Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875) was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet.He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working men's college, and forming labour cooperatives, which failed, but encouraged later working reforms.He was a friend and correspondent of …

Charles Horton Cooley (August 17, 1864 – May 7, 1929) was an American sociologist and the son of Michigan Supreme Court Judge Thomas M. Cooley.He studied and went on to teach economics and sociology at the University of Michigan, was a founding member of the American Sociological Association in 1905 and became its eighth president in 1918. He is perhaps best …

Robert Charles Zaehner (1913–1974) was a British academic whose field of study was Eastern religions.He understood the original language of many sacred texts, e.g., Hindu (Sanskrit), Buddhist (Pali), Islamic (Arabic). Earlier, starting in World War II, he had served as an intelligence officer in Iran.At Oxford University his first writings had been on the Zoroastrian religion and its …

Charles Robert Darwin (wym. [ˈ tʃ ɑ ː l z ˈ d ɑ ː w ɪ n]), Karol Darwin (ur.12 lutego 1809 w Shrewsbury, zm. 19 kwietnia 1882 w Downe) – brytyjski przyrodnik i geolog, twórca teorii ewolucji, zgodnie z którą wszystkie gatunki pochodzą od wcześniejszych form, autor publikacji, w których przedstawił argumenty na poparcie swej tezy.Darwin uważał, że rozgałęziony schemat ...

Charles-François Gounod (/ ɡ uː ˈ n oʊ /; French: [ʃaʁl fʁɑ̃swa ɡuno]; 17 June 1818 – 18 October 1893), usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer.He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been Faust (1859); his Roméo et Juliette (1867) also remains in the international repertory. He composed a large amount of church music, many songs, and …

The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children's novel by Charles Kingsley.Written in 1862–63 as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863.It was written as part satire in support of Charles Darwin's On The Origin of Species.The book was extremely popular in the United Kingdom and was a mainstay of British children's literature for …

Charles Sherman Ruggles (February 8, 1886 – December 23, 1970) was an American comic character actor. In a career spanning six decades, Ruggles appeared in close to 100 feature films, often in mild-mannered and comic roles. He was also the elder brother of director, producer, and silent film actor Wesley Ruggles (1889–1972).

Charles Partridge Adams (1858–1942), American landscape artist; Charles James Adams (1859–1931), English landscape artist; Charles Kingsley Adams (1899–1971), British civil servant; National Portrait Gallery director; Charles R. Adams (1834–1900), American opera singer; Charles Adams (1869–1937), pseudonym for Charles A. Prince ...

Sir Kingsley William Amis CBE (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher.He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, short stories, radio and television scripts, and works of social and literary criticism.He is best known for satirical comedies such as Lucky Jim (1954), One Fat Englishman (1963), Ending Up (1974), Jake's …

John is a common English name and surname: . John (given name) John (surname) John may also refer to: . New Testament Works. Johannine literature. Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John; Johannine epistles. First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John; Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John; Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John; Book of …