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Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
Thomas Stamford Raffles founded the British colony of Singapore. In 1795 Raffles became a clerk for the powerful British East India Company, which (with the support of the British government) was…The Devil's Dictionary: Hippogriff
by Ambrose Bierce HIBERNATEHISTORIANHIPPOGRIFF -n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle. The…Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson wrote the groundbreaking ecological book Silent Spring. Rachel Carson earned her bachelor's degree in biology at the Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham University) in 1929,…The Devil's Dictionary: Zigzag
by Ambrose Bierce ZEUSZOOLOGYZIGZAG -v.t. To move forward uncertainly, from side to side, as one carrying the white man's burden. (From zed, z, and jag, an Icelandic word of unknown…Roger Arliner Young Biography
Roger Arliner YoungzoologistBorn: 1889Birthplace: Clifton Forge, Va. Roger Arliner Young overcame racial and sexual barriers to become the first African-American woman to be awarded a Ph.D.…The Devil's Dictionary: Z
by Ambrose Bierce YZZANYZANZIBARIZEALZENITHZEUSZIGZAGZOOLOGYJohn Gould
John Gould was an English ornithologist who left behind more than 40 volumes and over 3000 prints of birds and mammals -- his most famous works being Birds of Australia (1840-48) and A Monograph of…Peter Carey
Name at birth: Peter Philip CareyAustralian writer Peter Carey won the Booker Prize twice, for Oscar and Lucinda (1988) and for True History of the Kelly Gang (2001). A one-time chemistry and zoology…Famous African American Scientists
Percy L. Julian, Aprille Ericsson, and other exceptional scientists by Ann Marie Imbornoni Charles Henry Turner Related Links Black History Month Features…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Alderman and the Raccoon
33 35 The Alderman and the Raccoon "I SEE quite a number of rings on your tail," said an Alderman to a Raccoon that he met in a zoological garden. "Yes," replied the Raccoon, "and I hear quite a…Trending
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