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1. David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
   3: ...with [[Henry Morton Stanley]] which gave rise to the popular quotation, "''Dr. Livingstone, I presume....
   6: ...fat, whose daughter he later married, and joined the [[London Missionary Society]], becoming a ministe...
   8: ...regnant – but returned to [[England]] with their children.
   12: ...s a proponent of trade and missions to be established in central Africa.
   14: ... he resigned from the missionary society to which he belonged.
2. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
   6: ...|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
   18: ...die, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
   21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
   36: ...in Abbott]], (1838-1926), British schoolmaster & theologian
   46: *[[Abd-ar-rahman III]], (912-961), prince of the Ummayad dynasty in Spain
3. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
   17: *[[Adolphe-Charles Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
   19: ...Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
   34: ...s|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
   38: ...Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
   41: ...son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
4. Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
   2: ...pg|thumb|right|200px|'''Victoria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empr...
   7: ...Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
   9: ... [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]].
   12: ...ince of Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on ...
   14: ...er educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
5. Flora Tristan (1707 bytes)
   1: ...stan.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Flora Tristan, grandmother of Paul Gauguin]]
   3: ...et in [[Bilbao, Spain]] during her father's stay there.
   5: ...ous post-independence period. The diary was published in 1838 as P鲩grinations d'une paria.
   7: ...the ideal life through their experiences outside their native France.
   9: ...' (1838), ''Promenades in London'' (1840), and ''The Workers' Union'' (1843).
6. Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
   1: ...e_bath.jpg|thumb|right|225px|''The Child's Bath (The Bath)''. [[Mary Cassatt]]. ([[1893]]). Oil on can...
   2: '''Mary Stevenson Cassatt''' ([[May 22]], [[1844]] &ndash; [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United ...
   4: ...before she was 10 years old, she visited many of the capitals of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris...
   6: ...Masters|old masters]] on her own and in [[1866]] she moved to Paris.
   8: ... paint copies of paintings in Italy, after which she traveled about Europe.
7. Dorothea Dix (5868 bytes)
   1: [[Image:Dix-Dorothea-LOC.jpg|thumb|Dorothea Dix]]
   2: ...nto enormous "museums of madness" that served as the deserving targets for later reformers&#8217; zeal...
   4: ...trist, beginning her career as a reformer before the first woman graduated from a U.S. [[medical schoo...
   6: ...gusting circumstances, which led her to approach the [[Massachusetts]] legislature to obtain an offici...
   8: ...llery Channing]], and began her career as a [[teacher]] and [[writer]].
8. Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
   3: ...the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
   7: ...rebelled against the expected role for a woman of her status, which was to become an obedient wife.
   9: ...and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
   11: ...eform of the [[Poor Laws]], extending far beyond the provision of medical care.
   13: ...ical care and by the commitment and practises of the sisters.
9. Ching Shih (2491 bytes)
   2: ... time her husband died in a [[gale]] in [[1807]], he had united a pirate coalition numbering 400 [[shi...
   4: ... and married him, cementing the family's hold on the fleet.
   6: ...is ears was cut off and he was shown off through the squadron as an example.
   8: ...ied at the age of 60 in [[1844]], running a [[brothel]] and gambling house in [[Guangzhou]].
10. Ellen G. White (5403 bytes)
    3: ...tism]]. Most of her life she lived and worked in the [[United States]], except for a period of [[1890]...
    5: ...s a [[leader]] who emphasized [[education]] and [[health]] and promoted establishment of [[schools]] a...
    7: ...les are available in English. Among her works is the popular Christian book, ''Steps to Christ''.
    9: ...ing the Word of God, and preparing the world for the Second [[Advent]], or second coming of [[Christ]]...
    11: ...o be from Satan and one of the big apostasies of the last days.
11. Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
    2: ...r]], [[feminist]] and fundraiser, all as part of the struggle for liberation from [[slavery]] and [[ra...
    5: ... intermittent bouts of [[narcolepsy]] the rest of her life.
    9: ...trapped in slavery up to the free states, during the Civil War.
    13: ...sume the ineffectual chicken chaser could not be the cunning slave stealer.
    15: ... be anticipated by her pursuers and later resumed her planned route at a safer location.
12. Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
    2: '''Sarah Bernhardt''' ([[October 22]], [[1844]] &ndash; [[March 26]], [[1923]]) was a [[France|...
    4: ...mation'' by the [[Duc de Morny]] in [[1859]] for theatrical training.
    6: ...ly, she may have been the most famous actress of the [[19th century]].
    8: ...to publish a series of books and plays throughout her life.
    10: ...at age 34, was quickly collapsed, largely due to the young actor's dependence on morphine.
13. President of the United States (42878 bytes)
    1: ...sdent.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
    3: ...deral government]] and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]].
    5: ...dent was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today...
    7: ...]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] o...
    9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]].
14. Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
    8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></tr>
    14: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Angelica...
    17: <tr><td>'''[[List of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[Uni...
    18: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>[[Rich...
    22: ... the first of non-[[England|Anglo descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English l...
15. John Tyler (18019 bytes)
    7: <tr><td>'''Followed:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></tr>
    13: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Letiti...
    17: <tr><td>'''[[List of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[Uni...
    18: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td> ''non...
    21: ...irst to assume the office of President following the death of his predecessor.
16. George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
    3: ...nsylvania]] and the eleventh [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]], serving under [[J...
    5: ... a candidate for reelection. He was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs.
    7: ...f the United States on the Democratic ticket in [[1844]] with [[James K. Polk]] and served from [[March ...
    9: ... Churchyard. The city of [[Dallas, Texas]] and others are [[Dallas (disambiguation)|named in his hono...
    11: ...]. He is also the uncle of [[Alexander Dallas Bache]].
17. Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
    13: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Abigai...
    16: <tr><td>'''[[List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States |Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[U...
    17: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>''none...
    20: ...in his own right. He was the last president from the [[United States Whig Party|Whig Party]].
    26: ...lement Taylor, a slave-holding military man from the south.
18. Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
    18: ...es Electoral College|electoral vote]]. He became the youngest president up unto that time.
    20: ...cy]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
    22: ...handsome. And he was genuinely religious. And yet he was a timid man with a shallow, rigid, old-fashio...
    25: ...had six older and two younger siblings, four brothers and three sisters.
    27: ...g friendship, and [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]. He also met [[Calvin E. Stowe]], [[Sargent S. Prenti...
19. Oregon (26551 bytes)
    25: ...>(all but majority of [[Malheur County, Oregon|Malheur County]] is in Pacific)</small> |
    30: HighestElev = 3,426 |
    36: ...the state is notably rainy; east of the Cascades the climate is much more arid. In fact, on average O...
    38: ...]] {{IPA|[&#712;&#596;&#633;.&#601;.g&#601;n]}}. The pronunciation {{IPA|[&#712;&#596;&#633;.&#601;.&#...
    41: ...ism [that] is writing the preface to what may be the future for all [[United States|Americans]]: simpl...
20. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
    3: ...actical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
    7: ... of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
    19: ... 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
    22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
    30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]

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