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  1. Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
    3: ...rn canon]]. She stands as a model of the writer whose apparently sheltered life did nothing to reduce ...
    5: ...n elder sister, Cassandra, to whom she was very close. The only undisputed portrait of Jane Austen is ...
    7: ...[Gothic novel]]s of [[Ann Radcliffe]], Austen is most famous for her later works, which took the form ...
    10: ...d characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with''.
    12: ...e story, without a word of formal moralising. Almost every scene in her novels features women, purpor...
  2. George Washington (29551 bytes)
    21: ...Washington is generally recognized as one of the most important figures in U.S. history. Unlike many o...
    24: ...February 11]], [[1731]]<!-- Please do not remove: 1731 is correct - Old Style New Year's Day was Mar 25 ...
    26: ...enandoah Valley]] in Virginia. He visited [[Barbados]], with his sick half-brother Lawrence in [[1751]...
    31: ...ting party, killing ten, including its leader, [[Joseph Coulon de Jumonville|Ensign Jumonville]]. Wash...
    37: ... colonies' wealthiest men. In that year, he was chosen as a [[delegate]] from Virginia to the First [[...
  3. James Madison (15187 bytes)
    21: ...ve their northwestern territories (consisting of most of modern-day [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Tenne...
    23: ...ith a [[bicameral legislature]]. When the issue arose of how states would be represented in the new Co...
    27: ... essays that comprise the Federalist Papers. His most famous passage comes in Federalist No. 51:
    31: ...s home state of [[Virginia]]. He successfully proposed the first ten [[amendment]]s to the Constitutio...
    40: ... party, who were considered traitors when they opposed the war.
  4. Vermont (39851 bytes)
    12: PostalAbbreviation = VT |
    38: ...t was claimed by [[France]] but became a British possession after France's defeat in the [[French and ...
    46: ...lain Valley]]. In the south of the valley is [[Bomoseen Lake]].
    50: ...on, giving Vermont some of New England's best [[cross-country skiing]] areas.
    52: In the autumn, Vermont's hills experience an explosion of red, orange and gold foliage caused by the ...
  5. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
    65: * [[3rd century BC|200s BC]]: [[Crossbow]] in [[History of China|China]]
    70: ...[[Clockwork]] (the [[Antikythera mechanism]]): [[Posidonius]]?
    82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
    118: * [[1609]]: [[Microscope]]: [[Galileo Galilei]]
    135: * [[1731]]: [[Sextant]]: [[John Hadley]]
  6. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
    37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
    79: *[[Marcello Bacciarelli]] ([[1731]]-[[1818]])
    93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
    158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
  7. List of chemists (10401 bytes)
    18: *[[Joseph Black]], (1728-1799), chemist
    19: *[[Carl Bosch]], (1872-1940), German chemist
    30: *[[Henry Cavendish]], (1731-1810), Bristish scientist
    57: *[[Franz Joseph Emil Fischer]]
    82: *[[Jaroslav Heyrovsk?1890-1967), Czech chemist
  8. Benjamin Banneker (3034 bytes)
    1: ...Banna Ka''', or '''Bannakay''' ([[November 9]], [[1731]] &ndash; [[October 9]], [[1806]]) was an [[Afric...
    3: Benjamin Banneker's mother was Mary Banneky, whose mother, Molly Welsh, was accused of stealing mil...
    5: ...ated]] the family [[farm]], where Banneker lived most of his life. Banneker was taught to read and do ...
    9: ...me a watch and clock builder. One customer was [[Joseph Ellicott]], a [[surveying|surveyor]], who need...
    13: ...91]], he was hired to assist brothers Andrew and Joseph Ellicott to work with [[France|French]] archit...
  9. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    53: *[[Agostino Carlini]] (1718 - 1790)
    57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822)
    60: *[[Cosimo Cenni]]
    66: *[[Rossella Cosentino]]
    72: *[[Cameron Cross]] (1963- )
  10. Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
    2: ...775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
    4: ...]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [[bifocals]].
    9: Franklin's father, Josiah Franklin, was born at [[Ecton]], [[Northampton...
    11: In around [[1677]], Josiah married a one Anne Child at Ecton; and over th...
    13: ...), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth).
  11. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
    76: *[[Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand]] (France, [[1822]] - ...
    111: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ru&#273;er Josip Bo&#353;kovi&#263;]] ([[Republic of Dubrovnik]]...
    163: *[[Paul Cohen|Paul Joseph Cohen]] (USA, [[1934]] - )
    176: *[[John Craig]] (Scotland, [[1663]] - [[1731]])
  12. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    17: *[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] ([[Germany]], [[1897]] &ndash; [[198...
    39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] &ndash; circa [[230 BC]])
    45: *[[Joseph Ashbrook]] ([[United States|USA]], [[April 4]]...
    54: *[[Oskar Backlund]] ([[Sweden]], [[1846]] &ndash; [[191...
    64: *[[Benjamin Banneker]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1731]] &ndash; [[1806]])
  13. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
    17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
    21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
    38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
    41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130)
  14. Martha Washington (3111 bytes)
    3: ..., but fulfilled her duties as the official state hostess nonetheless.
    10: ...was the first woman to be commemorated by a U.S. postal stamp.
  15. 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
    11: * [[1731]]: [[Sextant]]: [[John Hadley]]
    18: * [[1767]]: [[Carbonated water]]: [[Joseph Priestley]]
  16. Cricket (27178 bytes)
    2: ...adesh]] and [[Sri Lanka]], cricket is by far the most popular sport. Cricket is also a major sport in...
    4: ...inology]] are notable aspects which can confuse those not familiar with the sport. For its fans, the s...
    10: ...e ''[[run (cricket)|runs]]'' (points) than the opposing team.
    15: ...runs scored by the batting team and to get the opposition players ''[[Dismissal (cricket)|out]]'', an ...
    17: ...o an end. A team's innings may also be declared closed by the batting team's captain.
  17. Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
    27: | [[Postal code]]: || 190000-199406
    38: ...t city, a major European cultural center and the most important Russian Baltic Sea port.
    40: St. Petersburg is the northernmost city in the world with over one million people. ...
    50: ...s the "[[white night]]s." The white nights are closely linked to another attraction &mdash; the nine ...
    56: ...[[Summer Garden]] (1710&ndash;1714). Much more imposing are the [[baroque]] [[residence]]s of his asso...
  18. Temperature (22519 bytes)
    8: ...nds to a loss of heat from the system. On the microscopic scale this heat corresponds to the random mo...
    13: Temperature plays an important role in almost all fields of science, including physics, chemis...
    21: ...aterial that varies with temperature. One of the most common devices for measuring temperature is the ...
    34: ...aw of black body radiation]]. For example, the [[cosmic microwave background]] temperature has been me...
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