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| William Ellery Channing This article is about Dr. William Ellery Channing, the Unitarian theologian. For the Transcendentalist poet, see William Ellery Channing (poet). William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and, along with Andrews Norton, one of Unitarianism's leading theologians. William_Ellery_Channing | |
| Prix de Rome This article concerns the French government prize. For similarly named prizes aimed at other countries' nationals, see Prix de Rome (disambiguation).The Prix de Rome was a scholarship for arts students. It was created in 1663 in France under the reign of Louis XIV. Prix_de_Rome | |
| Chur Chur | |
| America's Cup The America’s Cup is the most prestigious regatta and match race in the sport of sailing, and the oldest active trophy in international sport, predating the Modern Olympics by 45 years. The sport attracts top sailors and yacht designers because of its long history and prestige. America's_Cup | |
| Tricycle A tricycle (often abbreviated to trike) is a three-wheeled vehicle. While tricycles are often associated with the small three-wheeled vehicles used by pre-school age children, they are also used by adults for a variety of purposes. In the Tricycle | |
| Henry Vane the Younger Henry_Vane_the_Younger | |
| James Mill James Mill (6 April 1773 Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and philosopher. He was the father of influential philosopher of classical liberalism, John Stuart Mill. James_Mill | |
| Epsom Epsom is a town in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, to the south of Greater London. The town is located south-south-west of Charing Cross, within the Greater London Urban Area. The town lies on the chalk downland of Epsom Downs. Epsom | |
| Félix Dupanloup Félix Antoine Philibert Dupanloup (January 3, 1802 October 11, 1878) was a French ecclesiastic.He was born at Saint-Félix, in Haute-Savoie. In his earliest years he was confided to the care of his brother, a priest in the diocese of Chambéry. In 1810 he was sent to a pensionnat ecclésiastique at Paris. Félix_Dupanloup | |
| Urbain Le Verrier Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (March 11, 1811 September 23, 1877) was a French mathematician who specialized in celestial mechanics and is best known for his part in the discovery of Neptune. Urbain_Le_Verrier | |
| John Couch Adams John Couch Adams (5 June 1819 mathematician and astronomer. Adams was born in Laneast, Cornwall and died in Cambridge. The Cornish name Couch is pronounced "cooch".His most famous achievement was predicting the existence and position of Neptune, using only mathematics. John_Couch_Adams | |
| Fernão Pires de Andrade Captain Fernão Pires de Andrade (also spelled as Fernão Peres de Andrade; died September 1523) was a Portuguese merchant, pharmacist, and official diplomat under the explorer and Malacca governor Afonso de Albuquerque. His encounter with the Ming Dynasty in 1517—after initial contacts by Jorge Álvares and Rafael Perestrello in 1513 and 1516, respectively—marked the beginning of direct European commercial and diplomatic contact with China. Fernão_Pires_de_Andrade | |
| Joseph Glanvill Joseph Glanvill (1636-1680) was an English writer, philosopher, and clergyman. Not himself a scientist, he has been called "the most skillful apologist of the virtuosi", or in other words the leading propagandist for the approach of the English natural philosophers of the later 17th century. Joseph_Glanvill | |
| Nainital Nainital (Hindi:Indian state of Uttarakhand and headquarters of Nainital district in the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalayas. Situated at an altitude of above sea level, Nainital is set in a valley containing a pear-shaped lake, approximately two miles in circumference, and surrounded by mountains, of which the highest are Naina () on the north, Deopatha () on the west, and Ayarpatha () on the south. Nainital | |
| Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers (October 11, 1758 March 2, 1840) was a German physician and astronomer. Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matthäus_Olbers | |
| Saint Valentine Saint_Valentine | |
| G-Man User:G-Man | |
| Gerrymandering Talk:Gerrymandering | |
| Valdemar II of Denmark "Valdemar the Victorious" redirects here. For the novel by Bernhard Severin Ingemann, see Valdemar the Victorious (novel).Valdemar II (May 9, 1170 or 28 June 1170March 28, 1241, Vordingborg), called Valdemar the Conqueror or Valdemar the Victorious (Valdemar Sejr), was the King of Denmark from November 12, 1202 until his death in 1241. The nickname Sejr is a later invention and was not used during the King's own lifetime. Valdemar_II_of_Denmark | |
| Sadducees The Sadducees were a group of Jews opposed to the Pharisees (today's Rabbinical Jews), founded in the second century BCE. They ceased to exist sometime after the destruction of the second Temple in Jerusalem (Herod's Temple) in 70CE. Sadducees | |
| Suez Canal Talk:Suez_Canal | |
| Tom Taylor Tom Taylor (19 October 1817 12 July 1880) was a dramatist, critic, biographer, public servant, and editor of Punch magazine. He wrote about 100 plays during his career, including Our American Cousin. Tom_Taylor | |
| Jyotiṣa 'Sanskrit''Jyotish and ' in English, Devanagari:Hindu system of astrology (also known as Indian astrology, Hindu astrology, and of late, Vedic astrology). Siddhanta:Indian astronomy. Samhita:mundane astrology), predicting important events based on analysis of astrological dynamics in a country's horoscope or general transit events such as war, earthquakes, political events, financial positions, electional astrology; house and construction related matters (Vāstu Shāstra), animals, portents, omens etc. Jyotiṣa | |
| Polykleitos Polykleitos (or Polyklitos, Polycleitus, Polyclitus; Greek Πολύκλειτος); called the Elder, was a Greek sculptor in bronze of the fifth and the early fourth century BC. Next to Phidias, Myron and Kresilas, he is considered the most important sculptor of Classical antiquity:Xenocrates (the "Xenocratic catalogue"), which was Pliny's guide in matters of art, ranked him between Phidias and Myron. Polykleitos | |
| Chandragupta Maurya Chandragupta_Maurya | |
| Ethiopia Ethiopia | |
| Kenya Kenya | |
| Demonization Demonization is the reinterpretation of polytheistic deities as demons by other religions, generally monotheistic and henotheistic ones. Rather than denying the existence of the other religion's pantheon entirely, the proselytizer says instead that they are not gods worthy of worship but demons trying to deceive their followers. Demonization | |
| Crwth The crwth is an archaic stringed musical instrument, associated particularly with Welsh music, although once played widely in Europe. Crwth | |
| Marquess of Normanby Marquess of Normanby is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in 1694 in favour of John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave. In 1703 he was further honoured when he was made Duke of Buckingham and Normanby. For more information on this creation of the marquessate, see the Duke of Buckingham and Normanby. Marquess_of_Normanby | |
| Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby KG GCB GCH, PC (15 May 1797–28 July 1863), known as Viscount Normanby from 1812 to 1831 and as the Earl of Mulgrave from 1831 to 1838, was a British Whig politician and author. He notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1835 to 1839 and as Home Secretary from 1839 to 1841 and was British Ambassador to France between 1846 and 1852. Constantine_Phipps,_1st_Marquess_of_Normanby | |
| George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby George Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby, GCB, GCMG, PC (23 July 1819 politician of the United Kingdom.He was the son of Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby and acceded as Marquess of Normanby in 1863 (previously he had been styled Earl of Mulgrave). He was a liberal politician and became governor of Nova Scotia (1858–1863), Queensland New Zealand (1874–1879), and Victoria (1879–1884). George_Phipps,_2nd_Marquess_of_Normanby | |
| Charles II of England Talk:Charles_II_of_England | |
| Henry Dodwell Henry Dodwell (October, 1641 7 June 1711) was an Anglo-Irish scholar, theologian and controversial writer. Henry_Dodwell | |
| Godfrey Kneller Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (8 August, 1646 portrait painter in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to British monarchs from Charles II to George I. His major works include The Chinese Convert (1687); a series of four portraits of Isaac Newton painted at various junctures of the latter's life; a series of ten reigning European monarchs, including King Louis XIV of France; over 40 "Kit-cat portraits" of members of the Kit-Cat Club; and ten "beauties" of the court of William III, to match a similar series of ten beauties of the court of Charles II painted by his predecessor as court painter, Sir Peter Lely. Godfrey_Kneller | |
| Huldrych Zwingli Talk:Huldrych_Zwingli | |
| Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry PC (Ire) (27 September 1739 – 6 April 1821) was an Irish politician and landowner, the father of politician Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh.Stewart was born in 1739, the nephew of Robert Cowan, the wealthy Governor of Bombay He was elected to the Irish House of Commons in 1771 as member for Down, becoming an Irish Privy Counsellor eleven years later. Robert_Stewart,_1st_Marquess_of_Londonderry | |
| Édouard Pailleron Édouard Jules Henri Pailleron (September 7, 1834 - April 19, 1899) was a French poet and dramatist. Édouard_Pailleron | |
| Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition Talk:Encyclopædia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition | |
| George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, KG, PC, FRS (10 January 1628 – 16 April 1687), was an English statesman and poet. George_Villiers,_2nd_Duke_of_Buckingham | |
| Charles Harding Firth Sir Charles Harding Firth (16 March 1857, Ecclesall, Sheffield, England - 19 February 1936, Oxford) was a British historian.Born in Sheffield, he was educated at Clifton College and at Balliol College, Oxford. At university he took the Stanhope prize for an essay on Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley in 1877, became lecturer at Pembroke College in 1887, and fellow of All Souls College in 1901. Charles_Harding_Firth | |
| Clayton-Bulwer Treaty Clayton-Bulwer Treaty was a treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom, negotiated in 1850 by John M. Clayton and Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer (Lord Dalling), in consequence of the situation created by the project of an inter oceanic canal across Nicaragua, each signatory being jealous of the activities of the other in Central America. Clayton-Bulwer_Treaty | |
| Saint Margaret of Scotland Saint Margaret (c. 1045 – 16 November 1093), was the sister of Edgar Ætheling, the short-ruling and uncrowned Anglo-Saxon King of England. She married Malcolm III, King of Scots, becoming his Queen consort. Saint_Margaret_of_Scotland | |
| Lord Edward FitzGerald Lord Edward FitzGerald (15 October 1763 1st Duke of Leinster and the Duchess of Leinster (née Lady Emily Lennox) and, was born at Carton House, near Dublin. Lord_Edward_FitzGerald | |
| Pierre Victor, baron Malouet Pierre Victor, baron Malouet (February 11, 1740–September 7, 1814), a French publicist and politician, was born at Riom (Puy-de-Dôme).The son of a lawyer, he entered the civil service and was employed successively at the French embassy in Lisbon, in the administrative department of the duc de Broglie's army, as commissary in San Domingo from 1767 to 1774, and, after his return to France, as commissary-general of the marine. Pierre_Victor,_baron_Malouet | |
| Pierre Louis Maupertuis Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Saint-Malo, 17 July 1698 Basel, 27 July 1759) was a French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters. He became the Director of the Académie des Sciences, and the first President of the Berlin Academy of Science, at the invitation of Frederick the Great.Maupertuis made an expedition to Lapland to determine the shape of the earth. Pierre_Louis_Maupertuis | |
| Margrave A Margrave was a medieval hereditary nobleman with military responsibilities in a border province of a kingdom. Border provinces usually had more exposure to military incursions from the outside, compared to interior provinces, and thus a margrave usually had larger and more active military forces than other lords. Margrave | |
| Viscount Palmerston Viscount Palmerston was a title in the Peerage of Ireland created on 12 March 1723, along with the subsidiary title Baron Temple of Mount Temple (County Sligo). Upon the death of the third Viscount (who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom), the title became extinct.The Irish branch of the Temple family, from which Lord Palmerston was descended, was very distantly related to the great English house of the same name, and these Irish Temples were not without distinction. Viscount_Palmerston | |
| German East Africa German East Africa () was a German colony in East Africa, including what is now Burundi, Rwanda and Tanganyika (the mainland part of present Tanzania). It measured 994,996 km² (384,170 square miles) in size or nearly three times the size of re-united Germany today. World War I, when the area was taken over by the British and Belgians, and later as League of Nations mandate territories. German_East_Africa | |
| Edward Pococke Edward Pococke (1604-1691) was an English Orientalist and biblical scholar. Edward_Pococke |
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