eBooks „preston“
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Edwin E. Slosson
Creative Chemistry
Descriptive Of Recent Achievements In The Chemical Industries
- Wissenschaft
- Englisch
- 86770 Wörter
- Ab 18 Jahren
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Edwin Emery Slosson (7 June 1865 – 15 October 1929) was an American magazine editor, author, journalist and chemist. He was the first head of Science Service, and a notable popularizer of science.
Edwin Emery Slosson was born in Albany, Kansas, the son of William Butler Slosson and his wife, the former Achsah Louise Lilly. His parents were pioneers who had moved from New York State to Kansas in 1857. William Slosson ran the first general store in Albany. A supporter of free state status for Kansas, he helped to organize a branch of the Underground Railroad and ran a "station" where escaping slaves were sheltered.
Edwin Slosson attended Leavenworth High School for three years and travelled in Europe before entering the University of Kansas. He majored in chemistry and was a member of both Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa. After obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in 1890, he remained at the University of Kansas as a graduate student, studying chemistry, physics, geology and psychology. He was awarded a Master of Science degree in 1892. Slosson was offered a fellowship in psychology at Clark University, but chose instead to accept a position as Assistant Professor of chemistry at the University of Wyoming because it paid well enough to allow him to marry. He married May Gorslin Preston at Centralia, Kansas on August 12, 1891. [mehr]
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Charles Sturt
Two Expeditions Into The Interior Of Southern Australia, Complete. Volume 1
- Historisches
- Englisch
- 73795 Wörter
- Ab 18 Jahren
- 2
Charles Sturt was born in Bengal,[1] British India, the eldest son (of thirteen children) of Thomas Lenox Napier Sturt, a judge under the British East India Company.[2] At the age of five, Charles was sent to relations in England to be educated,[2] and after attending a preparatory school he was sent to Harrow in 1810.[3]
In 1812, Charles went to read with a Mr. Preston near Cambridge,[3] but his father was not wealthy and had difficulty finding the money to send him to Cambridge University,[2] or to establish him in a profession.[3] An aunt made an appeal to the Prince Regent and, on 9 September 1813, Sturt was gazetted as an ensign with the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot in the British Army.[2]
Sturt saw action with the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War and against the Americans in Canada,[2] returning to Europe a few days after the Battle of Waterloo.[2] Sturt was gazetted lieutenant on 7 April 1823 and promoted captain on 15 December 1825. With a detachment from his regiment, Sturt escorted convicts aboard the Mariner to New South Wales, arriving in Sydney on 23 May 1827.[2] [mehr]
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Charles Sturt
Two Expeditions Into The Interior Of Southern Australia, Complete. Volume 2
- Historisches
- Englisch
- 75713 Wörter
- Ab 18 Jahren
- 2
Charles Sturt was born in Bengal,[1] British India, the eldest son (of thirteen children) of Thomas Lenox Napier Sturt, a judge under the British East India Company.[2] At the age of five, Charles was sent to relations in England to be educated,[2] and after attending a preparatory school he was sent to Harrow in 1810.[3]
In 1812, Charles went to read with a Mr. Preston near Cambridge,[3] but his father was not wealthy and had difficulty finding the money to send him to Cambridge University,[2] or to establish him in a profession.[3] An aunt made an appeal to the Prince Regent and, on 9 September 1813, Sturt was gazetted as an ensign with the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot in the British Army.[2]
Sturt saw action with the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War and against the Americans in Canada,[2] returning to Europe a few days after the Battle of Waterloo.[2] Sturt was gazetted lieutenant on 7 April 1823 and promoted captain on 15 December 1825. With a detachment from his regiment, Sturt escorted convicts aboard the Mariner to New South Wales, arriving in Sydney on 23 May 1827.[2] [mehr]
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ABBIE FARWELL BROWN
THE BOOK OF SAINTS AND FRIENDLY BEASTS
- Religion
- Englisch
- 40144 Wörter
- Ab 18 Jahren
- 2
- 1
Abbie Farwell Brown (August 21, 1871 – March 5, 1927)[1][2] was an American author.
Brown was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the first of two daughters of Benjamin F. Brown, a descendant of Isaac Allerton, and Clara Neal Brown, who contributed to The Youth's Companion. Her sister Ethel became an author and illustrator under the name Ann Underhill. Her family, for ten generations, had only resided in New England, and Brown herself spent her entire life in her family's Beacon Hill home.[2]
Brown was valedictorian of the Bowdoin School in 1886.[2][3] She then attended the Girls' Latin School, where she was friends with Josephine Preston Peabody. She was the driving force behind the newly created school newspaper, The Jabberwock, named by Brown after the poem by Lewis Carroll. They wrote to Carroll for permission to use the name and Carroll wrote back, wishing them "all success to the forthcoming magazine".[4][5] The school, now Boston Latin Academy, still publishes The Jabberwock. After graduating in 1891, she attended Radcliffe College, graduating in 1894.[1][2]
While at Girls' Latin School, she was contributing pieces to St. Nicholas Magazine, some illustrated by her sister. Starting in 1898, under the pen name Jean Neal she wrote articles for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. She also wrote a one-act comedy called Quits (1896) set at a women's college.[1][2]
The miracles of Saint Werburgh, including her resurrection of a goose, from the Chester Cathedral
Her first children's book, The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts (1900) was inspired by her first trip abroad, specifically by the carved choir stalls in Chester Cathedral depicting the life of Saint Werburgh. The book retells Christian stories of the animal encounters of various saints. Brown would write other collections retelling old tales for a contemporary child audience. Her In the Days of Giants (1902) featured stories from Norse mythology and remained a standard text in libraries for several generations. Tales of the Red Children (1909), co-written with James MacIntosh Bell, featured Canadian Indian folklore.[1][2]
Original stories by Brown include The Lonesomest Doll (1901), The Flower Princess (1904), John of the Woods (1909), and The Lucky Stone (1914). She wrote several volumes of children's poetry, including A Pocketful of Posies (1901) and Fresh Posies (1908). Her books of adult poetry, including Heart of New England (1920) and The Silver Stair (1926), were less successful.[1][2]
Brown wrote song lyrics for the Progressive Music Series by Silver, Burdett and Co. She and composer Mabel Wheeler Daniels wrote the song "On the Trail", which became the official song of the Girl Scouts of the USA. Daniels set Brown's war poem "Peace with a Sword" to music and it was performed by the Handel and Haydn Society in 1917. Brown's only juvenile biography was of a composer, The Boyhood of Edward MacDowell (1924).[2]
Brown was active in New England literary life. She edited the 20-volume Youn [mehr]
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