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Hace 4 días · Sir Isaac Newton FRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27 [a]) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher. [7] He was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that followed.
- List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, 1725–1729
1726 (13 Geo. 1) The fifth session of the 6th Parliament of...
- List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, 1725–1729
11 de abr. de 2024 · Jonathan Swift (born November 30, 1667, Dublin, Ireland—died October 19, 1745, Dublin) was an Anglo-Irish author, who was the foremost prose satirist in the English language. Besides the celebrated novel Gulliver’s Travels (1726), he wrote such shorter works as A Tale of a Tub (1704) and “A Modest Proposal” (1729).
- Why is Jonathan Swift an important writer?Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish author who is regarded as one of the foremost prose satirists in the history of English literature. He wrote essa...
- What was Jonathan Swift’s family like when he was growing up?Jonathan Swift’s father, Jonathan Swift the elder, was an Englishman who had settled in Ireland after the Stuart Restoration and become steward of...
- What is Jonathan Swift best known for?Jonathan Swift is best known for Gulliver’s Travels, which is a parody of a travel narrative. Published in 1726, it mocks English customs and the p...
1 de abr. de 2024 · Thomas Pennant (born June 14, 1726, Downing, Flintshire, Wales—died Dec. 16, 1798, Downing) was a Welsh naturalist and traveler, one of the foremost zoologists of his time. Pennant was a landowner of independent means. His books were valued for their highly readable treatment of the existing knowledge of natural history.
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11 de abr. de 2024 · Rerum italicarum scriptores. Rerum italicarum scriptores ab anno æræ christianæ quingentesimo ad millesimumquingentesimum is a collection of texts which are sources for Italian history from the 6th to the 15th century, compiled in the 18th century by Ludovico Antonio Muratori . Muratori's work became a landmark in historiographical methodology.
26 de mar. de 2024 · Maximilian II Emanuel (born July 11, 1662, Munich—died Feb. 26, 1726, Munich) was the elector of Bavaria from 1679 and an able soldier whose quest for dynastic aggrandizement led him into a series of wars, first as an ally of the House of Habsburg, later against it, an enmity that nearly cost him his holdings.
Hace 5 días · Monk Cast. Monk is a popular detective television series that aired from 2002 to 2009. The show revolves around the character of Adrian Monk, brilliantly portrayed by Tony Shalhoub. Monk is a highly intelligent, observant, and eccentric detective who suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Despite his quirks, Monk is known for ...
