Search results
|
|
No page with that title exists You can create an article with this title or put up a request for it. Please search Wikipedia before creating an article to avoid duplicating an existing one, which may have a different name or spelling.
Showing below up to 20 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
21: ...tish Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
30: ...7]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central...
35: *[[Vitus Bering]]
36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region in north-ea... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: The '''Puritans''' were members of a group of radical [[Protes...
4: ...would be "[[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]": Puritanism was a movement rather than a denomination.
5: ...ents, and not by the simple and nebulous term "Puritan."
8: ...utheran Germany]]. These contacts shaped their position towards Elizabeth's religious [[via media]] (m...
10: ...sthood of all believers]]. However, in church polity (organization of church power), they differed. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...n [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
7: ...[[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...nder command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
10: ...dinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
11: ...attle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: ...aries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
8: ..., Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
9: ... Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957) - 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
34: ...ms, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
37: ...drew Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...umb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[...
5: {{British Royal Family}}
7: ...nd the [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...nce the death of her father, [[George VI of the United Kingdom|King George VI]] on [[6 February]] [[19...
11: ...d is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]]. - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
30: | '''[[Political party|Political Party]]:'''
31: | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
35: ...tates|American]] diplomat, served as the 64th [[United States Secretary of State]].
37: ...ate. After being unanimously confirmed by the [[United States Senate]], she was sworn in as the 64th S...
40: ...nd her Masters and Doctorate from Columbia University's Department of Public Law and Government. - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
5: ...s]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First Worl...
7: ...ed a [[coffee]] plantation. After several infidelities on the husband's part, the couple separated in...
9: ...tions of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitled ''The Angelic Avengers'', under the pseudonym ...
11: She died in Rungsted, apparently from malnutrition. She had suffered for many years from [[syphi...
15: * ''The Hermits'' (1907, published in a Danish journal under the... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
11: ...as the ideal and made it the express goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
13: ...dividual has a right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self;...
19: ...present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter.
22: ...e United States. Her first literary success came with the sale of her screenplay ''[[Red Pawn]]'' in [... - 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. - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ...o major piano competitions in Geneva and Bolzano within a few weeks, and her career as a professional ...
7: ...rdsticks for these works. Although she has been criticised over her often exaggerated dynamics and tem...
9: ... to [[Conducting|conductor]] [[Charles Dutoit]], with whom she continues to record and perform.
11: ...y appear as member of the jury of important competitions.
14: ==Awards and Recognitions== - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
1: ....JPG|thumb|Josephine Baker in a [[burlesque]] outfit]]
3: ...e Black Venus." She became a [[France|French]] [[citizen]] in [[1937]].
5: ...] as a teen, gradually heading toward [[New York City]] during the [[Harlem Renaissance]], performing ...
7: ...d the musicians, adding yet another element of excitement to the show.
9: ...he most sensational woman anyone ever saw." In addition to being a musical star, Baker also starred in... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
1: ...nizetti's opera ''Anna Bolena'', La Scala, Milan (1957)]]
3: ...e combined an impeccable [[bel canto]] technique with great dramatic gifts, making her the most famous...
5: ... under the baton of [[Tullio Serafin]]. Together with Serafin, Callas subsequently recorded and perfor...
7: ...rdings evidence masterly musical interpretations with an increasingly unstable higher register that wo...
9: ...] tour with the tenor [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]] but it was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely ... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940...
2: ...urity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
4: She was born in [[Newport News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]...
6: ...You Can't Sing It), You'll Have to Swing It", but it was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Ti...
8: ...band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra." - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: ...ervatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1963.
5: ...ing|tunings]]. She was supported, however, by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], who in evaluating her final exa...
7: ...d Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Ar...
9: ...T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quartets]]''.
11: ...nternationale Bachakademie Stuttgart project to write a piece for the Passion 2000 project in commemor... - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
7: ...r mother. This preceded her move to [[New York]] with her mother sometime in the early [[1930s]].
9: ...ISBN 0306811367). Clarence Holiday accepted paternity, but was hardly a responsible father. In the rar...
14: ...irst). Hammond arranged several sessions for her with [[Benny Goodman]]; her first-ever recording was ...
16: ... Theater]] to glowing reviews. The performance, with pianist (and then-lover) [[Bobby Henderson]], di...
18: ... than compensated for this shortcoming, however, with impecable timing, nuanced phrasing, and emotiona... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ... of Arc as a notable woman of valor, vigor, and faith.
4: Joan of Arc's campaigns were responsible for a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]...
7: ...]] granted the throne to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), a...
10: ...els. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City]].]]
12: ...rations were being made to bring supplies to the city of [[Orl顮s]], which had been under siege by th... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ..., [[1902]] - [[December 12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and...
4: ...r of the House]] [[1936]]-[[1940]]), niece of [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John H. Bankhead II]]...
6: ...ily to let her move to New York. She quickly won bit parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in ...
8: ...e known for her wit, although as screenwriter [[Anita Loos]], another minor Roundtable member said: "S...
10: ... End]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities. - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: ...mber]] [[1934]]) is a renowned [[United Kingdom|British]] stage, film and television actress.
4: ...itish Empire|Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE); in [[2005]], she was made a [[...
9: ...veloped her reputation as arguably the greatest British actress of the post-[[1945]] period primarily ...
11: ...kespeare Company]] and made numerous appearances with the company in [[Stratford]] and [[London]] over...
13: ...Laurence Olivier Awards]]. She has also appeared with success on [[Broadway]].
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).