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Hace 19 horas · Robert Hooke. Robert Hooke FRS ( / hʊk /; 18 July 1635 – 3 March 1703) [4] [a] was an English polymath who was active as a physicist ("natural philosopher"), astronomer, geologist, meteorologist and architect. [5] He is credited as one of the first scientists to investigate living things at microscopic scale in 1665, [6] using a compound ...
Hace 19 horas · Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio, United States. The university was founded in 1809, making it the second-oldest university in Ohio and the 10th oldest public university (32nd overall) in the United States. [10] Miami was one of the original eight Public Ivy schools, a ...
Hace 19 horas · For the Lieutenant-Colonel, see Thomas Huxley (British Army officer). Thomas Henry Huxley PC FRS HonFRSE FLS (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895) was an English biologist and anthropologist who specialized in comparative anatomy. He has become known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin 's theory of evolution.
Hace 19 horas · In 1560, a group of Scottish nobles known as the Lords of the Congregation gained control of government. Under their guidance, the Scottish Reformation Parliament passed legislation that established a Protestant creed, and rejected Papal supremacy, although these were only formally ratified by James VI and I in 1567.
Hace 19 horas · Sub-Roman Britain (410– c. 449) Heptarchy (c. 449–927) Kingdom of England (927–1066) Engla land (Old English) 410–1066 Britain around the year 540. Anglo-Saxon kingdoms' names are coloured red. Britonnic kingdoms' names are coloured black. Common languages Old English Demonym(s) Anglo-Saxon, Angle, Saxon History • Abandonment of the Roman province Britannia 410 • Start of the Anglo ...
Hace 19 horas · The revised Oxford English Dictionary cites the shorter term "racism" in a quote from the year 1903. It was defined by the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd edition 1989) as "[t]he theory that distinctive human characteristics and abilities are determined by race"; the same dictionary termed racism a synonym of racialism : "belief in the superiority of a particular race".
Hace 19 horas · The Oxford English Dictionary has recognized same-sex marriage since 2000. [32] Opponents of same-sex marriage who want marriage to be restricted to pairings of a man and a woman, such as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , the Catholic Church , and the Southern Baptist Convention , use the term traditional marriage to mean opposite-sex marriage.
