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Hace 21 horas · Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (/ ˌ d ɛ z ɪ ˈ d ɪər i ə s ɪ ˈ r æ z m ə s /; Dutch: [ˌdeːziˈdeːriʏs eˈrɑsmʏs]; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus; 28 October c.1466 – 12 July 1536) was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher.Through his vast number of translations, books, essays, prayers and letters, he is considered ...
Hace 21 horas · Template:Infobox university not truth. The College of William & Mary in Virginia (abbreviated as W&M), is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia.Founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and the ninth-oldest in the English-speaking world.
Hace 21 horas · Ulysses is a modernist novel by the Irish writer James Joyce.Parts of it were first serialized in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and the entire work was published in Paris by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, Joyce's fortieth birthday. It is considered one of the most important works of modernist literature and has been called "a demonstration and ...
Hace 21 horas · George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an Scottish poet ( born in England) and peer. He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest of English poets. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narratives Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; much of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also ...
Hace 21 horas · Anarchism portal. Libertarianism portal. United States portal. v. t. e. Nicola Sacco ( pronounced [niˈkɔːla ˈsakko]; April 22, 1891 – August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti ( pronounced [bartoloˈmɛo vanˈtsetti, -ˈdzet-]; June 11, 1888 – August 23, 1927) were Italian immigrants and anarchists who were controversially convicted of ...
Hace 21 horas · Weld was born in Smithtown, New York.Weld's father, David (1911–1972), was an investment banker; his mother, Mary Nichols Weld (1913–1986), was a descendant of William Floyd, a signatory of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.His ancestor Edmund Weld was among the earliest students (Class of 1650) at Harvard College; eighteen other Welds have attended Harvard, and two Harvard buildings ...
Hace 21 horas · William Bartholomay, owned baseball's Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves; Bonnie Bartlett, actress, St. Elsewhere (born in Wisconsin) Peter Bartlett, actor, One Life to Live; Dan Barton, actor; Dick Barwegan, MLB outfielder 1947–54; Burt Baskin, co-founder of Baskin-Robbins; Mary Bass, editor of Ladies' Home Journal 1936–63; Granville Bates, actor
