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John Franklin Hall (April 14, 1951 - March 14, 2023) was a professor of Classics and Ancient History at Brigham Young University. He was a student of R. E. A. Palmer. Hall specialized in Rome during the reign of Augustus. He also made contributions in the subdiscipline of Etruscology.
1831 Published first book: Crumbs from the Master's Table [4] by William Mason (1719–1791) 1848 Daniel Appleton retired; son William Henry Appleton (1814–1899) formed a partnership with his brothers, John Adams Appleton (1817–1881), George Swett Appleton (1821–1878), Daniel Sidney Appleton (1824–1890) and Samuel Francis Appleton (1826 ...
Edgar Allan Poe's reburial and new monument, October 1, 1875. January 16 – Henry James Byron's comedy Our Boys opens at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. It becomes the world's longest-running play until the 1890s, with 1,362 performances up to April 1879. [1]
This is a list of defunct newspapers of the United States.Only notable names among the thousands of such newspapers are listed, primarily major metropolitan dailies which published for ten years or more.
The book explained how birds lived in the wild and also included her photographs. Although the novel was a modest commercial success and was warmly received by literary critics, Stratton-Porter's publisher believed that nature stories would not become as popular as romance novels.
The trilogy received positive reviews from critics. Critics praised Divergent for its plot and action, [5] [6] and Insurgent was praised for its writing and pace. [7] Another critic said, "No one can argue that Divergent is not a fun, edge-of-your-seat read. It is easy to get submerged in, effortless to remain engaged in, and impossible not to ...
Divergent is the debut novel of American novelist Veronica Roth, published by HarperCollins Children's Books in 2011. The first in the Divergent series, a trilogy of young adult dystopian novels (plus a book of short stories), [1] the novel is set in a post-apocalyptic Chicago, where society defines its citizens by their social and personality-related affiliation with one of five factions.
John Augustus Fritchey Hall (July 8, 1890 – March 9, 1949) was an American WWI sailor with the North Bombing Squadron, English teacher, lawyer, judicial appointee, and politician who served as Republican in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. [2]