Who are the world's leading public intellectuals? The October 2005 cover of Prospect Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect magazine selected their top 100, and invited readers to…
(Encyclopedia) BrontëBrontëbrŏnˈtē [key], family of English novelists, including Charlotte Brontë, 1816–55, English novelist, Emily Jane Brontë, 1818–48, English novelist and poet, and Anne Brontë,…
(Encyclopedia) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743–1826, 3d President of the United States (1801–9), author of the Declaration of Independence, and apostle of agrarian democracy.
After 1809, Jefferson…
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With the advent of railroads and, later, highway systems it became possible after the mid-…
(Encyclopedia) Prime Ministers of Great Britain
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Sir Robert Walpole
1721–42
Earl of Wilmington
1742–43
Henry Pelham
1743–54
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By convention, a skyscraper is a building that is used…
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