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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
26: ...[[Valdas Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
29: *[[Arthur Adamov|Adamov, Arthur]], (1908-1997), dramatist, author
34: ...ms, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]] - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
6: *[[Alf Ahlberg|Ahlberg, Alf]], Swedish writer
11: ...za Ghulam Ahmad|Ahmad, Mirza Ghulam]] ([[1839]]-[[1908]]), founder of [[Ahmadi]] sect - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: ...8]]–July 1927), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[nationalist]].
4: ...house, and were influenced by his artistic and political ideas.
6: ...ng [[Sinn F驮]] in [[1908]], and founding the militant nationalist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩr...
8: ...ster Rising]] and was sentenced to death by the British government. The sentence was commuted to life ...
10: ...d to the [[House of Commons]]. However, in line with Sinn F驮 policy, she declined to take her seat ... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
2: ...eosophist]], [[women's rights]] [[activist]], [[writer]] and [[orator]].
4: ...m]] and [[workers' rights]]. She was a prolific writer and a powerful orator.
5: ...trine]]'' by [[H.P. Blavatsky]] in [[1889]] and writing a review on this book.
9: ... Theosophical Society over this in [[1906]]. In [[1908]] he was taken back into the fold through the age...
11: ...lon, and their promotion of Buddhist revival activities on the subcontinent (see also: [[Maha Bodhi So... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
1: ...y Cassatt]]. ([[1893]]). Oil on canvas. [[Art Institute of Chicago]]. ]]
2: ...[1844]] – [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|American]] painter.
4: ... she was 10 years old, she visited many of the capitals of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris]], an...
6: Despite her family's objections to her becoming a profes...
8: ... commissioned her to paint copies of paintings in Italy, after which she traveled about Europe. - Ouida (1938 bytes)
1: ...[[January 7]], [[1839]] – [[January 25]], [[1908]]) was the ''[[pen name]]'' of the [[England|Engl...
3: ...ved in [[London]], but about [[1874]] she went to Italy, where she died.
5: ... on [[January 25]], [[1908]], in [[Viareggio]], [[Italy]].
8: ...e'' (1874) (also published with the title ''Two Little Wooden Shoes'') [http://www.gutenberg.net/etex...
15: * ''Helianthus '' (1908) - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...nd catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life in [[France]].
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her love...
7: ...legheny, Pennsylvania]] (now the North Side of [[Pittsburgh]]), her family moved to [[Vienna]] and the...
9: ...image:Stein_by_picasso.jpg|thumb|left|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
11: ...o [[France]] during the height of artistic creativity gathering in [[Montparnasse]]. - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...1]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
5: ...e of language. Among her themes were female sexuality, and the tension in women's private emotions; sh...
8: ...magination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ...affair before her marriage, and had not forgotten it. Maria Alexandrovna particularly disapproved of M...
12: ...and during the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German languages. - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
8: ...[1889]] Toulouse-Lautrec painted her in the portrait ''The Hangover''.
10: Degas impressed with her bold line drawings and fine paintings, encou...
12: ...ws of her artist son born in [[1883]] whose paternity she never divulged. Named Maurice Valadon at bir...
14: ... landscapes that are noted for their strong composition and vibrant colors. She was, however, best kno...
16: ...ne TheBath.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''The Bath''. ([[1908]]). [[Suzanne Valadon]]. Pastel. 60x49 cm. Grenob... - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
3: ... first woman to gain a medical qualification in Britain.
5: ...ns, and many other examining bodies refused to admit her to their examinations; but in the end the [[S...
7: ...these two positions she found to be incompatible with her principal work, and she soon resigned them.
9: ...d president of the East Anglian branch of the [[British Medical Association]].
11: In 1908 she was elected mayor of [[Aldeburgh]], the first... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ... [[1910]]), who came to be known as ''The Lady with the Lamp'', was the pioneer of modern [[nurse|nu...
7: ...r older sister (named [[Parthenope]] for the old city that is now [[Naples]]). A brilliant and strong-...
9: ...was particularly concerned with the appalling conditions of medical care for the legions of the poor a...
13: ...sed by the quality of medical care and by the commitment and practises of the sisters.
17: ...vinced that marriage would interfere with her ability to follow her calling to nursing, Nightingale co... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
9: ...eaking career at the age of 13 in this context, writing letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution...
13: ...September 17, after which she returned to the [[United States]].
15: ...er in this work. While so occupied in [[New York City|New York]], she met her second husband, Harold S...
23: ...ullhorn. On the road between sermons, she would sit in the back seat typing sermons and other religio...
25: ...filed for separation. His petition for divorce, citing abandonment, was granted in 1921. - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
3: ...te Davis''', was an [[Academy Award]] winning [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
7: ...and such was the outrage that she received many write-in votes from disgruntled Academy members.
9: ...me her own roles, with the exception of ''[[Gone With the Wind]]'' in [[1939]]. Davis was elected the...
11: ...onscreen in either of their careers, was a smash hit and a top-grosser that year.
13: ...ere reunited not as on-screen lovers, but rather with Henreid directing Davis in the [[camp]]y dual ro... - Rhododendron (3464 bytes)
25: ...genus ''Rhododendron'': small leaf or lepidotes (with scales on the underside of their leaves). Type: ...
26: ...genus ''Hymenanthes'': large leaf or elepidotes (without scales on the underside of their leaves). Typ...
30: ...endrons in Kashmir by E. Molyneux; painted before 1908]]
32: ...[Sichuan]], with other significant areas of diversity in the mountains of [[Indo-China]], [[Japan]] an...
36: ...Rhododendron is the national flower of [[Nepal]]. It is also the [[state flower]] of the US states of ... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
2: ...free reed instrument|free-reed wind instrument]] with a [[musical keyboard|keyboard]], the smallest re...
4: ...t some ancient civilisation had reed instruments. It has been suggested that they may have existed in ...
10: ... a ruler on the edge of a table top. The reed is fitted inside a holder plate, and as air is drawn thr...
16: *Reed tone pitch is given by the reed itself and not through a resonator tube (as opposed ...
20: Reeds with these characteristics were first used in Europe ... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
5: ... to the [[First Intermediate Period]]. Some authorities point to cultural differences between the Elev...
8: ...n of Mentuhotep IV. This explains the smooth transition of power as a palace coup by Amenemhat that re...
10: ...hout the Twelfth dynasty and provided great stability.
12: ...f his father to recapture [[Nubia]] and other territories lost during the First Intermediate Period. T...
14: ...rnment though) and established trade connections with Nubia and a war seems to be conducted in the [[L... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
7: ...tes or even several whole chronologies as possibilities. Consequently, there may be discrepancies betw...
9: It should be noted that there is a 60 year discrepan...
15: ...Predynastic Egypt is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic...
17: * The dates of Dynasties 11 to 20 are from Kitchen, "The Basics of Egyptian Chronology in Relati...
18: * The dates of Dynasties 21 to 26 are from Kitchen, ''Third Intermediate Period in Egypt'' (1973... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: ....jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
3: ...overnment]] and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]].
5: Because of the superpower status of the United States, the American President is considered by...
7: ...is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] of government.
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]]. - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
19: ...r><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[June 24]], [[1908]]</td></tr>
21: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Rose Clevel...
23: ...e United States|Political party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]</td></tr>
24: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>
29: ... [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] political domination between the [[American Civil War]]... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
2: ...te orthographic.jpg|thumb|250px|A satellite composite image of Antarctica]]
4: ...cated near the Earth's [[North Pole]] on the opposite side of the planet.
6: ...ra Australis]] ("Southern Land") go back to antiquity, the first commonly accepted sighting of the con...
8: ...erage [[altitude]], and the lowest average [[humidity]] of any continent on Earth, as well as the lowe...
10: It has been assigned the [[Internet]] [[Top-level do...
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