William James (* 11.Januar 1842 in New York; † 26. August 1910 in Chocorua, New Hampshire) war ein US-amerikanischer Psychologe und Philosoph.Von 1876 bis 1907 war er Professor für Psychologie und Philosophie an der Harvard University.James gilt sowohl als Begründer der Psychologie in den USA, als auch als einer der wichtigsten Vertreter des philosophischen …

William James Sidis (Nova Iorque, 1 de abril de 1898 — Boston, 17 de julho de 1944) foi uma criança prodígio norte-americana com habilidades matemáticas e linguísticas excepcionais. Tornou-se primeiramente famoso por sua precocidade ao ingressar na Universidade de Harvard aos 11 anos de idade, bem como pelo seu afastamento da vida pública e, após sua morte, …

1643 – First English Civil War: Roundhead forces under Sir William Waller led a successful surprise attack in Hampshire on a winter garrison of Cavalier infantry and cavalry.; 1769 – Dartmouth College was established by royal charter in present-day Hanover, New Hampshire.; 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese forces, capturing the Chinese city of Nanjing, …

William James Sidis (/ ˈ s aɪ d ɪ s /; April 1, 1898 – July 17, 1944) was an American child prodigy with exceptional mathematical and linguistic skills. He is notable for his 1920 book The Animate and the Inanimate, in which he speculates about the origin of life in the context of thermodynamics.. Sidis was raised in a particular manner by his father, psychiatrist Boris Sidis, …

William James Mayo (June 29, 1861 – July 28, 1939) was a physician and surgeon in the United States and one of the seven founders of the Mayo Clinic. He and his brother, Charles Horace Mayo, both joined their father's private medical practice in Rochester, Minnesota, US, after graduating from medical school in the 1880s. In 1919, that ...

William James Reddin also known as Bill Reddin (May 10, 1930 – June 20, 1999) was a British-born management behavioralist, theorist, writer, and consultant.His published works examined and explained how managers in profit and non-profit organizations behaved under certain situations and conditions. The focus of his work was to understand to what extent managers …

William James Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, KP, PC, PC (Ire) (31 May 1847 – 7 June 1924) was a leading British shipbuilder and businessman. He was chairman of Harland and Wolff, shipbuilders, between 1895 and 1924, and also served as Lord Mayor of Belfast between 1896 and 1898. He was ennobled as Baron Pirrie in 1906, appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick in 1908 …

William James Sidis nel 1914. William James Sidis (New York, 1º aprile 1898 – Boston, 17 luglio 1944) fu un bambino prodigio con straordinarie doti matematiche e linguistiche. Persona col più alto QI mai misurato nella storia (di ben 254 punti, con deviazione standard 24), fu dapprima famoso per la sua precocità, mentre in seguito venne criticato per la sua eccentricità e …

William George Morgan (January 23, 1870 – December 27, 1942) was the inventor of volleyball, originally called "Mintonette", a name derived from the game of badminton which he later agreed to change to better reflect the nature of the sport. He was born in Lockport, New York, U.S.. He met James Naismith, inventor of basketball, while Morgan was studying at Springfield College …

Life. In 1685, with the death of his Protestant cousin, the Elector Palatine Charles II, Philip William inherited the Electorate of the Palatinate, which thus switched from a Protestant to a Catholic territory.Charles II's sister, now the Duchess of Orléans and Louis XIV's sister-in-law, also claimed the Palatinate. This was the pretext for the French invasion in 1688, which began the Nine ...