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(Encyclopedia) Free Church of Scotland: see Scotland, Free Church of.Berlin, Free University of
(Encyclopedia) Berlin, Free University of, at Berlin, Germany; founded in 1948 by students and faculty seceding from Humboldt Univ. in East Berlin. Supported by both the city of Berlin and the German…Our Top Stories for the Week of November 28, 2022
It’s been a busy week, from political deaths to political decisions. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top stories of the week. Around The World…Cursor Mundi
(Encyclopedia) Cursor MundiCursor Mundikûrˈsôr mŭnˈdī [key], a long religious epic in Middle English relating the history of the world as recorded in the Old and New Testaments. This anonymous poem (…Richards, Gordon
(Encyclopedia) Richards, Gordon, 1904–86, British jockey. He began as a stable apprentice in 1919. From the mid-1920s until his retirement in 1954, he was the championship jockey of England 26 times…Stone, Melville Elijah
(Encyclopedia) Stone, Melville Elijah, 1848–1929, American journalist, b. Hudson, Ill. With others he founded in 1876 the first Chicago penny paper, the Daily News, and in 1881 the Morning News (…Anna Kingsley Biography
Anna KingsleyPlantation owner and former slaveBorn: 1793Birthplace: Senegal Anna Madgigine Jai was captured in her native country of Senegal in 1806 when she was about 13 years old. She was…The Congress of Women: Personal Rights of Women
Political Status of WomenProperty Rights of WomenPersonal Rights of Women With respect to the personal protection of woman by law, there has been a change for the better, as the dignity…determinism
(Encyclopedia) determinism, philosophical thesis that every event is the inevitable result of antecedent causes. Applied to ethics and psychology, determinism usually involves a denial of free will,…name
(Encyclopedia) name. Personal identifying names are found in every known culture, and they often pass from one language to another. Hence the occurrence of Native American place names throughout the…Trending
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