A fascinating example of the dramatic changes that cross-cultural interaction can bring about in individual lives is Sake (Sheikh) Dean Mahomed (Bengali: শেখ দীন মোহাম্মদ; شیخ دین محمد), an explorer, writer, Indian traveler, surgeon, and entrepreneur. He was .....
George Bernard Shaw is a remarkable playwright. He was born on July 26, 1856, in Dublin, Ireland. His father George Carr Shaw was an unsuccessful grain merchant. His mother Lucinda Elizabeth Shaw was a professional singer. He was an Irish comic dramatist, literary critic, and socialist propagandi.....
The Archaea (Also known as Archea) are a group of single-celled organisms. The name comes from Greek αρχαία, “old ones”. They are a major division of living organisms. They live in extreme environments and sometimes have strange metabolisms. Archaea are tiny, simple organisms. T.....
Biography of Guglielmo Marconi Guglielmo Marconi – Italian inventor, physicist and electrical engineer. Name: Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi Date of Birth: 25 April 1874 Place of Birth: Palazzo Marescalchi, Bologna, Italy Date of Death: 20 July 1937 (aged 63) Place of Death: Rome, Italy O.....
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Biography of Kate Gleason Kate Gleason – American engineer and businesswoman. Name: Catherine Anselm “Kate” Gleason Date of Birth: November 25, 1865 Place of Birth: Rochester, New York, United States Date of Death: January 9, 1933 (aged 67) Place of Death: Rochester, New York, U.....
Biography of Olive Dennis Olive Dennis – American engineer. Name: Olive Wetzel Dennis Date of Birth: November 20, 1885 Place of Birth: Thurlow, Pennsylvania, United States Date of Death: November 5, 1957 (aged 71) Place of Death: Baltimore, Maryland, United States Occupation: Engineer Early.....
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Biography of René Laennec René Laennec – French physician. Name: René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec Date of Birth: 17 February 1781 Place of Birth: Quimper, France Date of Death: 13 August 1826 (aged 45) Place of Death: Ploaré, France Occupation: Physician Father: Théophile-Marie Laënn.....
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Biography of Charles Lindbergh Charles Lindbergh – American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, explorer, and environmental activist. Name: Charles Augustus Lindbergh Date of Birth: February 4, 1902 Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, United States Date of Death: August 26, 1974 (ag.....