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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challen...
16: *[[Amy Acker|Acker, Amy Louise]] (born 1976)
24: *[[Wolfert Acker|Acker, Wolfert]] (1667-1753)
32: ...t Christian Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835) - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
4: Born Anne de Lenclos in [[Paris]], [[France]], she was nicknamed "Ninon" by her f...
6: ...married and independent. Influenced by [[Epicureanism]] in general and [[Michel de Montaigne|Montaigne...
8: ...and her own drawing room became a centre for the discussion and consumption of the literary arts. In h...
10: ...tina]], former queen of [[Sweden]]. Impressed, Christina wrote to [[Cardinal Mazarin]] on Ninon's beha...
12: ...and "We should take care to lay in a stock of provisions, but not of pleasures: these should be gather... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...i in a 1630 painting, is the largest church in Christendom and often used by the Pope.]]
2: ...hop of Rome]]. Tradition holds that his [[tomb]] is below the baldochino and [[altar]]. [[Pope]]s ha...
4: ... namesake when he led the Roman church, but which is no longer used. These are the sources of the con...
6: ==History==
8: ...eviously been a cemetery for pagans as well as Christians. - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
3: ...n time. The majority of Earth's observed weather is located in the [[troposphere]].
5: ...ynamics]], and [[atmospheric chemistry]] are sub-disciplines of the [[atmospheric sciences]].
7: ==History of meteorology==
10: ...e on predicting the weather by interpreting established celestial phenomena, such as a [[Halo (optical...
12: ...e]], while [[Horace de Saussure]] completed this list of the most important meteorological instruments... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
8: ...[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
12: ...840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
13: ...([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubist]] artist - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...nt of differential [[calculus]]. While they both discovered calculus nearly contemporaneously, their w...
4: ...nherent in the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in the [[13th cen...
10: {{IsaacNewtonSegments}}
12: ... early life. For more in-depth information, see [[Isaac Newton's early life and achievements]].''
14: ... her new husband, leaving her son in the care of his grandmother. - John Locke (14749 bytes)
3: ...des [[David Hume]] and [[George Berkeley]]. Locke is perhaps most often contrasted with [[Thomas Hobbe...
6: ...ere, he obtained admission to the college of [[Christ Church, Oxford]]. The dean of the college at the...
8: ...sed with Locke and pressed him to become part of his retinue.
10: ...he household physician. In London, Locke resumed his medical studies, under the tutelage of [[Thomas S...
12: ...vived and prospered, crediting Locke with saving his life. - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
1: ...orld's tallest skyscraper by roof height on high rise.]]
3: ... building]]s or [[hotel]]s. The term ''highrise'' is also used to describe tall buildings, but it tend...
9: ...s Sullivan]], which still stands in [[St. Louis, Missouri]].
11: ...ed by a skeletal frame. The walls then hang off this frame like curtains--hence the architectural term...
15: See [[world's tallest structures]] for a discussion of the tallest skyscrapers and other man-m... - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...for events in the 20th century and beyond, see [[History of California (20th century)]].}}
3: ...ean colonization means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins with European explora...
5: ... of interest primarily populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportu...
9: ==Prehistory==
11: ...y inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about 13,000 years ago. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ...al leaders, this title in [[English language|English]] usage generally refers to the supreme head of ...
6: ... of [[Italy]], [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[...
9: == List of popes ==
25: | <small>Disciple of [[Jesus]] from whom, according to {{bible... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... was well known also for his many quotations and his experiments with [[electricity]]. Franklin was a ...
9: ...to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, and his wife [[Mary Morrill]].
11: ...ne Child at Ecton; and over the next few years, this couple had three children, all of whom being half...
21: ...rentice]] to his brother James, a printer who published the ''New England Courant''.
23: ...m for agitating for a variety of local reforms. His intelligence combined with a great deal of savvy ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...ian]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
22: ...Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
40: *[[Aristotle]] (Greece, [[384 BC|384 B.C.]] - [[322 BC|32...
46: *[[Michael Francis Atiyah]] (Britain, [[1929]] - ) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
36: *[[Francois Arago]] ([[France]], [[1786]] – [[1853]])
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – cir...
40: *[[Christoph Arnold]] ([[Germany]], [[1650]] – [[169...
58: *[[Francis Baily]] ([[Britain]], [[1774]] – [[1844]]) - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...e Scientific Revolution in the Western World. He is also known for inventing the Cartesian coordinate...
4: ...laining natural phenomena. In his theology, he insists on the absolute freedom of God’s act of creat...
6: ...ysis]]. Descartes's reflections on mind and mechanism began the strain of western thought that much la...
8: His most famous statement is ''[[Cogito ergo sum]]'' (''I think, therefore I a...
11: ... old, his mother died of [[Tuberculosis|tuberculosis]]. At the age of ten, he entered the [[Society of... - Antigua and Barbuda (8199 bytes)
19: | [[English language|English]]
24: ...<br>[[James Carlisle|<small>Sir</small> James Carlisle]], <small>''[[Governor General]]''
26: ...]]''' || [[Baldwin Spencer]], <small>''[[Prime Minister]]''
29: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 180th]] <br> [[1 E8 ...
32: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 185th]]<br>67,...
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