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- Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...ith]] Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Flore...
3: ...irst female painter to become a member of the [[Accademia dell' Arte del Disegno]] in Florence. She wa...
7: ...er father's style took heavily inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style was just ...
10: ...e of the [[Bologna]] school (which had [[Annibale Carracci]] among its major artists).
12: ...iosi Palace]] in [[Rome]], so Orazio hired the Tuscan painter to tutor his daughter privately. The unf... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] |
36: ... that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]] and is generally classified as part...
38: ...latter broke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
40: ...idents from the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Historical footnote: both [[William Henry Harrison|Harrison...
44: ...]], [[Nottaway]], [[Meherrin]], [[Pohick]], [[Monacan]], [[Saponi]], and [[Cherokee]]. - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
17: ...bert Uderzo|Uderzo, Albert]], (born 1927), French cartoonist of ''[[Asterix]]'' fame
33: *[[Sabine Ulibarr�libarr�Sabine]], American poet
51: ...(1609-1672), Puritan colonist and soldier in America
59: ...Johnny Unitas|Unitas, Johnny]], (1933-2002), American football player
64: *[[Carl Herman Unthan|Unthan, Carl Herman]], Austrian violinist without hands - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-)
73: *[[Hendrick Avercamp]] ([[1585]]-[[1634]]) - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...le]]. In addition, his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early example ...
4: ==Early career==
10: ...sophy]] or religion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
14: ...howed the reality of the experiments and even indicated the particular results that led to the time-sq...
18: ...ses. He published his initial telescopic astronomical [[observation]]s in March [[1610]] in a short tr... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...ory|theoretical]] [[astrophysicist]]", although [[Carl Sagan]] also refers to him as the last scientif...
4: ...ler was an assistant to [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coincided with that of [[Galileo Galilei...
9: ...fortunes were in decline. His father earned a precarious living as a [[mercenary]], and abandoned the...
11: ...ied, and was plagued by a belief that he was physically repulsive, thoroughly unlikable and, compared ...
13: ... of [[1580]], recording that he remembered being "called outdoors" to see it and that the moon "appear... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...odology for [[science|scientific]] inquiry, often called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implie...
10: ...ater, was delicate. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for th...
12: ...y his precocious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the young Lord Keeper."
16: ...of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
18: ... with insufficient means, he borrowed money and became habitually in debt. To support himself, he took... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
4: ...y of the poetic and dramatic form; his ability to capture and convey the most profound aspects of [[hu...
12: ...pped out through the study of considerable historical evidence.
14: ...smal record dates to [[April 26]] of that year. Because baptisms were performed within a few days of b...
17: ... exists that both sides of the family had [[Roman Catholic]] sympathies.
19: ...survived. There is no evidence that his formal education extended beyond grammar school. - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ... died in [[1611]] somewhere in [[Hudson Bay]], [[Canada]].
3: ...of July. At this point the ship was only 577 nautical miles from the pole, but it was clear there is n...
7: ...d]]–the first Europeans to describe these locations (although [[Giovanni da Verrazano]] explored...
9: ...e [[Navigation Acts]], a set of [[Mercantilism|mercantilist]] laws England had enacted to protect its ...
11: ...age under the English flag; this time the funding came from the [[Virginia Company]] and the [[British... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
39: ...tarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – circa [[230 BC]])
55: *[[John Bahcall]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1934]] – )
109: *[[William Wallace Campbell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1862]] – ...
110: *[[Annie Jump Cannon]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1863]] – [[...
111: *[[Luigi Carnera]] ([[Italy]], [[1875]] – [[1962]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
65: *[[Ammonius Saccas]], (3rd century){{fn|C}}
80: *[[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]], (1034-1109){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn...
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
165: *[[Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria]], (1738-1794){{fn|C}} - Tiger (11674 bytes)
1: ...g or extinct. Tigers are [[predator|predatory]] [[carnivore]]s.
3: ...50px|Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)]] | caption = Tiger }}
8: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Carnivora]]}}
13: ...nk | binomial_name = Panthera tigris | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
15: ...[[camouflage]] is ideally suited). Of all the big cats, only the tiger and [[jaguar]] are strong swimm... - Sebastiano Serlio (4494 bytes)
1: ...Fontainebleau. Serlio helped canonize the [[classical order]]s of architecture in his influential trea...
4: ...lioChurchFacade.jpg|thumb|right|Serlio's church facade of 1537 crystallized a format that lasted into ...
6: ...lberti]]'s [[Santa Maria Novella]] in Florence (''ca.'' 1458). The idea was in the air in the 1530s: s...
8: ...t attracted the attention of Francois I. Serlio's career took off when he was invited to France by [[F...
10: ...ve Books of Architecture'' and printed in London, 1611. Its example countered the influence of the engr... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ...pend several months or years exploring North America and then he would have to head back to France to ...
7: ...[[September 20]], wrote an account of his travels called ''Des sauvages'' (The Savages).
9: ...he [[Habitation at Port-Royal]] (which had been located with Champlain's assistance), where Champlain ...
13: ... one of his passions, which he embarked on periodically for the rest of his life.
19: ...ain attempted to form better relations with the local Indians. He made alliances with the [[Huron]] an... - Culture of Scotland (11420 bytes)
7: ...e also the judges for the high court for criminal cases. [[Scots Law]] differs from England's [[common...
9: ...ledged the supremacy of udal law in some property cases as recently as the [[1990s]]. There is a movem...
13: ==Scottish education==
15: ...ry for children from the implementation of the Education Act of 1872 onwards.
17: ...ther country in [[Europe]]. The differences in education have manifested themselves in different ways,... - Bowhead Whales (5651 bytes)
2: ...= [[image:Bowheads42.jpg|250px|Bowhead Whales]] | caption =}}
14: ...| binomial_name = Balaena mysticetus | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linneus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
15: ...p_Bowhead_Whale.PNG|250px|Bowhead Whale range]] | caption = Bowhead Whale range}}
26: ... highly vocal and use underwater sounds to communicate while traveling, feeding, and socializing. Some...
28: ...rs, after a 13 to 14 month pregnancy. The newborn calf is about 4.5 m long and approximately 1000 kg, ... - Tigers (12435 bytes)
1: ...g or extinct. Tigers are [[predator|predatory]] [[carnivore]]s.
3: ...50px|Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)]] | caption = Tiger }}
8: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Carnivora]]}}
13: ...nk | binomial_name = Panthera tigris | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
15: ... of the [[food chain]]. <!-- A tiger's head often carries the symbol of [[Wang]] (king). Huh?--> - Hudson Bay (2815 bytes)
1: [[Image:Hudsonbay.png|thumb|right|Hudson Bay, Canada.]]
2: ...Bay''' is a large body of water in northeastern [[Canada]]. It drains a large portion of the northern ...
4: ...ods of time. Signs of numerous former beachfronts can be seen far inland from the current shore.
6: ...st of the area, but the crew mutinied on June 22, 1611.
8: ... monopoly was abolished. Although the company is called the Hudson's Bay Company (with "'s"), the bod... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
4: ... religious, and socioeconomic groups. The section called the "Old City" is surrounded by walls and con...
6: ...y's seat of government and otherwise functions as capital. Many countries do not recognize Israeli sov...
7: ...ian]]s also claim all or part of Jerusalem as the capital of a future [[Palestinian state]].
12: ...tion between the name and ''Shalim'' the personification of dusk in [[Ugarit|Ugaritic]] myth. See also...
16: ...vids.jpg|thumbnail|150px|[[Archaeology|Archaeological]] ruins from [[King David]]'s time]]
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