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Ceci n’est-ce pas une Pipe – Reality and Fraud with Rene Magritte
La Trahison des images (Ceci n’est pas une pipe), René Magritte, Belgian, 1929, oil on canvas [CC BY-NC-SA 2.0] On November 21, 1898, Belgian surrealist artist Rene Magritte was born. He became well...
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Martin Frobisher and the Northwest Passage
Martin Frobisher (ca 1539 – 1594) On November 22, 1594, English seaman and explorer Sir Martin Frobisher passed away. He is best known for his three voyages to the New World in search for the Northwest...
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Johannes van der Waals – A Pioneer in the Molecular Sciences
Johannes Diderkik van der Waals (1837 – 1923) On November 23, 1837 Dutch theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate Johannes Diderik van der Waals was born. He is best known for his work on an equation...
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Charles Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’
Huxley’s illustration showing that humans and apes had the same basic skeletal structure [1] On November 24, 1859, famous biologist and founder of the science of evolution Charles Darwin published his...
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Andrew Carnegie – Steel Tycoon and Philanthropist
Andrew Carnegie (1835 – 1919) On November 25, 1835, Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie was born. He led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late...
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Ferdinand de Saussure and the Study of Language
Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) On November 26, 1857, Swiss linguist and semiotician Ferdinand de Saussure was born. His ideas laid the foundation for many significant developments both in...
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Georg Forster – Naturalist and Revolutionary
Georg Forster (1754-1794) On November 27, 1754, German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary Georg Forster was born. At an early age, he accompanied his father on...
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The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge
Burlington House, where the Royal Society was based between 1873 and 1967 On November 28, 1660, at Gresham College, London, UK, 12 men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir...
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C.S. Lewis and The Chronicles of Narnia
Clive Staples Lewis (1898 – 1963), photo by Aronsyne [CC-BY-SA 4.0] On November 29, 1898, English novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, and Christian...
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Roman History by Theodor Mommsen
Theodor Mommsen (1817-1908), cropped painting by Ludwig Knaus – Nationalgalerie Berlin, A I 315 On November 30, 1817, German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and...
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