DomainTools.com |
 |
||
|
|
||
English Wikipedia references for 1911encyclopedia.org 301-350 of 2576
<< | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | >>
| Language: | ||||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Articles: | 2,576 |
323 |
98 |
175 |
132 |
83 |
94 |
208 |
133 |
65 |
49 |
63 |
| Jacques Paul Migne Jacques Paul Migne (25 October 1800 - 24 October 1875) was a French priest who published inexpensive and widely-distributed editions of theological works, encyclopedias and the texts of the Church Fathers, with the goal of providing a universal library for the Catholic priesthood.He was born at Saint-Flour, Cantal and studied theology at Orléans. Jacques_Paul_Migne | |
| Charles XI of Sweden Charles XI (, 24 November 1655old style old style) was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in an unruly period in Swedish history known as the Swedish empire (1611Charles was the only son of King Charles X of Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp. Charles_XI_of_Sweden | |
| Roger B. Taney Roger Brooke Taney ( "tawny"; March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was the twelfth United States Attorney General. He also was the fifth Chief Justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864, and was the first Roman Catholic to hold that office. Roger_B._Taney | |
| Pandulf Masca Pandulph (or Pandolph or Pandolfo or Pandulf Masca) (died 16 September 1226) was a Roman ecclesiastical politician, papal legate to England and bishop of Norwich. Pandulf_Masca | |
| Aaron Burr Talk:Aaron_Burr | |
| Manchester, Connecticut Manchester is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 54,740. Manchester,_Connecticut | |
| Esther Talk:Esther | |
| William H. Prescott William Hickling Prescott (May 4, 1796 historian, known for his books The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic and The History of the Conquest of Mexico. William_H._Prescott | |
| Oskaloosa, Iowa Oskaloosa is a city in and the county seat of Mahaska County, Iowa, United States. The population was 10,938 at the 2000 census.Oskaloosa is the current home of William Penn University and the former home of Oskaloosa College. Vennard College is located in the connected city of University Park. Oskaloosa,_Iowa | |
| Taunton, Massachusetts Taunton is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the seat of Bristol County and the hub of the Greater Taunton Area. The city is located 40 miles south of Boston, 18 miles east of Providence, 18 miles north of Fall River and 25 miles west of Plymouth. The City of Taunton is situated on the Taunton River which winds its way through the city on its way south to Mount Hope Bay. Taunton,_Massachusetts | |
| Lawrence, Massachusetts Lawrence is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States on the Merrimack River. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 72,043. Surrounding communities include Methuen to the north, Andover to the southwest, and North Andover to the southeast. Lawrence,_Massachusetts | |
| Vernier scale A vernier scale is an additional scale which allows a distance or angle measurement to be read more precisely than directly reading a uniformly-divided straight or circular measurement scale. It is a sliding secondary scale that is used to indicate where the measurement lies when it is in between two of the marks on the main scale. Vernier_scale | |
| Taiwanese aborigines Talk:Taiwanese_aborigines | |
| Haarlemmermeer Haarlemmermeer is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is a polder, consisting of land reclaimed from water, and the name Haarlemmermeer means Haarlem's Lake, still referring to the body of water from which the region was reclaimed in the 19th century.Its main town is Hoofddorp. Haarlemmermeer | |
| Crore crore () (often abbreviated cr) is a unit in the Indian numbering system and was formerly a unit in the Persian numbering system, still widely used in Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and formerly in Iran. An Indian crore is equal to 100 lakh or 10,000,000. Crore | |
| Time/Archive 4 Talk:Time/Archive_4 | |
| Bound Brook, New Jersey Bound_Brook,_New_Jersey | |
| Abraham/Archive 2 Talk:Abraham/Archive_2 | |
| Peekskill, New York Peekskill is a city in Westchester County, New York. It is situated on a bay along the east side of the Hudson River, across from Jones Point.This community was known to be an early American industrial center, primarily for its iron plow and stove products. The Binney and Smith Company, now makers of Crayola products, started as the Peekskill Chemical Company at Annsville in 1864. Peekskill,_New_York | |
| Bristol, Pennsylvania Bristol is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, northeast of Philadelphia opposite Burlington, N.J. on the Delaware River. Bristol was first incorporated in 1720. Although its charter was revised in 1905, the original charter remains in effect, making Bristol one of the older boroughs in Pennsylvania. Bristol,_Pennsylvania | |
| Thomas Gresham Sir Thomas Gresham (c. 1519 21 November, 1579) was an English merchant and financier who worked for King Edward VI of England and for Edward's half-sister Queen Elizabeth I of England. Thomas_Gresham | |
| Serfdom Serfdom is the socio-economic status of unfree peasants under feudalism, and specifically relates to Manorialism. It was a condition of bondage or modified slavery which developed primarily during the High Middle Ages in Europe. Serfdom was the enforced labour of serfs on the fields of landowners, in return for protection and the right to work on their leased fields. Serfdom | |
| Sarmatians Sarmatians, Sarmatæ or Sauromatæ (, Old Iranian Sarumatah 'archer', ) were a people of Ancient Iranian origin. Mentioned by classical authors, they migrated from Central Asia to the Ural Mountains around fifth century B.C. and eventually settled in most of southern European Russia, Ukraine, and the eastern Balkans.At their greatest reported extent these tribes ranged from the Vistula River to the mouth of the Danube and eastward to the Volga, and from the mysterious domain of the Hyperboreans in the north, southward to the shores of the Black and Caspian seas, including the region between them as far as the Caucasus mountains. Sarmatians | |
| Penny Penny | |
| Agathias Agathias or Agathias Scholasticus (c. AD 536-582/594), of Myrina, an Aeolian city in western Asia Minor, was a Greek poet and the historian who is a principal source for that part of the reign of Justinian I covered in his history.He studied law at Alexandria, returned to Constantinople in 554 to finish his training and practised as an advocate (scholasticus) in the courts. Literature, however, was his favourite pursuit. Agathias | |
| Pogrom pogrom is a form of riot directed against a particular group, whether ethnic, religious, or other, and characterized by the killing and destruction of their homes, businesses, and religious centers. The term was originally used to denote extensive violence against Jews – either spontaneous or premeditated – but in English it is also applied to similar incidents against other minority groups. Pogrom | |
| Demographics of Württemberg Demographics_of_Württemberg | |
| Michael Choniates Michael Choniates or Acominatus (,c. 1140 Byzantine writer and ecclesiastic, was born at Chonae (the ancient Colossae). At an early age he studied at Constantinople and was the pupil of Eustathius of Thessalonica. Around 1175 he was appointed archbishop of Athens, a post he held until the capture of the city by the Fourth Crusade in 1205. Michael_Choniates | |
| Nicephorus Gregoras Nicephorus Gregoras (Νικηφόρος Γρηγοράς) (c. 1295-1360), Byzantine historian, man of learning and religious controversialist, was born at Heraclea in Pontus.At an early age he settled at Constantinople, where his reputation for learning brought him under the notice of Andronicus II Palaeologus, by whom he was appointed Chartophylax (keeper of the archives). Nicephorus_Gregoras | |
| Robert Hall (minister) The Rev. Robert Hall (2 May, 1764 - 21 February, 1831) was an English Baptist minister.He was born at Arnesby near Leicester, where his father, Robert Hall was pastor of a Baptist congregation. Robert was the youngest of a family of fourteen. While still at the dame school his passion for books absorbed most of his time, and in summer he used to go to the churchyard after school with a volume, and read till nightfall, making out the meaning of the more difficult words with the help of a pocket dictionary. Robert_Hall_(minister) | |
| George Pachymeres Georgius Pachymeres (1242 Byzantine Greek historian and miscellaneous writer, was born at Nicaea, in Bithynia, where his father had taken refuge after the capture of Constantinople by the Latins in 1204. On the expulsion of the Crusaders by Michael VIII Palaeologus, Pachymeres settled in Constantinople, studied law, entered the church, and subsequently became chief advocate of the church and chief justice of the imperial court. George_Pachymeres | |
| Lewis Lewis (Scottish Gaelic:Leòdhas, , also Isle of Lewis) is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides (an archipelago) of Scotland. The total area of Lewis is .Lewis is, in general, the lower lying part of Lewis and Harris, with the other part, Harris, being more mountainous. Lewis | |
| Thomas Baker (antiquarian) Thomas Baker (September 14, 1656, Lanchester, Durham July 2, 1740), English antiquarian, was the grandson of Colonel Baker of Crook, Durham, who won fame in the English Civil War by his defence of Newcastle upon Tyne against the Scots. Thomas was educated at the free school at Durham, and went on to St John's College, Cambridge, where he later obtained a fellowship. Thomas_Baker_(antiquarian) | |
| Constantine Lascaris Constantine Lascaris (1434 Greek scholar and grammarian, one of the promoters of the revival of Greek learning in the Italian peninsula, born at Constantinople.He was a member of the noble Bithynian family, which had furnished three emperors of Nicaea during the thirteenth century. Constantine_Lascaris | |
| Fulham Fulham (pronounced "fullum") is an area of south-west London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, (the successor to the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham) located south west of Charing Cross. It is situated in between Putney and Chelsea.Fulham was formerly the seat of the diocese of "Fulham and Gibraltar", and Fulham Palace the former official home of the Bishop of London, (now a museum), the grounds of which are now divided between public allotments and an elegant botanical garden. Fulham | |
| Akbar the Great/Archive 1 Talk:Akbar_the_Great/Archive_1 | |
| Secession Secession (derived from the Latin term secessio) is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity. It is not to be confused with succession, the act of following in order or sequence. Secession | |
| Jovian (Emperor) Jovian_(Emperor) | |
| Moors Talk:Moors | |
| Peter Bales Peter Bales (1547 – 1610?), English calligrapher, one of the inventors of shorthand writing, was born in London in 1547, and is described by Anthony Wood as a "most dexterous person in his profession, to the great wonder of scholars and others". We are also informed that "he spent several years in sciences among Oxonians, particularly, as it seems, in Gloucester Hall; but that study, which he used for a diversion only, proved at length an employment of profit". Peter_Bales | |
| Woburn Abbey Woburn Abbey, near Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is the seat of the Duke of Bedford and the location of the Woburn Safari Park. Woburn_Abbey | |
| Oberon Oberon (also spelled Auberon), "King of Shadows and Fairies", is best known as a character in William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, written in the mid-1590s. He is Consort to Titania, Queen of the Fairies. Oberon | |
| George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (28 August 1592 favourite, claimed by some to be the lover, of King James I of England Despite a vary patchy political and military record he remained at the height of royal favour for the first two years of the reign of Charles I, until he was assassinated. He was one of the most rewarded royal courtiers in all history. George_Villiers,_1st_Duke_of_Buckingham | |
| Shakers Talk:Shakers | |
| Guanches Guanches (alsoGuanchis or Guanchetos), now extinct as a distinct people, were the first known inhabitants of the Canary Islands, having migrated to the archipelago sometime between 1000 BC and 100 BC. Their culture as such has since disappeared, although traces of it can still be found, an example being the "whistle" Silbo language of La Gomera Island. Guanches | |
| Walter Bower Walter Bower or Bowmaker (1385 December 24 1449), Scottish chronicler, was born about 1385 at Haddington, East Lothian. He was abbot of Inchcolm Abbey (in the Firth of Forth) from 1418, was one of the commissioners for the collection of the ransom of James I, King of Scots, in 1423 and 1424, and in 1433 one of the embassy to Paris on the business of the marriage of the king's daughter to the dauphin. He played an important part at the council of Perth (1432) in the defence of Scottish rights. Walter_Bower | |
| Acts of the Apostles Talk:Acts_of_the_Apostles | |
| Richard Bancroft Archbishop Richard Bancroft, DD, BD, MA, BA (1544 – 2 November 1610), Archbishop of Canterbury and the "chief overseer" of the production of the authorized version of the Bible. Richard_Bancroft | |
| John Hunter (surgeon) John Hunter FRS (13 February 1728 Scottish surgeon regarded as one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. He was an early advocate of careful observation and scientific method in medicine. The Hunterian Society of London was named in his honour. John_Hunter_(surgeon) | |
| Ketchup Talk:Ketchup |
<< | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | >>
