WebGeorge Mason (December 11, 1725 [O.S. November 30, 1725] – October 7, 1792) was an American planter, politician, Founding Father, and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, one of the three delegates present who refused to sign the Constitution.His writings, including substantial portions of the Fairfax Resolves of 1774, …

WebEarth Abides is a 1949 American post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by George R. Stewart.The novel tells the story of the fall of civilization from deadly disease and the emergence of a new culture with simpler tools. Set in the 1940s in Berkeley, California, the story is told by Isherwood Williams, who emerges from isolation in the mountains to find …

WebGeorge Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, author, and social critic. Regarded as one of the most important and influential stand-up comedians of all time, he was dubbed "the dean of counterculture comedians". He was known for his black comedy and reflections on politics, the English …

WebThe George Cross (GC) is the highest award bestowed by the British government for non-operational gallantry or gallantry not in the presence of an enemy. In the British honours system, the George Cross, since its introduction in 1940, has been equal in stature to the Victoria Cross, the highest military gallantry award. It is awarded "for acts of the greatest …

WebGeorge Gershwin (/ ˈ ɡ ɜːr ʃ. w ɪ n /; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres.Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) …

WebBackground. Born in Toronto, Hees earned a playboy image during his youth (nicknamed Gorgeous George), but then became a stalwart member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.He was educated at the exclusive Crescent School in Toronto, Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario, the Royal Military College, student #1976 (where …

WebGeorge Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars.. Custer graduated from West Point in 1861 at the bottom of his class, but as the Civil War was just starting, trained officers were in immediate demand. He worked closely with …

WebGeorge Francis Rayner Ellis, FRS, Hon. FRSSAf (born 11 August 1939), is the emeritus distinguished professor of complex systems in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.He co-authored The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time with University of Cambridge physicist Stephen Hawking, …

Web1949: Ángela Ruiz Robles Desarrolla la primera propuesta de enciclopedia mecánica: "Procedimiento mecánico, eléctrico y a presión de aire para lectura de libros", precursora del libro electrónico. Patentada con fecha 7 de diciembre de 1949, según la patente núm. 190.698. En 1962 se realiza un prototipo de la enciclopedia mecánica, construido en el …

WebGeorge Formby, OBE (born George Hoy Booth; 26 May 1904 – 6 March 1961) was an English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s.On stage, screen and record he sang light, comical songs, usually playing the ukulele or banjolele, and became the United Kingdom's …