Edward Randolph, (baptized July 9, 1632, Canterbury, Kent, England—died April 1703, Virginia [U.S.]), British royal agent, customs officer, and American colonial official. Randolph worked in various governmental and private positions. Two sons of Bartholomew Yates, William and Robert, were members of the Church of England and married the two daughters…
Despite her Quaker roots, she was outgoing, energetic, fun-loving, and kind. As a prominent entertainer and hostess, she helped shape the role of First Lady and served as the model for every future First Lady to come. Dolley Payne was born on May 20, 1768, in Guilford County, North Carolina.…
Edward Albert Arthur Woodward was born to working class parents in Croydon, Surrey, south of London, on June 1, 1930. As a teenager he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After his first stage appearance, in 1946, he had his London debut in 1954. Edward Woodward (I) (1930–2009)…
Shirley was married to Jean C. Hill in Cook County, Illinois on December 23, 1952, but the couple later divorced. He briefly abandoned his musical career while in Illinois, and obtained doctorates in Music, Psychology, and the Liturgical Arts at the University of Chicago. ” [Shirley was] cerebral but disarmingly…
There were about 2,700 Hindus in Egypt in 2010. There is a small community of Indians, most of whom are Hindus . Libya has an Indian community of about 10,000 individuals (in 2007), many of whom are likely to be Hindu. Shiva temple in Old Muscat is one of the…
Dorothy Vaughan. She later earned a degree in mathematics (1929) from Wilberforce University near Xenia, Ohio. She worked as a math teacher in Virginia and married Howard S. Vaughan. In December 1943 she started working for NACA’s West Area Computing unit, a group of African American female mathematicians who were…
The empire stretched from modern-day Syria in the north to modern-day Sudan in the south and from the region of Jordan in the east to Libya in the west. Since the empire rose and fell in the course of the New Kingdom, historians refer to the period as either the…
Famous for defeating Abraham Lincoln in the 1858 U.S.U.S.The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a transcontinental country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, 326 Indian…
The domination of Egypt by the Hyksos allowed Kush to come out from under the hegemony of Egypt and flower as a culture This period ended, however, when the Egyptians kings (pharaohs) founded a New Kingdom, having thrown the Hyksos out of Egypt, reconquered Kush and brought it under Egyptian…
Draupadi was called KrishnaaKrishnaaKrishna (/ˈkrɪʃnə/, pronounced [ˈkr̩ʂɳɐ] ( listen); Sanskrit: कृष्ण, IAST: Kṛṣṇa) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › KrishnaKrishna – Wikipedia which means one of dark complexion,…