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Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a British biochemist who was born on May 12, 1910 in Cairo, Egypt. Her father, John Winter Crowfoot, worked as a school inspector when he moved to Sudan where he retire in 1926 and focused on archeology. Her mother, Grace Mary Crowfoot, was a botanist in Sudan.…

He was named after his uncle fought in the battle of Tripoli Harbor and died 3 years prior to Henry's birth. He was the second son among 8 children. His parents named the children so it would rhyme, "Stephen and Henry, Elizabeth and Anne, Alex and Mary, Ellen and Sam (Maine Historical Society).” He grew up in Portland, Maine which then, was still part of Massachusetts. Stephan Longfellow, Henry's father, was an attorney as well as active in public affairs. His mother was the daughter of General…

our enemies at Dasamongwepeuk, who had watched the departure of our men to Croatoan.” That indicates that they did go to a native American tribe of some kind. The reason we think there was a drought is because in 1998 an “architect at the college of William and Mary named Dennis Blanton published a paper in science reporting the result of a tree ring analysis of some very, very old bald cypress in Virginia. Blanton himself described his finding as incredible.The worst drought in 800 years took…

On September 16 at 7:30 in Williams Hall, I attended She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, one of the Southern Circuit Films touring this year. This film was mainly about the in depth history of the women’s movement. From failures to successes, this film included profound details of the movement. Mary Dore, the director of this film, did an excellent job compiling copious amount of interviews and footages from the women who initiated the movement. These women not only recognized the need to speak up…

a close friend of marshalls. George washington was admired by john marshall and when the war broke out he encouraged marshall to join the military. 1780, Marshall studied law by attending a series of Judge George Wythe's lectures at the College of William & Mary Williamsburg.and this would be the only legal practice john marshal would ever receive.he built hi law practices by defending clients against british creditors. Another important chief justice is oliver wendell holmes he was born march…

will be forever embedded in history. Born William Henry Gates III on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington, the sixty year old phenomenon is still living and is revered globally for his revolutionary contributions to the realm of computers and technology. His upbringing and activities as a child have greatly impacted the man he is today. He was raised in an upper middle-class family as a middle child with two sisters, Kristianne and Libby. His father, William H. Gates…

Cannon’s interest in astronomy started then. Cannon started her study on physics and astronomy at Wellesley College, which was one of the top schools for women at the time. It was doing her college years that she learned spectroscopy, which became the establishment of her categorizing stars. During this time, she had gotten sick with scarlet fever leading to her becoming completely deaf, likely due to…

Today, we consider the violin to be an elegant, sophisticated instrument. However, in 1878, George Dubourg published an account entitled, “The Violin”, in which he makes the bold statement, “instead of a bow-arm, must ladies be allowed only the arm of a beau? Why should not a lady play on the violin?” . Even once playing the instrument was considered acceptable, being a professional musician as a woman was rare until the late nineteenth/early twentieth centuries . Even in today’s modern society,…

the United States, thousands of high school athletes sign the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Form 08-3a, otherwise, the student-athlete form that waives their right to receive payment for the use of their name and likeness. Just like college students, student athletes work hard and devote their time to their classes. However, not only do student athletes have to keep their grades up to stay eligible to play, they also spend additional training and practicing to win games for the…

Independence he would be elected as the 3rd president of the United States. He grew up in Virginia with a wealthy family, his father already coming from wealth (Onuf). In his following years, he was sent to boarding school and attended the William and Mary college in Virginia (onuf). Jefferson’s persistence of school did him well in his adult years. Others alike gave Jefferson tremendous amount of credit for having knowledge that was made for the government (onuf). Personally, Jefferson was an…