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12 hours ago · Paul[ a ] also named Saul of Tarsus[ b ], commonly known as Paul the Apostle[ 7 ] and Saint Paul, [ 8 ] was a Christian apostle (c.5 – c. 64/65 AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. [ 9 ] For his contributions towards the New Testament, he is generally regarded as one of the most important figures of the Apostolic ...
12 hours ago · Otto Hahn (pronounced [ˈɔtoː ˈhaːn] ⓘ; 8 March 1879 – 28 July 1968) was a German chemist who was a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry. He is referred to as the father of nuclear chemistry and father of nuclear fission. Hahn and Lise Meitner discovered isotopes of the radioactive elements radium, thorium ...
12 hours ago · William Carew Hazlitt (grandson) William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830) was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, [ 1 ][ 2 ] placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and ...
12 hours ago · Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG , PC , DL , JP , FRS [ 1 ] (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad ...
12 hours ago · The death of Aeschylus, killed by a turtle dropped onto his head by a falcon, illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [1]. This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.
12 hours ago · Die Quäkerschule Eerdewar eine im April 1934 in Eerde, einem Ortsteil von Ommen, Provinz Overijssel, in den Niederlandeneröffnete Exil-Schulefür in Deutschland durch die Nazis bedrohte Kinder. Schloss Eerde (Niederlande) Lokalisierung von Schloss Eerde in den Niederlanden. Blick auf Schloss Eerde mit NebengebäudenWasserschloss Eerde.
12 hours ago · In 2024, the Chinese-Filipino community in the Philippines expressed concerns over the increased anti-Chinese sentiment from Filipinos resulting from issues surrounding the POGO businesses and investigations on the background of Alice Guo, the dismissed mayor of Bamban accused by Filipino authorities of having connections with a POGO business in the said municipality.
