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The prototypical Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was a painter, sculptor, architect, writer, anatomist, geologist, astronomer, botanist, ...
On July 26, 1727, in the little village of Maldon, Essex, United Kingdom, Horatio Gates was born. In 1745, Horatio enlisted in the British Army thanks to the ...
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer who traveled to the New World on at least two occasions and was the first to recognize the Americas as separate ...
Adam Smith, a Scottish social philosopher, and political economist who was born in 1723 is known as the Father of Modern Economics for establishing the ...
After Christopher Columbus landed in the New World in 1492, historian Alfred Crosby invented the phrase "Columbian Exchange" to describe the enormous exchange ...
Republican politician Horace Mann (1796–1859) was a free thinker and one of the key pioneers in the American educational reform movement. Mann's life goal was ...
The son of a farmer, Alexander Fleming was raised in Scotland before moving to London to attend the St. Mary's Hospital Medical School. He assisted Sir Almroth ...
Edmond (or Edmund) Halley was an English scientist best known for foreseeing the orbit of the comet that would subsequently bear his name. Although he is best ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson, a writer, lecturer, poet, and Transcendentalist thinker, was born in Boston in 1803. Emerson, known as the “Sage of Concord” wrote ...
Not only was Phillis Wheatley the first published African American woman, but was also one of the first published American women poets. She was lucky to find ...
During the 19th and 20th centuries, Gustave Eiffel was one of the most significant French figures. He not only created the Eiffel Tower, but he also made ...
You might not know much about Benjamin Netanyahu if you are not interested in world politics. As the former Israeli prime minister and a vociferous advocate ...
Red pandas are adorable, fluffy animals that are roughly the size of a house cat. They are only found in the high forests of the Eastern Himalayas. These ...
One of the most well-known American politicians of the second half of the 20th century was Richard Nixon. Nixon made his political debut shortly after World ...
The Titanic is the tragic final trip of Captain Edward Smith's illustrious seagoing career, and it is for this reason that he is most well-known. Our readers ...
Some of us associate Britney Spears with her memorable first single, "...Baby One More Time." The song propelled the 16-year-old pop singer to the top of the ...
Austrian scientist Erwin Schrödinger contributed significantly to the creation of certain basic findings in the area of quantum theory. By developing the wave ...