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Florence Rena Sabin (November 9, 1871 – October 3, 1953) was an American medical scientist. She was a pioneer for women in science; she was the first woman to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and the first woman to head a department at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. [1]
Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence Abduction of a Sabine Woman (or The Rape of the Sabine ) is a large and complex marble statue by the Flemish sculptor and architect Giambologna (Johannes of Boulogne). It was completed between 1579 and 1583 [ 1 ] for Cosimo I de' Medici . [ 2 ]
The Sabines (US: / ˈ s eɪ b aɪ n z /, SAY-bynes, UK: / ˈ s æ b aɪ n z /, SAB-eyens; [1] Latin: Sabini ) were an Italic people who lived in the central Apennine Mountains (see Sabina) of the ancient Italian Peninsula, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome.
Florence R. Sabin is a bronze sculpture depicting the American medical scientist of the same name by Joy Buba, installed in the Hall of Columns, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. The statue was gifted by the U.S. state of Colorado in 1959. [1]
The rape of the Sabine women (Latin: Sabinae raptae, Classical pronunciation: [saˈbiːnae̯ ˈraptae̯]; lit. ' the kidnapped Sabine women '), also known as the abduction of the Sabine women or the kidnapping of the Sabine women, was an incident in the legendary history of Rome in which the men of Rome committed a mass abduction of young women from the other cities in the region.
Sabin strains, polio vaccine variants developed by Albert Sabin; Sabin–Feldman dye test, a serologic test to diagnose for toxoplasmosis; Doo–Sabin subdivision surface in computer graphics; Sabin (unit), a unit of sound absorption; Sabin Figaro, fictional character in the video game Final Fantasy VI
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The Roman–Sabine wars were a series of wars during the early expansion of ancient Rome in central Italy against their northern neighbours, the Sabines.It is commonly accepted that the events pre-dating the Roman Republic in 509 BC are semi-legendary in nature.