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The Geographia Generalis is viewed by some as the dividing line between ancient and modern traditions in the history of geography, and Newton's involvement in the subsequent editions is thought to be a large part of the reason for this enduring legacy. [50] Newton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1672. [1]
Rebecca [a] (/ r ɪ ˈ b ɛ k ə /) appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. [3] Rebecca's brother was Laban the Aramean, and she was the granddaughter of Milcah and Nahor, the brother ...
Isaac (/ ˈ aɪ z ə k / EYE-zək; Biblical Hebrew: יִצְחָק , romanized: Yīṣḥāq; Ancient Greek: Ἰσαάκ, romanized: Isaák; Arabic: إسحٰق/إسحاق, romanized: Isḥāq; Amharic: ይስሐቅ) is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
The patriarchs of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites.These three figures are referred to collectively as the patriarchs, and the period in which they lived is known as the patriarchal age.
Illustrated Bible Dictionary and Treasury of Biblical History, Biography, Geography, Doctrine, and Literature. New York: Harper and Brothers. Elazar, Daniel J. (n.d.). "Jacob and Esau and the Emergence of the Jewish People". Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs; Manns, Frederic (2013). "Jacob and Esau: Rebecca's Children".
Isaac Merritt Singer was born on October 27, 1811, in Pittstown, Schaghticoke, New York. [2] He was the youngest of eight children [5] born to a German father, Adam Singer (né Reisinger) [5] (1772–1855), and his American wife, Ruth (née Benson) Singer.
[1] [2] He has an older sister, climate scientist Nicole, and a younger brother, journalist Mike. [3] [4] Isaac's family immigrated to the US when he was five months old, and they frequently moved around the country, living in Baltimore, New Orleans and Miami, where they eventually settled. [5] Isaac became a United States citizen in 2006. [6]
Promoted to the rank of captain, he was the chief of staff to the commander, Base Force, United States Fleet in 1930–1932. After three years at the Bureau of Navigation in Washington, D.C., he was the commander of Destroyer Squadron One, Scouting Force, in 1935–1936, stationed in Long Beach, California. The Kidd family resided in a downtown ...