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15 hours ago · William Whiston. Signature. Sir Isaac Newton FRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27 [ a ]) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher. [ 7 ] He was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that followed.
15 hours ago · A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; Latin: philosophiae doctor or doctor in philosophia) [1] is a terminal degree, that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the degree is most often abbreviated PhD (or, at times ...
15 hours ago · Andrew Balfour (1863–1943), architect, work including Holmlea Primary School, Glasgow; Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie (1900–1970), possibly the first woman to practise architecture in Scotland; John Begg (1866–1937), architect who practised in London, South Africa and India, and taught at Edinburgh College of Art; William Bryce Binnie (c. 1885 ...
15 hours ago · Francis Bacon. Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban,[a] 1st Lord Verulam, PC (/ ˈbeɪkən /; [5] 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I. Bacon argued the importance of natural philosophy, guided by scientific method, and his ...
15 hours ago · Heathrow Airport (/ ˌhiːθˈroʊ, ˈhiːθroʊ /), [6] called London Airport until 1966 (IATA: LHR, ICAO: EGLL), [7] and now known as London Heathrow, is the main international airport serving London, the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
15 hours ago · FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS SCOREBOARDFOOTBALLIHSA PLAYOFFS --- FIRST ROUNDCLASS 1ABelleville Althoff Catholic 60, Dupo 0LeRoy 54. Aurora Christian 21Ottawa Marquette Catholic 44, Rushville-Industry 6Toledo Cumberland 28, Tuscola 6CLASS 2ADowns Tri-Valley 42. Bloomington Central Catholic 28Elmwood-Brimfield 55, Fithian Oakwood 26Dwight 41, Momence 13Pana 21, Shelbyville 18Seneca 39 ...
15 hours ago · —Sinatra's daughter Nancy on the importance of his mother Dolly in his life and character. Francis Albert Sinatra [a] was born on December 12, 1915, in a tenement at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken, New Jersey, [b] the only child of Italian immigrants Natalina "Dolly" Garaventa and Antonino Martino "Marty" Sinatra, who boxed under the name Marty O'Brien. [c] Sinatra weighed 13.5 pounds (6.1 kg ...