drovetti
Bernardino Drovetti was an Italian diplomat, lawyer, explorer and antiquarian, appointed by Napoleon as French consul to Egypt at a time when the country and its antiquit... |
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