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- 571: Sir Issac Newton
- ... solved the mysteries of light and optics. Formulated the three laws of motions, and derived from them the law of universal gravitation. Newton's birth place was at Woolsthorpe, near Grantham in Linclonshire. Where he lived with his widowed mother, Until around his third birthday. At this time his mother remarried, leaving him in the care of his Grandmother and sent to grammar school in Grantham. Later, in the Summer of ... creative period had come to an end. Newton's connections with the leaders of the new regime in England led to his appointment as warden. And later master of Royal Mint in London, where he lived after 1696. In 1703 the Royal Society elected him President, an office he held for the rest of his life. As President, he ordered the immediate Publication of the Astronomical Observations of the First Astronomer ...
- 572: Robert E. Lee
- ... Lee. The Lees had four daughters and three sons. All three of their sons served in the Confederate Army. Lee's wife never adjusted to the rigors of army posts and she and the children lived at Arlington until the war between the states, when their home fell into the hands of federal forces. Arlington was taken by the U.S. Government and was never restored to the Lee family, although ... were there for three years, moving on to Arlington in 1834. The Lees had four daughters and three sons. Lee's wife never adjusted to the rigors of army posts and she and the children lived at Arlington until the war between the states, when their home fell into the hands of federal forces. On the outbreak of the Mexican War, in 1846, Lee was appointed to General Winfield Scott's ...
- 573: Andrew Carnegie
- ... his actions were met with mixed reviews. The book, Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development by George S. Bobinski shows the impact of his philanthropy and the reaction it received. lived by his philosophy that “The man who dies thus rich, dies disgraced.” He not only wrote these words, but lived by them. “Money can only be the useful drudge of things immeasurably higher than itself...Mine be it to have contributed to the enlightenment and the joys of the mind...” Carnegie said. Therefore ...
- 574: Clara Barton
- ... in 1900. Miss Barton also served as an emissary of the Red Cross. Barton was forced to resign as president of the Red Cross. Her life after became quite dull and ordinary once again. She lived in her home in Glen Echo, Maryland. Barton was in good health and remained active. She did things such as riding her horses. However, she always stayed on top of the news and current events. passed away on April 12, 1912. The cause of her death was complications of a cold. She lived a long and fruitful life. We can still see the effects of her hard work today. is and will forever be an important historic figure.
- 575: Rene Descartes
- ... himself to the study of philosophy and also experimented in optics. In 1628, having sold his properties in France, he moved to the Netherlands, where he spent most of the rest of his life. He lived for varying periods in a number of different cities in the Netherlands, including Amsterdam, Deventer, Utrecht, and Leiden. It was probably during the first years of his residence in the Netherlands that Descartes wrote his ... by other philosophical works, among them Meditationes de Prima Philosophia (Meditations on First Philosophy, 1641) and Principia Philosophiae (The Principles of Philosophy, 1644). The latter volume was dedicated to Princess Elizabeth Stuart of Bohemia, who lived in the Netherlands and with whom Descartes had formed a deep friendship. In 1649, Descartes was invited to the court of Queen Christina of Sweden in Stockholm to give the queen instruction in philosophy. The ...
- 576: Robert Schumann
- ... in a church in Schonefeld on September 12, 1840 (Sadie 839). They had seven children. One of their sons suffered from mental problems (Slonimsky 904). In 1844, the Schumanns moved to Dresden (Sadie 842). They lived there during the revolution. (Sadie 843). Clara became a concert pianist and toured extensively while Schumann continued to compose (Slonimsky 902). They stayed there for five years and then moved to Dusselldorf to further their ... Sadie 831). A fascinating aspect of Schumann’s music was his ability to “personify his friends and intimates through musical acronyms” (Slonimsky 903). Schumann’s music reflected the times in his life. “He lived in musical fantasies, until his mental world became a fantasy itself “ (Slonimsky 903). He was usually unable to compose work except at the piano. However he gave other composers this advise “to make ...
- 577: Upton Sinclair Paper
- ... the individual pigs themselves. Although they were not necessarily slaves, they were often foreigners and unskilled workers who had no choice but to work for low wages under poor living conditions. Most of these people lived in the plants themselves or in small tenant housings nearby. The beaten workers in the plants found it hard to work in such deprivation and to them their only way to continue living was to ... by big business. The voices of workers were not often heard in the struggle towards Socialism. Not because they agreed with the ways things were handled or how they were treated, but because they constantly lived in fear of losing their jobs. It took the ideas and intelligence of Sinclair to make the workers voices heard, so people would no longer have to worry about hazardous jobs and even more so ...
- 578: Nostradamus
- ... the end of 1565 Nostradamus was seriously ill suffering from arthiritis and gout, a painfull swelling of the joints. On June 17, 1566 he wrote his will; a couple of days later he died. He lived 62 years, 6 months, 7 days. He was very old if you consider the fact that he lived in the 1500's when the life expectancy was around 43 years. When he was 57 Chavigny described him as the following: He was a little under medium height, robust, nible, and vigorous. He had ...
- 579: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Perhaps the greatest musical genius who ever lived, was born in Salzburg, Austria, Jan. 27, 1756, the son of Leopold Mozart, concertmaster at the archiepiscopal court, and his wife, Anna Maria Pertl. Leopold Mozart was a successful composer and violinist, whose famous treatise ... 1763, Leopold was made vice-Kapellmeister at the Salzburg court, whose sympathetic archbishop, Sigismund Von Schrattenbach, appreciated and encouraged the activities of Leopold and his children. Wolfgang was the greatest musical child prodigy who ever lived. He began composing minuets at the age of 5 and symphonies at 9. His father took him on a series of concert tours together with his sister, Maria Anna, born four and one-half years ...
- 580: Mohandas Gandhi
- ... use a spinning wheel as a token of the return to the simple village life he preached, and of the renewal of native Indian Industries. Gandhi became the international symbol of a free India. He lived a spiritual and ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and meditation. He employed propaganda, agitation, demonstration, boycott, noncooperation, parallel government, and strikes. He refused earthly possessions, he wore the loincloth and shawl of the lowliest Indian and lived on vegetables, fruit juices, and goat's milk. Indians thought of him as a saint and began to call him Mahatma. Mahatma meant great soul, a title reserved for the greatest leaders. Gandhi's nonviolence ...
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