WebCharles Austin Beard was born on November 27, 1874, in Knightstown, Indiana, in the Corn Belt.His father, William Henry Harrison Beard, was a farmer, contractor, part-time banker, and real-estate speculator. In his youth, Charles worked on the family farm and attended a local Quaker school, Spiceland Academy. He was expelled from the school for unclear …

WebThe O. Henry Award is an annual American award given to short stories of exceptional merit. The award is named after the American short-story writer O. Henry.. The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories is an annual collection of the year's twenty best stories published in U.S. and Canadian magazines.. Until 2002 there were first, second, and third prize winners …

WebPopularity. This style of beard was popular in Europe in the 17th century. It died out in Britain with the Restoration, when French styles and wigs became popular.The Van Dyke beard style is named after the 17th-century Flemish painter Anthony Van Dyke. For some time after, however, some men, known as "vow-beards", continued to wear them, vowing …

WebHenry Danger is an American comedy television series created by Dan Schneider and Dana Olsen that aired on Nickelodeon from July 26, 2014 to March 21, 2020. ... In the post-credits, Drex has gotten back into civilized clothes and cut his beard and hair while in Nacho Bell's bathroom. He tells the two cavemen with him not to eat the toilet. Fran ...

WebHenry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918) was an American historian and a member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. Presidents.. As a young Harvard graduate, he served as secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, Abraham Lincoln's ambassador to the United Kingdom. The posting influenced the younger man …

WebSweyn Forkbeard (Old Norse: Sveinn Haraldsson tjúguskegg [ˈswɛinː ˈhɑrˌɑldsˌson ˈtjuːɣoˌskeɡː]; Danish: Svend Tveskæg; 17 April 963 – 3 February 1014) was King of Denmark from 986 to 1014, also at times King of the English and King of Norway.He was the father of King Harald II of Denmark, King Cnut the Great, and Queen Estrid Svendsdatter.

WebJohannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (/ ˈ ɡ uː t ən b ɜːr ɡ /; c. 1400 – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor, printer, publisher, and goldsmith who introduced printing to Europe with his mechanical movable-type printing press.His work started the Printing Revolution in Europe and is regarded as a milestone of the second millennium, ushering …

WebWilliam Ernest Henley (23 August 1849 – 11 July 1903) was an English poet, writer, critic and editor. Though he wrote several books of poetry, Henley is remembered most often for his 1875 poem "Invictus".A fixture in London literary circles, the one-legged Henley might have been the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's character Long John Silver …

WebThe Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial built to honor the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.It is on the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., across from the Washington Monument, and is in the form of a neoclassical temple. The memorial's architect was Henry Bacon.The designer of the memorial interior's large …

WebHenry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline.He was the first American to completely translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the fireside poets from New England.. Longfellow was born in …