James Wilson was one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence. He was elected twice to the Continental Congress and was a major force in drafting the United States Constitution.
E A Milne, Sir James Jeans: a biography (Cambridge, 1952). R Hudson, James Jeans and radiation theory, Stud. Hist. Philos. Sci. 20 (1) (1989), 57 - 76. E A Milne, Obituary: James Hopwood Jeans (1877 - 1946), Obituary Notices of the Royal Society of London 5 (1947), 573 - 589.
Ketcham’s “James Madison” is a sober, detailed, well-researched and lengthy treatment of Madison covering most aspects of his life – from his birth in 1751 at Belle Grove Plantation (more on this interesting site in a later post) until his death at Montpelier in 1836.
Herbert Draper entered the Royal Academy Schools in London in 1885, winning a silver medal for life drawing the following year. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1887, and in 1888 won a travelling scholarship which allowed him to spend time in Paris, where he completed his studies at the Académie Julian under Jules-Joseph Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger.
Indeed, as I now survey his biography and literary oeuvre, they are nearly impossible to separate. Obituaries from across the country—from Honolulu to New York—have covered the requisite details: Born in San Francisco on November 10, 1933, he grew up on the western edge of the city, in the Sunset District, overlooking his beloved Pacific Ocean.
Allen's books illustrate the use of the power of thought to increase personal capabilities. Although he never achieved great fame or wealth, his works continue to influence people around the world, including the New Thought movement. Allen's most famous book, As a Man Thinketh, was published in 1902. It is now considered a classic self-help book.
James Taylor (born Ma, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who defined the singer-songwriter movement of the 1970s. Bob Dylan brought confessional poetry to folk rock, but Taylor became the epitome of the troubadour whose life was the subject of his songs.
Simone St. James is the national bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls, Lost Among the Living, and The Haunting of Maddy Clare. She wrote her first ghost story, about a haunted library, when she was in high school, and spent twenty years behind the scenes in the television business before leaving to write full-time.
By Tim Lambert The Early Life of James Cook Captain James Cook was a famous explorer of the 18th century. He was born on 7 November 1728 in Marton, Yorkshire. His father was a farm foreman. James went to Postgate School. When he was 17 Cook went to work in a shop in the village Continue reading A Biography of Captain James Cook.
James Baldwin was an influential American writer and playwright, born on August 2, 1924, in Harlem, New York. Renowned for his profound insights into race, spirituality, and humanity, Baldwin made his mark with his debut novel, "Go Tell It on the Mountain", published in 1953.
Yasmina Reza is a French playwright and novelist, based in Paris, whose works have all been multi-award-winning, critical and popular international successes. Her plays, Conversations After a Burial, The Passage of Winter, Art, The Unexpected Man, Life x 3, A Spanish Play and The God of Carnage have been produced worldwide and translated into.
El mito de Prometeo es una de las historias más conocidas y relevantes de la mitología griega. A lo largo de los siglos, este mito ha dejado una huella profunda en la cultura y el pensamiento humano, y aún hoy en día sigue siendo importante y relevante en nuestra sociedad.
David Leeming’s contributions to mythology are vast, with an impressive range of books and anthologies that explore myth’s multifaceted roles across cultures. His groundbreaking “Mythology: The Voyage of the Hero” (1973) examines the hero’s journey through the lens of the monomyth, offering insights into a structure that recurs in.
Cicely Mary Barker (June 28 1895 - February 16 1973) was the illustrator who created the famous Flower Fairies, in the shape of ethereal smiling children with butterfly wings. As a child she was greatly influenced by the works of the illustrator Kate Greenaway, whom she assiduously copied in her formative years.
The Black Death Bookreader Item Preview The Black Death by Ziegler, Philip. Publication date 1969 Topics Black Death, Civilization, Medieval, Plague -- History.