WebRichard Dix (born Ernst Carlton Brimmer; July 18, 1893 – September 20, 1949) was an American motion picture actor who achieved popularity in both silent and sound film. His standard on-screen image was that of the rugged and stalwart hero. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his lead role in the Best Picture-winning epic …

WebIn 1970 Serra received a Guggenheim Fellowship and traveled to Japan.His first outdoor sculptures, To Encircle Base Plate (Hexagram) (1970) and Sugi Tree (1970), were both installed in Ueno Park as part of the "Tokyo Biennale." While in Japan, Serra spent most of his time studying the Zen gardens and temples of the Myoshin-ji in Kyoto.The layout of …

WebRichard Buckminster Fuller (/ ˈ f ʊ l ər /; July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist.He styled his name as R. Buckminster Fuller in his writings, publishing more than 30 books and coining or popularizing such terms as "Spaceship Earth", "Dymaxion" (e.g., Dymaxion house, …

WebRichard Blumenthal (/ ˈ b l uː m ə n θ ɔː l /; born February 13, 1946) is an American lawyer and politician who is the senior United States senator from Connecticut, a seat he has held since 2011.A member of the Democratic Party, he is one of the wealthiest members of the Senate, with a net worth over $100 million. He was Attorney General of Connecticut from …

WebPremio Nobel per la fisica 1965. Richard Phillips Feynman (IPA: [ˈfaɪnmən]) (New York, 11 maggio 1918 – Los Angeles, 15 febbraio 1988) è stato un fisico e divulgatore scientifico statunitense, Premio Nobel per la fisica nel 1965 per l'elaborazione dell'elettrodinamica quantistica.. Firma di Feynman. È conosciuto per il suo lavoro nella formulazione …

WebErnst Kaltenbrunner (4 October 1903 – 16 October 1946) was a high-ranking Austrian SS official during the Nazi era and a major perpetrator of the Holocaust.After the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942, and a brief period under Heinrich Himmler, Kaltenbrunner was the third Chief of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), which included the offices of …

WebThe Life and Death of King Richard the Second, commonly called Richard II, is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written around 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England (ruled 1377–1399) and chronicles his downfall and the machinations of his nobles. It is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by some scholars …

WebRichard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and Elle specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and dance. An obituary published in The New York Times said that "his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image …

WebErnst Walter Mayr (/ ˈ m aɪər /; 5 July 1904 – 3 February 2005) was one of the 20th century's leading evolutionary biologists.He was also a renowned taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, philosopher of biology, and historian of science. His work contributed to the conceptual revolution that led to the modern evolutionary synthesis of Mendelian …

WebErnst Heinrich Barlach (2 January 1870 – 24 October 1938) was a German expressionist sculptor, medallist, printmaker and writer. Although he was a supporter of the war in the years leading to World War I, his participation in the war made him change his position, and he is mostly known for his sculptures protesting against the war.This created many …