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11Peter Waite — (9 May 1834 – 4 April 1922) was a South Australian pastoralist and public benefactor. Waite s philanthropic endeavors provided significant benefit to the University of Adelaide and to local public schools, and generations of students have… …
12Ralph de Guader — (otherwise Radulf Waders or Ralph Wader) (before 1042 c.1096) was the Earl of East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk) and Lord of Gael and Montfort ( Seigneur de Gael et Montfort ).BirthHe was born before 1042, most probably about 1040 in Hereford, as… …
13Robert Mond — Infobox Scientist name = Sir Robert Mond box width = image width = caption = birth date = 9 September 1867 birth place = Farnworth, Widnes, Lancashire, England death date = 22 October 1938 death place = Paris, France residence = England, France… …
14Edwin Thomas Smith — Sir Edwin Thomas Smith (1830 ndash;1919) was a South Australian politician.Smith was born at Walsall, Staffordshire, England, on 6 April 1830. He was educated at Queen Mary s Grammar School, Walsall, and on leaving school had business experience… …
15Brouwer-Hilbert controversy — A foundational controversy in twentieth century history of mathematics opposed L. E. J. Brouwer, a supporter of intuitionism, and David Hilbert, the founder of formalism.BackgroundThe background for the controversy was set with David Hilbert s… …
16Sir William Pickles Hartley — (23 February 1846 1922), jam manufacturer and philanthropist, founded the famous Hartley s jam company. He was born in Colne, Lancashire and attended a local British and Foreign School Society school. He was the only surviving child of John… …
17benefaction — /ben euh fak sheuhn, ben euh fak /, n. 1. an act of conferring a benefit; the doing of good; a good deed: He is known throughout the region for his many benefactions. 2. the benefit conferred; charitable donation: to solicit benefactions for… …
18United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
19Carnegie, Andrew — born Nov. 25, 1835, Dunfermline, Fife, Scot. died Aug. 11, 1919, Lenox, Mass., U.S. U.S. industrialist and philanthropist. The son of a Scottish weaver, he emigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1848. A job in a telegraph office led to his… …
20Monumentum Ancyranum — (after AD 14) Latin and Greek inscription on the temple of Rome and Augustus at Ancyra (Ankara, Tur.). Known as the Res gestae divi Augusti ( Achievements of the Divine Augustus ), it represents the official account of his reign. It was composed… …
