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John Philip Sousa (6 November , Washington, D.C. – 6 March , Reading, Pennsylvania) was America's best known composer and conductor during his lifetime. Highly regarded for his military band marches, Sousa is often called the "The March King" or "American March King".

Masefield declined the offer of a Knighthood more than once. In Masefield became Poet Laureate and he was appointed to the Order of Merit in He enjoyed and promoted live poetry readings. His ashes reside in Westminster Abby. As well as poetry, he wrote plays, novels and essays. His play The Tragedy of Nan, , attracted mixed reviews.

Frank John Fenner AC CMG MBE FRS FAA (21 December – 22 November ) was an Australian scientist with a distinguished career in the field of two greatest achievements are cited as overseeing the eradication of smallpox, [2] and the attempted control of Australia's rabbit plague through the introduction of Myxoma virus.

John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, – September 7, ) was an American poet. He was from Haverhill, Massachusetts and was a Quaker. Like many Quakers, Whittier believed that slavery was wrong. Whittier was active in the movement to end American slavery, and was a member of the anti-slavery Liberty Party.

This online exhibition, drawn entirely from objects in Sir John Soane’s Museum, celebrates the tercentenary of the birth of Sir William Chambers ( – ), one of the most acclaimed architects of the later eighteenth century. In his lifetime John Soane ( – ) amassed an extraordinary collection of works of art, drawings and books which reflected his interests, values and.

John Venn was a British mathematician, philosopher and a logician who went on to become one of the most important contributors to the study of statistics.

Pope John Paul II was ordained in , became the bishop of Ombi in , and became the archbishop of Krakow in He was made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI in , and in became the first.

The Assassination of John F. Kennedy and his Legacy President John F. Kennedy in the Presidential motorcade a few minutes before he was assassinated, Credit: Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain. On November 22, , in Dallas, Texas, John F. Kennedy was assassinated while traveling in a presidential motorcade live on television.

John ster Robertson is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow North West from to Until , he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Yvette Cooper.

John G. Ziegler (August 21, – December 9, ) was an American control engineer who made significant contributions to the field of control theory. He is well known for his research paper on Ziegler-Nichols method, co-authored with Nathaniel B. Nichols. (en) dbo:academicDiscipline: dbr:Control_theory; dbo:birthDate: (xsd:date.

Project Gutenberg offers 74, free eBooks for Kindle, iPad, Nook, Android, and iPhone.

The Now Now Tour was a concert tour by the British alternative rock virtual band Gorillaz, in support of their sixth studio album The Now Now. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Personnel.

She opened dazzling new perspectives on any subject she addressed, whether the nature of photography or cultural attitudes toward illness. This volume, edited by Sontag's son David Rieff, presents the full texts of four essential books: Against Interpretation, Styles of Radical Will (), On Photography (), and Illness as Metaphor ().

Donna Douglas still embodies Elly May Clampett, the critter-loving beauty from "The Beverly Hillbillies.""Elly has always been good for me," says Douglas. "That was a slice out of my life, a very.

This item is the first of three bound together in a single volume titled "Tate's Lear." This volume contains [1]: The history of King Lear acted at the Duke's Theatre / N. Tate [] -- [2]: The history of King Lear acted at the Queens Theatre / N. Tate [] -- [3]: The history of King Lear as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent.