William Cleghorn (1718-1754) William Cleghorn was a Scottish physician and philosopher. He‚ alongside Antoine Lavoisier‚ are responsible for the caloric theory. Although he only lived to the age of 36 he held the Chair of Pneumatics and Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 1745 until his death in 1754.1 William Cleghorn was born in 1718; he and his eight siblings were raised by his uncle‚ George Cleghorn. His uncle George was a physician at the University of Dublin and also had
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Nova Scotia Museum 1747 Summer Street info Halifax‚ Nova Scotia‚ Canada B3H 3A6 William Hall‚ V C first Black person‚ the first Nova Scotian and one of the first Canadians to receive the Empire’s highest award for bravery‚ the Victoria Cross. The son of former American slaves‚ Hall was born in 1827 at Horton‚ Nova Scotia‚ where he also attended school. He grew up during the age of wooden ships‚ when many boys dreamed of travelling the world in sailing vessels. As a young man‚ Hall worked in
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William Penn William Penn was born October 14‚ 1644 in London too Admiral Penn and Margret Penn. William was an adventurous little boy catching and finding anything he could. He was an extremely fast runner and could run three miles nonstop. When William was very young he got smallpox and it left him bald; he always had to wear a wig. When William was four years old a group of rebels rose up against the King or Roundheads‚ as they were called‚ over threw King Charles and beheaded him.
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Freud’s theory of human behavior. Freud believed that “human behaviour is driven by desires and the suppression of the same desires”. Concerning the case of Col. Russell Williams‚ he was a paraphilic; he stole lingerie and then took photographs of the women he sexually assaulted. According to Freud’s theory of human behavior‚ Williams did not possess the ability to control his desires. He started off as a “voyeur”‚ but somehow transformed into a perverted sex offender with a dark fixation for violence
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Kim J Marilag English 100 Mrs. Guererro William Forrester The main character of the movie Finding Forrester is William Forrester‚ an old‚ white male‚ recluse novelist‚ makes an unlikely friendship with‚ and mentors‚ a black 16-year old who is gifted at basketball‚ and both literature‚ and writing Jamal Wallace. William‚ from Bronx‚ New York‚ wrote only one famous novel The Avalon fifty years earlier that won the Pulitzer Prize. Because he was offended
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William Wallace Analyse the different ways in which the life‚ career and death of William Wallace has been presented over time. Support your response with source that you have studied in class. William Wallace is portrayed in many different ways‚ as both a good and bad man. There isn’t much historical evidence about William Wallace‚ so people just make up most of the information about him as you could tell such a great story. Some people believed that William Wallace was a heroic man‚ so wrote
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Dear‚ holy father William Harvey was an English doctor and teacher. he was the first to correctly describe and prove that blood circulates through the body and that the heart is responsible for pumping blood. William Harvey should be set free because he done no harm to any people and was just trying to figure out how blood circulated in the human body. Harvey discovered that blood circulates through the body and the heart is responsible for pumping blood. in 1599 at the age of 21
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William Forsythe was trained in Florida and went on to dance with the Joffrey Ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet where‚ in 1976‚ he was appointed resident choreographer. “His work is acknowledged for reorienting the practice of ballet from its identification with classical repertoire to a dynamic 21st-century art form.”(Theforsythecompany‚ 2009) In 2004 he founded The Forsythe Company. (Theforsythecompany‚ 2009) William Forsythe’s Solo is the first piece in the short dance film‚ Evidentia‚ made by
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“Hank Williams is the father of contemporary country music (CMT).” Hank was an American singer and song writer who is regarded as the most important musician to country music of all time. Hank’s career was cut short by a sudden death at the early age of 29. Hank was born September 17‚ 1923 in Mount Olive‚ Butler County‚ Alabama. His birth name was Hiram Williams which was later changed to Hank when he began his career. This is where he met Rufus Payne‚ who they called Tee Tot. This black street
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William Shakespeare is an unforgettable literary figure and it is not exaggeration if we say that literature is nothing without him. All the writing of Shakespeare deal with love‚ life and death and these universal themes get beautiful touch by him. His tragedies reflect that he had extraordinary knowledge of human psychology. Therefore‚ his characters have become memorable in the field of literature. Shakespeare has explored poetry and tragedy but it is tragedy that brought fame for him. Even his
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