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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
8: ...Adair (surveyor)|Adair, John]], (died 1722), Scottish surveyor and mapmaker
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
21: ...waetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minister
25: ..., Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
4: ...ypt|Cleopatra V Tryphaena]]. The name "Cleopatra" is [[Greek language|Greek]] for "father's glory"; he...
6: ...most famous of all of ancient Egypt's rulers, and is usually known as simply '''Cleopatra''', all of h...
9: ...rilinear]] fashion, the Kings had to marry their sisters in order to be qualified to rule. Following t...
11: ... himself with Caesar. Caesar was so repelled by this treachery that he seized the Egyptian capital and...
13: ... Caesar refused to make the boy his heir, naming his grand-nephew [[Augustus Caesar|Octavian]] instead... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ... the [[House of Stuart]]; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Great Britain|George I]...
10: ...ious coercive tactics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensur...
12: ...ho led the English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
15: ...r close friend and one of her most influential advisors. Jennings later married John Churchill (the fu...
17: ...however, declared her firm adherence to [[Anglicanism]]; James II continued to send her Catholic books... - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
1: {{List_of_people}}
5: *[[U Ba Maw]], Burmese prime minister during Japanese occupation
6: *[[U Nu]], 3-time Burmese prime minister
14: *[[Mo Udall|Udall, Morris King "Mo"]] (1922-1998)
17: ...erzo|Uderzo, Albert]], (born 1927), French cartoonist of ''[[Asterix]]'' fame - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
2: ...[[1703]]), one of the greatest experimental scientists of the [[seventeenth century]], played an impor...
4: ...'[[cell (biology)|cell]]'' -- so called because his observations of plant cells reminded him of [[mon...
6: ...also achieved fame as the chief assistant of [[Christopher Wren]], helping to rebuild London after the...
8: ...gued portrays Hooke. Both these claims remain in dispute, however.
12: ... have invented the [[balance spring]] before [[Christiaan Huygens]]. Devices known as escapements regu... - 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. - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 to 1699'''.
10: *[[1608]]-Popham Colony dissolved
11: *[[1608]]-[[France|French]] establish colony at [[Quebec]]
30: ...[[Roger Williams (theologian)|Roger Williams]] banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony
32: *[[1636]]-[[Rhode Island Colony]] founded by Roger Williams - 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. - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ...rbits]] are [[ellipse|elliptical]], Venus's orbit is the closest to [[circle|circular]], with an [[ecc...
3: ... Star]]", and when it is visible in dark skies it is by far the brightest [[star]]-like object in the ...
5: ...in the sky after the Sun and [[Moon]]. Its symbol is a stylized representation of the goddess Venus's ...
7: ...s modern association with [[sexually transmitted disease]]s. Some astronomers use ''[[Cytherean]]'', ...
11: == Physical characteristics == - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
4: ...when Mansfield was captured and killed by the Spanish shortly afterwards, Morgan was chosen by the buc...
6: ... claimed ignorance about this, whilst Morgan and his crew returned to their base at [[Port Royal]], Ja...
8: ...turn to Jamaica he was again reproved, but not punished by Modyford.
10: ...ounds. The fame of this brilliant exploit was tarnished by the habitual cruelty of Morgan's crews.
12: ...ieutenant Governor. He remained in Jamaica until his death. - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ...losophy|political philosopher]], most famous for his book ''[[Leviathan (book)|Leviathan]]'' ([[1651]]...
10: ...ree children to the care of an older brother Francis. Hobbes was educated at Westport church from the ...
12: ...m Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire|William Cavendish]], Baron of Hardwick (and later [[Duke of Devons...
14: ...nslation of that work into [[English language|English]]. Hobbes believed that Thucydides' account of t...
16: ...was a regular debater in philosophic groups in Paris, held together by [[Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...rs important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn...
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
48: *[[Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno]], (1433-1504){{fn|R}} - History of psychology (8127 bytes)
1: ...y]] as a scientific endeavor is a relatively new discipline, and borders on various other fields, rang...
3: {{histOfScience}}
5: ...tations and foul applications meant to turn away disease-causing demons and other superstition, it als...
7: ...in [[philosophy]], especially in the field of [[epistemology]], dealt with the nature of the mind, its...
11: ...72 anatomical treatise "De Anima Brutorum" ("Two Discourses on the Souls of Brutes"). - Opera (25153 bytes)
2: ...rnier (architect)|Charles Garnier]]'s Op�ra, Paris, opened 1875]]
3: '''Opera''' is an [[art]] form consisting of a [[drama|dramatic]] stage performance set...
5: The drama is presented using the typical elements of [[theatre...
7: ...rt of the performance. Finally, [[dance|dancing]] is often part of an opera performance, particularly ...
9: ...ge, or ''tessitura''. The German [[Fach]] system is an especially organized system of classification.
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