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Abel. Old Testament. Second son of Adam and Eve. Killed by Cain.
Abel, Frederick. 1827-1902. English inventor of military explosive cordite with Dewar, 1889.
Abel, Rudolf. 1902-71. Russian spy traded for Powers.
Abélard, Pierre. 1079-c1144. French Conceptualist theologian of Notre-Dame. Advocated discussion vs dogma. Famed love of Héloïse. Accused of heresy 1121. Letters to Heloise 1103. Sic et Non 1132. Theologia.
Adonis. Beautiful youth, beloved of Aphrodite and Persephone, worshipped by the Phoenicians.
Adventists. US religious sect that believes in the imminent second coming of Christ.
Aguinaldo, Emilio. 1869-1964. Philippine rebel vs Spain 1896-8, US 1899-1901.
Alamo. 1836. 200 Texan rebels die in siege vs Mexican Santa Anna. Crockett. Bowie.
Albert I. 1875-1932. King of Belgians, 1909. Led army WWI. Introduced universal male suffrage.
Alchemy. Magic art of Egyptian origin attempting to transmute metals, esp lead to gold. Based on belief that all metals are a pure base metal + impurities which the philosopher’s stone can remove.
Alvarez, Luis. 1911-88. US physicist. Linear accelerator, bubble chamber.
Anderson, Carl. 1905-91. US discovered positron, muon.
Animism. Belief of a spirit within all objects.
Antinomianism. 16C Belief that some Christians by special faith need not obey Old Testament moral laws.
Appleton, Edward. 1892-1965. English physicist: Appleton ionospheric layer.
Armagnacs. Fought Burgundians for control of France through Charles VI regency 1395-1435. Arras.
Arrhenius, Svante. 1859-1927. Swedish physicist, discoverer of ions.
Aston, Francis. 1877-1945. English physicist. Mass spectrograph.
Atheism. Positive disbelief in the existence of God.
Avernus. Crater lake, believed by Romans to be Hell’s entrance.
Babel. Babylonian tower to heaven started by Noah’s sons.
Bacon’s Rebellion. 1676. Virginia colonists under N.Bacon defeat Indians, take Jamestown.
Balthazar. (Belshazzar). -539BC. Babylonian co-regent. Daniel read writing on his wall 539BC.
Banting, Frederick. 1891-1941. Canadian physician: discovered insulin with Best, MacLeod, 1921.
Baptists. 1608-. Congregationalist Christian church. Baptism for believers only, (not infants).