Although best remembered for his sinister tales and mysteries, during his life Poe was known for his scathing literary reviews. Poe lived most of his life on the brink of poverty and was the first well-known American author to live solely on his writing. Was Edgar Allan Poe’s family poor?…
Females tended to be goddess of fertility or were goddesses of the house and home. Dionysus is an interesting case as although he is a fertility god and he has distinctly feminine qualities, he is still male. Written By: Dionysus, also spelled Dionysos, also called Bacchus or (in Rome) Liber…
Edward Victor Appleton was born in Bradford, England, on 6th September, 1892, the son of Peter and Mary Appleton. He received his early education at Hanson Grammar School. Bradford then took his B.A. degree in Natural Science at St. John’s College, Cambridge,, in 1913 and 1914, with physics for Part…
World War II the chief Allied powers were Great Britain, France (except during the German occupation, 1940–44), the Soviet Union (after its entry in June 1941), the United Statesthe United StatesThe United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is…
Edmund Pendleton (September 9, 1721 – October 23, 1803) was a Virginia planter, politician, lawyer and judge. He served in the Virginia legislature before and during the American Revolutionary War, rising to the position of Speaker. Unlike his sometime political rival Henry, Pendleton was a moderate who initially hoped for…
People tend to think that more than 50 percent of couples get divorced every year in America. But that’s not true. Here’s what is. The old wisdom is that in the United States, half of all marriages end in divorce. Both changes—lower divorce rates and later marriages—are likely … 2004…
Medieval education was often conducted under the auspices of the Church. During the 800s, French ruler Charlemagne realized his empire needed educated people if it was to survive, and he turned to the Catholic Church as the source of such education. Bishops were also engaged in education system as they…
Saturday Night Live. Quinn was hired as a writer and featured player on Saturday Night Live (SNL) in 1996 and became a full cast member during the 1997–1998 season. He established himself on the show with recurring characters and segments such as “Lenny the Lion”, “Joe Blow”, “Colin Quinn Explains…
Brower was born on July 1, 1912 in Berkeley, California. He was the third child of four born to Mary Barlow and her husband Ross J. Brower. His parents fostered his love of wilderness at an early age by regularly taking the family on outings and camping trips to the…
America, the “land of opportunity”. Most people came to colonial America for this reason. They wanted the opportunities America had to offer. The biggest attraction was that people coming over as laborers could gain three times the wages as they were making in England. In Colonial America the level of…