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1Kangxi — ▪ emperor of Qing dynasty Introduction Wade Giles romanization K ang hsi , personal name (xingming) Xuanye , temple name (miaohao) (Qing) Shengzu , posthumous name (shi) Rendi born May 4, 1654, Beijing, China died Dec. 20, 1722, Beijing… …
2Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes — (20 December 1717 – 13 February 1787) was a French statesman and diplomat. He served as Foreign Minister from 1774 during the reign of Louis XVI, notably during the American War of Independence. Vergennes rose through the ranks of the diplomatic… …
3Pascal, Blaise — born June 19, 1623, Clermont Ferrand, France died Aug. 19, 1662, Paris French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. The son of a mathematician, he was a child prodigy, earning the envy of René Descartes with an essay he wrote on… …
4Costigan, Edward Prentiss — ▪ American politician born July 1, 1874, King William County, Va., U.S. died Jan 17, 1939, Denver, Colo. American lawyer and politician, member of the U.S. Tariff Commission (1916–28) and a U.S. senator from Colorado (1930–36). Costigan… …
5human disease — Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a human being that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. health versus disease Before human disease can be discussed, the meanings of the terms health, physical fitness, illness …
6Vincent van Gogh — Infobox Artist name = Vincent van Gogh imagesize = 170px caption = Self portrait (1887) birthname = Vincent Willem van Gogh died at age of = 37 birthdate = Birth date|1853|3|30|df=yes location = Zundert, The Netherlands deathdate = Death date and …
7Cambodia — /kam boh dee euh/, n. a republic in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 11,163,861; 69,866 sq. mi. (180,953 sq. km). Cap.: Phnom Penh. Formerly, People s Republic of Kampuchea, Khmer Republic. * * * Cambodia Introduction Cambodia… …
8Anton Chekhov — Chekhov redirects here. For other uses, see Chekhov (disambiguation). This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Pavlovich and the family name is Chekhov. Anton Chekhov May 5, 1889 …
9Charles G.D. Roberts — Sir Charles G. D. Roberts Source: Library and Archives Canada, C 006718 Born Charles George Douglas Roberts 1860 January 10 Douglas, New Brunswick Died 1943 November 26 …
10Ignaz Semmelweis — Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, aged 42 in 1860 pen sketch by Jenő Dopy …
