son of Philipp Jakob, an engraver and miniature painter at the court of Darmstadt. with Carle Vanloo, Francesco Casanova, and at Jean-Georges Wille’s engraving academy in Paris (c. ) - – exhibits regularly at Paris Salon. – elected member of Académie Royale; nominated Peintre du Roi (Painter to the King).
Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm, Lieutenant General in the French forces in New France (born 28 February near Nîmes, France; died 14 September in Quebec City, Canada). A career soldier, he served in many campaigns in Europe before coming to fight in North America during the Seven Years’ War.
Bassam Tawil is a scholar based in the Middle East. This article originally appeared on the Gatestone Institute website (). Iran’s Gaza War: Ceasefire? What.
Her Eminence Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche is a holder of a unique lineage of female masters known as the Jetsünma line, and the daughter of the renowned Mindrolling Trichen Rinpoche, the throne holder of the illustrious Mindrolling lineage of the Nyingma tradition.
Edward Williams Morley (Janu – Febru) was an American scientist known for his precise and accurate measurement of the atomic weight of oxygen, and for the Michelson–Morley experiment. Morley was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Anna Clarissa Treat and the Reverend Sardis Brewster Morley.
Leon Battista Alberti is considered by many scholars to be a quintessential Renaissance "universal man" of learning. In addition to painting, designing buildings, and writing scientific, artistic and philosophical treatises, Leon Battista Alberti wrote the first book on Italian grammar and groundbreaking work on cryptography.
Physicist Albert Einstein developed the theory of relativity and won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Read about his inventions, IQ, wives, death, and more.
Alkaline, born Earlan Bartley in Kingston, Jamaica, is one of the most talked-about and influential dancehall artists of the modern era. He rose to prominence in the early s and quickly became known for his distinct style, blending gritty street lyrics with mainstream appeal.
With a new found mission to carry on Rico J. Puno's Legacy, Rox is dedicated to promoting his own brand of country folk music with his original compositions such as Hindi Na Aasa, All I Need, Bilang, Best Soul, and Mapansin.
Albert Einstein (/ ˈ aɪ n s t aɪ n /, EYEN-styne; [4] German: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʔaɪnʃtaɪn] ⓘ; 14 March – 18 April ) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is best known for developing the theory of relativity.
Born in Gullakota village, Telangana to Sana Gopaiah and Sana Laxmi, Sana Yadi Reddy is an advocate, practicing in lower as well as higher courts of Andhra Pradesh since Beyond this, he is also a film writer, director, and a producer.
Laurent Seksik(born Nice, ) is a French writer. A practising doctor, he published his first novel in He is best known for his trilogy of historical novels: Les derniers jours de Stefan Zweig, Le cas Eduard Einsteinand Romain Garys'en va-t-en guerre. He has also published a biography of Albert Einstein.
Father William J. Fulco, S.J. died Nov. 29 at the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos from pulmonary fibrosis at the age of Born in Los Angeles, Fulco attended Loyola High School and joined the Society of Jesus in He was ordained a priest in
Albert Einstein was born on Ma in Ulm, the first child of the Jewish couple Hermann and Pauline Einstein, née Koch. In June the family moved to Munich where Hermann Einstein and his brother Jakob founded the electrical engineering company Einstein & Cie. Albert Einstein’s sister Maria, called Maja, was born on Novem.
The bibliography of Philippine historian Ambeth Ocampo is a list of approximately more than one hundred works which the historian has written, co-written, edited, and includes works for which he has written a foreword, introduction or afterword.
Edna Palmer Engelhardt was a professional artist from and became known for her paintings of early farm life and winter landscapes of the Poconos. In , her painting of Big Pocono Mountain was placed in the lounge of the US Navy Flagship Poconos.
Choi Eun-hee (Novem – Ap) was a South Korean actress, who was one of the country's most popular stars of the s and s. In , Choi and her then ex-husband, movie director Shin Sang-ok, were abducted to North Korea, where they were forced to make films until they sought asylum at the US Embassy in Vienna in