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| Georgetown University Georgetown_University | |
| Daguerreotype daguerreotype (original Frenchdaguerréotype) is an early type of photograph, developed by Louis Daguerre, in which the image is exposed directly onto a mirror-polished surface of silver bearing a coating of silver halide particles deposited by iodine vapor. In later developments bromine and chlorine vapors were als Daguerreotype | |
| General American General American is an accent of American English. Within American English, General American and accents approximating it are contrasted with Southern American English, several Northeastern accents, and other distinct regional accents and social group accents like African American Vernacular English. General_American | |
| Partition (number theory) In number theory, a partition of a positive integer n is a way of writing n as a sum of positive integers. Two sums that differ only in the order of their summands are considered to be the same partition; if order matters then the sum becomes a composition. A summand in a partition is also called a part. The number of partitions of n is given by the partition function p(n). Partition_(number_theory) | |
| Fleeming Jenkin Talk:Fleeming_Jenkin | |
| Satyricon Satyricon (or Satyrica) is a Latin work of fiction in a mixture of prose and poetry. It is believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius, though the manuscript tradition identifies the author as a certain Titus Petronius. As with the Metamorphoses of Apuleius, classical scholars often describe it as a "Roman novel", without necessarily implying continuity with the modern literary form. Satyricon | |
| Charlotte Perkins Gilman Charlotte Perkins Gilman (July 3, 1860 American sociologist, novelist, writer of short stories, poetry, and non fiction, and a lecturer for social reform. She was a utopian feminist during a time when her accomplishments were exceptional for women, and she served as a role model for future generations of feminists because of her unorthodox concepts and lifestyle. Charlotte_Perkins_Gilman | |
| Ultracentrifuge The ultracentrifuge is a centrifuge optimized for spinning a rotor at very high speeds, capable of generating acceleration as high as 1,000,000 g (9,800 km/s²). There are two kinds of ultracentrifuges, the preparative and the analytical ultracentrifuge. Both classes of instruments find important uses in molecular biology, biochemistry and polymer science. Ultracentrifuge | |
| Noun Talk:Noun | |
| Pyramid of Djoser The Pyramid of Djoser (Zoser), or step pyramid (kbhw-ntrw in Egyptian) is an archeological remain in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the city of Memphis. It was built for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser by his vizier Imhotep, during the 27th century BC. It is the central feature of a vast mortuary complex in an enormous courtyard surrounded by ceremonial structures and decoration. Pyramid_of_Djoser | |
| Mabinogion Mabinogion (pronounced ) is a collection of eleven prose stories from medieval Welsh manuscripts. They draw on pre-Christian Celtic mythology, international folktale motifs, and on early medieval historical traditions. While some details may hark back to older Iron Age traditions, each of these tales is the product of a highly developed Welsh narrative tradition, both oral and written. They were first translated into English by Lady Charlotte Guest in the mid 19th century. Mabinogion | |
| Owosso, Michigan Owosso is a city in Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 15,713 at the 2000 census. The city is located on the eastern side of Owosso Township, but is politically independent. The city was named after Chief Wasso, an Ojibwa leader of the Shiawassee area. Owosso,_Michigan | |
| BpNichol Barrie Phillip Nichol (September 30, 1944 – September 25, 1988), who often went by his lower-case initials and last name, with no spaces (bpNichol), was a Canadian poet. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and became widely known for his concrete poetry while living there in the 1960s. BpNichol | |
| Haddon Heights, New Jersey Haddon_Heights,_New_Jersey | |
| Cedar Grove, New Jersey Cedar_Grove,_New_Jersey | |
| Sister Carrie Sister Carrie (1900) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream by first becoming a mistress to men that she perceives as superior and later as a famous actress. Sister_Carrie | |
| Abraham Lincoln Brigade Abraham Lincoln Brigade refers to volunteers from the United States who served in the Spanish Civil War in the International Brigades. They fought for Spanish Republican forces against Franco and the Spanish Nationalists. Abraham_Lincoln_Brigade | |
| Dwarfism Dwarfism () is a medical term describing a person of short stature. In Anglo Saxon world some defined it as being a person with an adult height of less than 4Dwarfism can be caused by over 200 distinct medical conditions, and as such the symptoms and characteristics of individual dwarfs vary greatly. People who are affected by dwarfism are often referred to as "little people." Dwarfism | |
| Pittsburgh English Talk:Pittsburgh_English | |
| 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 | |
| D'Arcy McGee Thomas D'Arcy McGee, PC, (April 13, 1825 April 7, 1868) was an Irish Nationalist, Irish-Canadian journalist, Father of Confederation, and, to date, the only Canadian victim of political assassination at the federal level. D'Arcy_McGee | |
| J. M. Barrie Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet OM (9 May 1860 J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish author and dramatist. He is best remembered for creating Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, whom he based on his friends, the Llewelyn Davies boys. He is also credited with popularising the name Wendy, which was very uncommon before he gave it to the heroine of Peter Pan. J._M._Barrie | |
| UNIVAC I The UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) was the first commercial computer produced in the United States. J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, the inventors of the ENIAC. Design work was begun by their company, Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation, and was completed after the company had been acquired by Remington Rand. (In the years before successor models of the UNIVAC I appeared, the machine was simply known as "the UNIVAC".) UNIVAC_I | |
| Gujarati language Gujarati_language | |
| Synesius Synesius (c. 373 - c. 414), a Greek bishop of Ptolemais in the Libyan Pentapolis after 410, was born of wealthy parents, who claimed descent from Spartan kings, at Cyrene between 370 and 375. Synesius | |
| Restoration comedy Restoration comedy refers to English comedies written and performed in the Restoration period from 1660 to 1710. After public stage performances had been banned for 18 years by the Puritan regime, the re-opening of the theatres in 1660 signalled a rebirth of English drama. Restoration_comedy | |
| Paramahansa Yogananda Paramahansa Yogananda (Bengali:Pôromohôngsho Joganondo, Sanskrit:Paramahaṃsa Yogānaṃda; January 5, 1893–March 7, 1952), born Mukunda Lal Ghosh (BengaliMukundo Lal Ghosh), was an Indian yogi and guru who introduced many westerners to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his book, Autobiography of a Yogi. Paramahansa_Yogananda | |
| Gaius Julius Hyginus Gaius Julius Hyginus (ca. 64 BC Latin author, though whether a native of Spain or of Alexandria it is not clear, a pupil of the famous Cornelius Alexander Polyhistor, and a freedman of Caesar Augustus, by whom he was made superintendent of the Palatine library, according to Suetonius, De Grammaticis, 20.Suetonius remarks that he fell into great poverty in his old age, and was supported by the historian Clodius Licinus. Gaius_Julius_Hyginus | |
| The whole nine yards The phrase "the whole nine yards" means "completely, the whole, everything" – e.g. "I was mugged. They took my wallet, my keys, my shoes, my cat – the whole nine yards!" The_whole_nine_yards | |
| Mickey Spillane Frank Morrison Spillane (March 9, 1918 Mickey Spillane, was an American author of crime novels, many featuring his signature detective character, Mike Hammer. More than 225 million copies of his books have sold internationally. In 1980, Spillane was responsible for seven of the top 15 all-time bestselling fiction titles in America. Mickey_Spillane | |
| Bilingual pun Talk:Bilingual_pun | |
| Joe Biden Joe_Biden | |
| Raphael Holinshed Raphael Holinshed (died c. 1580) was an English chronicler, whose work, commonly known as Holinshed's Chronicles, was one of the major sources used by William Shakespeare for a number of his plays.He is thought to have come from Cheshire, but lived in London, where he worked as a translator for the printer Reginald Wolfe. Raphael_Holinshed | |
| Definition of art Talk:Definition_of_art | |
| Value at risk financial mathematics and financial risk management, Value at Risk (VaR) is a widely used measure of the risk of loss on a specific portfolio of financial assets. For a given portfolio, probability and time horizon, VaR is defined as a threshold value such that the probability that the mark-to-market loss on the portfolio over the given time horizon exceeds this value (assuming normal markets and no trading in the portfolio) is the given probability level. Value_at_risk | |
| Academy An academy (Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership. Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, north of Athens, Greece. Academy | |
| Hubert Howe Bancroft Hubert Howe Bancroft (Granville, Ohio. He attended the Granville Academy until he was sixteen, and he then became a clerk in a bookstore in Buffalo, New York. Relocating to San Francisco, California, he managed a bookstore there from March 1852 to 1868, and he began his own publishing house. He also accumulated a great library of historical material, and eventually he gave up business to devote himself entirely to writing and publishing history. Hubert_Howe_Bancroft | |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti Dante Gabriel Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882) was an English poet, illustrator, painter and translator. Dante_Gabriel_Rossetti | |
| Christina Rossetti Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 Goblin Market, her love poem "Remember", and for her Christmas poem "In the Bleak Midwinter". Christina_Rossetti | |
| Dominus User:Dominus | |
| Benjamin Henry Latrobe Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe (May 1, 1764 - September 3, 1820) was a British-born American architect best known for his design of the United States Capitol, as well as his design of the Baltimore Basilica, the first Catholic Cathedral built in the United States. Benjamin_Henry_Latrobe | |
| Jane Addams Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 U.S. Settlement House movement, and one of the first women to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Jane_Addams | |
| John Law (economist) John Law (usually pronounced Jean Lass by contemporary French) (bap. 21 April 1671 – 21 March 1729) was a Scottish economist who believed that money was only a means of exchange that did not constitute wealth in itself and that national wealth depended on trade. John_Law_(economist) | |
| Ataulf Ataulf (sometimes Athavulf , Atawulf , or Athaulf — "noble wolf" — Latinized as Ataulphus or Adolphus; in Spanish and Portuguese Ataúlfo) was king of the Visigoths from 410 to 415. Ataulf | |
| Ethnography Ethnography (Greek 'ethnos = folk/people and 'graphein = writing) is a methodological strategy used to provide descriptions of human societies, which as a methodology does not prescribe any particular method (e.g. observation, interview, questionnaire), but instead prescribes the nature of the study (i.e. to describe people through writing) . In the biological sciences, this type of study might be called a "field study" or a "case report," both of which are used as common synonyms for "ethnography" . Ethnography | |
| Ensete Ensete | |
| Waverley (novel) Waverley is an 1814 historical novel by Sir Walter Scott. Initially published anonymously in 1814 as Scott's first venture into prose fiction, Waverley is often regarded as the first historical novel. The novel became so popular that Scott's later novels were advertised as being "by the author of Waverley". His series of novels on similar themes written during the same period have become collectively known as the "Waverley Novels". Waverley_(novel) | |
| Yakov Smirnoff Yakov Naumovich Pokhis (; born 24 January 1951), better known as Yakov Smirnoff, is a Ukrainian-born American comedian, painter and psychology professor. He was popular in the 1980s for comedy performances in which he used irony and word play to contrast life under the Communist regime in his native Soviet Union with life in the United States, delivered in heavily accented English. Yakov_Smirnoff | |
| List of books banned by governments Many societies have banned certain books. This is a partial list of books that have been banned by governments, for various reasons. These bans can be enacted at the national or sub-national level, and can carry legal penalties for their infraction.Books are also forbidden by religious authorities, who prohibit members of their faith from reading them, but without this being a criminal offense. List_of_books_banned_by_governments |
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