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Hace 1 día · Former Vassar College president Catharine Bond Hill wearing doctoral robes. She has a doctorate and can thus carry the title of "Doctor". Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb docēre [dɔˈkeːrɛ] 'to teach'. It has been used as an academic title in Europe since the 13th ...
Hace 1 día · Sofia Danova (1879–1946), Bulgarian teacher and philanthropist, first Bulgarian woman to graduate in mathematics. Christine Darden (born 1942), American aeronautical engineer who researches sonic booms. Geraldine Claudette Darden (born 1936), one of the first African-American women to earn a PhD in mathematics.
Hace 11 horas · She has an MA in literature from the University of Utah. Her work has appeared in the Vassar Review, Heavy Feather Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, and Loch Raven Review, as well as other publications. Her 2022 short fiction piece “Lani in the River” was nominated by JMWW for a Pushcart Prize. Image: wikipedia.org
Hace 11 horas · Territory Roman period Portrait of Livy, the author of the first known document about the Vascones.. The description of the territory which the Vascones inhabited during ancient times appears in texts of classical authors, between the 1st century BC and the 2nd century AD, such as Livy, Strabo, Pliny the Elder and Ptolemy.Although these texts have been studied [full citation needed] as sources ...
