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Há 6 dias · Gone with the Wind is a novel by American writer Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is set in Clayton County and Atlanta, both in Georgia, during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
3 de mai. de 2024 · Mary Somerville (born December 26, 1780, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland—died November 29, 1872, Naples, Italy) was a British science writer whose influential works synthesized many different scientific disciplines. As a child, Fairfax had a minimal education. She was taught to read (but not write) by her mother.
9 de mai. de 2024 · Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet (born March 7, 1792, Slough, Buckinghamshire, England—died May 11, 1871, Collingwood, Kent) was an English astronomer and successor to his father, Sir William Herschel, in the field of stellar and nebular observation and discovery.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Há 5 dias · It wasn’t until 1852 that Herschel’s son, John, chose names for the two moons. And that’s where Shakespeare comes into the picture. John Herschel could have dipped into Greek or Roman mythology to name those two newly discovered moons. After all, Simon Marius named the four moons of Jupiter that Galileo Galilei first discovered in 1609.
3 de mai. de 2024 · Maria Kirch (born Feb. 25, 1670, Panitzsch, near Leipzig, Saxony [Germany]—died Dec. 29, 1720, Berlin, Prussia [Germany]) was a German astronomer who was the first woman to discover a comet. Winckelmann was educated by her father, a Lutheran minister, and—after her father’s death—by an uncle.
13 de mai. de 2024 · A new start after 60: I’ve been a rocket scientist and a teacher – but I love being an actor. Margaret Bending adored her teenage brush with drama. More than half a century later, she began ...
Há 2 dias · On the 25th of May 2024, Peter died at home, surrounded by the love of his family. Left to mourn are his wife Carol, his children Alan (Ellen), Jeffrey (Margaret), Michael, Daniel, and Esther (Matthew), grandchildren Jeremy, Aaron (Julie), Julian, and Sophie, and great-grandchild Peter. He is predeceased by his first wife, Helen, the mother […]
