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Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor (1821–1906), Hawaiian-born painter and sketch artist; 1822 Mathew Brady (1822–1896), photographer; 1823 Daniel Folger Bigelow (1823–1910), painter; Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900), painter; Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823–1880), painter; William Hart (1823–1894), painter; Thomas Waterman Wood (1823 ...
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, civil engineer most famous as co-designer, alongside Benjamin Baker, of the Forth Railway Bridge Jesse Hartley (1780–1860), civil engineer J. B. Hartley (1814–1869), civil engineer
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 December 2024. Leif Erikson (c.970–c.1020) was a famous Norse explorer who is credited for being the first European to set foot on American soil. Explorers are listed below with their common names, countries of origin (modern and former), centuries of activity and main areas of exploration. Marco ...
1900–2001: 100: American classical archaeologist and art historian [206] Peter Thonemann: 1917–2018: 100: Australian-born British physicist [207] Georg von Tiesenhausen: 1914–2018: 104: German-American rocket scientist [86] Germaine Tillion: 1907–2008: 100: French anthropologist [208] Constance Tipper: 1894–1995: 101: British ...
The Lost Generation was the demographic cohort that reached early adulthood during World War I, and preceded the Greatest Generation.The social generation is generally defined as people born from 1883 to 1900, coming of age in either the 1900s or the 1910s, and were the first generation to mature in the 20th century.
The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy.They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.
Erich Kühnhackl (born 1950), ice hockey player; named Germany's ice hockey player of the 20th century and member of the IIHF Hall of Fame; Kevin Kuske (born 1979), bobsledder; most successful Olympic athlete in bobsledding, winning four gold medals and two silver medals; Philipp Lahm (born 1983), football player; André Lange, bobsledding champion
The Roanoke colonists, including Ananias, age 27–30; Eleanor, age 19; and Virginia Dare, age 2 or 3, the first English child born in a New World English overseas possession, disappeared becoming known as the Lost Colony. On 18 August 1590, their settlement was found abandoned.