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134 matches to George
Airy, George Biddell. 1801-92. English astronomer: Greenwich Observatory.
Austrian Succession, War. 1740-48. Jenkins Ear and King George’s Wars. Maria Theresa recognized. Francis I becomes Holy Roman Emperor. Prussian power shown. Aix-la-Chapelle Treaty. Silesian War.
Bancroft, George. 1800-91. “Father of American history”. History of United States 1834-74.
Barbary Piracy. 1518-1830. G. Washington pays $1M to free enslaved seamen 1796. US attacks Tripoli 1815. French sieze Algiers, 1830.
Bateau-Lavoir. 1900. Paris birthplace of cubism (Picasso, Braque) and modern poetry (Jacob, Apollinaire, Orlan). Desmoiselles d’Avignon.
Beadle, George. 1903-89. US geneticist. Role of genes in heredity.
Behistun Inscription. 520BC. Trilingual carving used by Grotefend to decipher cuneiform.
Berkeley, George. 1685-1753. Irish immaterialist philosopher: reality exists only in the eye of God; for man, only when perceived. Principles of Knowledge 1710.
Bernanos, Georges. 1888-1948. French Catholic polemic writer against materialism. Diary of a Country Priest 1937.
Bizet, Georges. 1838-75. French composer: Carmen 1875.
Boole, George. 1815-64. British mathematician. Algebra of Logic 1854.
Boulanger, Georges. 1837-91. French popular war minister. Conspired coup 1889. Banished.
Braque, Georges. 1882-1963. French painter. Developed Cubism with Picasso. First living artist in Louvre. Man with Guitar 1911.
Brook Farm. 1841-7. Massachussets commune. Ripley. Hawthorne.
Brown, George. 1818-80. Scottish/Canadian statesman. Founded Toronto Globe 1844.
Brummel, George. (Beau). 1778-1840. English dandy, fashion leader.
Buffon, Georges. 1707-88. Naturalist, founded Botanical Gardens, Paris. 36 vol Natural History 1753.
Cable, George. 1844-1925. US author on color problem: Ole Creole Days 1879. Silent South 1885.
Cadoudal, Georges. 1771-1804. French Royalist leader. Plotted Napoleon’s assassination. Executed.
Canning, George. 1770-1827. British Foreigh Secretary. Copenhagen. Peninsular War.
Caravaggist School of Painting. Themes of courtesan, cheaters. e.g. George de la Tour.
Carver, George W. 1864-1943. US agriculturalist. Former slave.
Cayley, George. 1773-1857. Flying machine 1796. First manned glider flight 1853.
Chapman, George. c1559-1634. English poet, playwright: Bussy d’Ambois 1607. Translated Homer.
Chopin, Fréderic. 1810-49. Polish/French composer of emotional expressiveness and pianist of great technical ability. Sand.