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Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st earl of Beaconsfield

(Encyclopedia) Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st earl of BeaconsfieldDisraeli, Benjamin, 1st earl of Beaconsfielddĭzrāˈlē [key], 1804–81, British statesman and author. He is regarded as the founder of the…

John Phillips

folk musicianBorn: 8/30/1935Birthplace: Parris Island, S.C. folk musician and songwriter whose band, the Mamas and the Papas, spoke to the '60s generation, with breezy songs that epitomized the…

Famous Firsts by the Rolling Stones

The Stones' first concert, No. 1 hit, and more Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Source: WikiCommons Related Links Lasting Influence of the Rolling…

DK Science: Habitats

HABITAT LOSSFIND OUT MOREA habitat is a place where plants and animals live, and provides them with food and shelter. It can be very small, such as a single tree or pond, or vast, such as a…

Cell Theory, Form, and Function: Introduction

IntroductionCell Theory, Form, and FunctionIntroductionProkaryotes and EukaryotesVirusesFluid Mosaic Model of Membrane Structure and FunctionCell Cycle: Interphase, Mitosis, Cytokinesis Deep…

DK History: Early Americans

HOW DID EARLY AMERICANS LIVE? HOW DID EARLY AMERICANS HONOR THEIR GODS? WHICH METALS DID EARLY AMERICANS TREASURE? PUEBLOSMOUND BUILDERSFIND OUT MOREThe first Americans crossed the land bridge that…

Ernest Hemingway

novelistBorn: 7/21/1899Birthplace: Oak Park, Illinois Nobel Prize-winning novelist and short-story writer considered spokesman of the “lost generation.” His works, which include The Sun Also Rises…

George Cadbury

manufacturer, social reformerBorn: 9/19/1839Birthplace: Birmingham, England With his brother Richard, he took over his father's failing chocolate business and built it into the highly successful…

Pramod Karan Sethi Biography

doctorDied: January 6, 2008 (Jaipur, India) Best Known as: inventor of a prosthesis called the Jaipur foot Dr. Sethi invented the first affordable prosthetic foot…