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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...specially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].'...
6: ...a]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...r]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
12: ...rge Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ..., first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...d her half-sister, [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]. She reigned during a period of great religious turmoi...
9: ...uding [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
11: ...during Elizabeth's reign. Elizabeth also reduced the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] fro...
13: ... [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen".
16: ...ter [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 154... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...", although [[Carl Sagan]] also refers to him as the last scientific [[astrologer]].
4: ...his career, Kepler was an assistant to [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coincided with that of [[...
6: ...i''' ("The Harmony of the world") in Linz during the early 17th century.
9: ...eak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant.
11: ...r. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world of ideas, as well as an abiding religious c... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...esman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verula...
4: ...d with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
8: ...ose sister married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
10: ..., living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Bacon]].
12: ...cious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the young Lord Keeper." - August (4611 bytes)
2: ...alendar]] and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 [[days]].
4: ...s in the constellation of [[Cancer]] and ends in the constellation of [[Leo]].
6: ...'' in [[Latin]], since it was the sixth month in the [[Roman calendar]] which started in [[March]].
8: ...misphere]] and [[Imbolc]] in the [[southern hemisphere]].
10: ...day in August is one of the [[public holidays in the Republic of Ireland]]. - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...in the famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
2: ...s in the [[English language]], as well as one of the world's pre-eminent [[dramatist]]s.
4: ...rmed all around the world. Shakespeare was among the very few playwrights who have excelled in both [[...
6: ...s especially impressive in light of the fact that he lived only 52 years.
8: ...s of works based on Shakespearean phrases]], and the many [[list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
1: ...jpg|framed|Sir Francis Drake, c. [[1540]]–[[1596]].]]
2: ...d in command of the English fleet which defeated the [[Spanish Armada]] in [[1588]].
7: ...rait painted quite late in his life. Francis was the eldest or second eldest of twelve children.
9: ...John Hawkins]]. Together, Hawkins and Drake made the first English [[Atlantic slave trade|slave-tradin...
12: ...hich claimed many English lives but earned Drake the favour of [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabet... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]]... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...e Western World. He is also known for inventing the Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometr...
4: ...atural phenomena. In his theology, he insists on the absolute freedom of God’s act of creation.
6: ... [[machine intelligence]], blossomed into, e.g., the [[Turing test]] and [[John Searle]]'s "[[Chinese ...
8: ...statement is ''[[Cogito ergo sum]]'' (''I think, therefore I am.'').
11: ... [[La Flèche]]. After graduation, he studied at the University of [[Poitiers]], earning a ''Baccalaur... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}} - Scythia (22520 bytes)
1: ...ere Asian Scythians and were known as [[Sai]] to the Chinese.
3: ...]] and modern [[Azerbaijan]] as far as to the southeast of [[Lake Urmia]].
5: ...es to Eastern Iranian, it is generally held that the Scythians were of Iranian origin.
7: ...uropean word for ''archer'' in turn derives from the [[Proto-Indo-European]] root *'''skeud''', 'to sh...
9: ... from the Kul'Oba kurgan burial near [[Kerch]] ([[Hermitage Museum]], St Petersburg)]] - El Greco (2407 bytes)
1: ...500pix.jpg|thumb|200px|Baptism of Christ, painted 1596–1600]]
2: ...k [[painter]], [[sculptor]] and [[architect]] of the Spanish school, is best known.
4: ...siastical capital of [[Spain]] — where he produced his mature works, and led a successful c...
7: ...heir efforts to transform the art of painting of the 20th century.
9: ...he mind. Space is perceived in the imagination rather than misused; light is incandescent, fitful and ...
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