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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Felix Mendelssohn has sometimes been called the "classical romantic." Born in 1809 in the first generation of romantic composers, Mendelssohn's music is the most conserva... |
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Edgar Allan Poe
Best known for his poems and short fiction, Edgar Allan Poe deserves more credit than any other writer for the transformation of the short story from anecdote to art.... |
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Louis Braille, Inventor of Braille - 1821
Louis Braille was the inventor of braille, a world-wide system used by blind and visually impaired people for reading and writing. Braille is read by passing one's finger... |
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The Life of Abraham Lincoln
This pictorial history of Abraham Lincoln has been published by students of Berwick Academy Class of 2008. Lincoln took the oath of office to become President of the Unit... |
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Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States (1861-1865), guided his country through the most devastating experience in its national history-the CIVIL WAR (18... |
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Charles Darwin, Evolution Theory - 1859
Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist who realised and presented compelling evidence that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors, thro... |
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Alfred Tennyson, Poet
Alfred Tennyson, English poet often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry. Tennyson succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in 1850.
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William Gladstone, British Prime Minister
William Ewart Gladstone was a British Liberal Party statesman and four times Prime Minister (1868–74, 1880–85, 1886 and 1892–94). He was a champion of the Home Rule Bill... |
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Symmetric Color Circle, Goethe
As an epitome of his research, Goethe proposed a symmetric color circle that applied in all areas he had studied. By contrast, Newton's color circle, with seven colors su... |
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Theory of Colours, Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, probably the greatest of Germany's poets, was also an avid amateur scientist and displayed through his careful observations and his keen, what... |
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Frédéric Chopin
The piano music of Frédéric Chopin is among the most original and influential work of the nineteenth century. With Chopin we leave the world of the eighteenth century pia... |
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Robert Schumann, Composer
In 1834 Schumann founded a music journal, the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik; he was its editor and leading writer for ten years. He was a brilliant and perceptive critic: hi... |
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Camillo Benso, Conte di Cavour
Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour was a leading figure in the movement toward Italian unification. He was Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, and ruled it t... |
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Henry Rawlinson, Deciphered Cuneiform
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet GCB was an English soldier, diplomat and orientalist. He is sometimes referred to as the "Father of Assyriology." Knowledge of... |
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Cities Timeline
A Timeline of Victorian History... |
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