Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar, and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge.He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751.. Gray was a self-critical writer who published only 13 poems in his lifetime, despite being very popular. He was even offered the position of Poet …

Cuando William Thoms publicó por primera vez su llamamiento para documentar la tradición oral de las poblaciones rurales, se creía que estos elementos folclóricos se extinguirían a medida que la población se alfabetizara. En los últimos dos siglos, esta creencia ha demostrado ser errónea; los folcloristas siguen recopilando información ...

Die Folklore (von englisch folk „Volk“, und lore „Überlieferung“ oder „Wissen“) ist der sichtbare Ausdruck des immateriellen kulturellen Erbes einer ethnischen oder religiösen Gemeinschaft. Sie umfasst althergebrachte Traditionen des Volkes (z. B. Materialkultur, Kulte, Riten, Bräuche, Sitten, Musik, Volkskunst, Literatur) und beruht auf generationsübergreifender Überlieferung ...

Sir William Hewett (also Huett, Hewet; c. 1505 – 1567) was a prominent merchant of Tudor London, a founding member and later Master of the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers of London as incorporated in 1528, and the first of that Company to be Lord Mayor of London, which he became in the first year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.His career arched across the first …

The SDP40F was a full-width cowl unit.It was based on the EMD FP45 passenger locomotive and EMD SD40-2 freight locomotive. The locomotive had a gear ratio of 57:20. Maximum speed at full horsepower was 94 mph (151.3 km/h); the locomotive exceeded 100 miles per hour (160.9 km/h) in tests. The SDP40F was fitted with a Leslie Controls SL4T (S4T). There were doubts at the …

Bob and Margaret is an adult animated television series created by David Fine and Alison Snowden and produced by Nelvana. The series was based on the Academy Award-winning short film Bob's Birthday, featuring the same main characters, which won the Best Animated Short Film Oscar in 1994. In Canada, it was the highest-rated Canadian-made animated series ever when …

Sa wikang Ingles, tinatawag ang kuwentong-bayan bilang folklore na isang tambalan ng mga salitang folk at lore, na nilikha noong 1846 ng Ingles na si William Thoms, na inimbento ang katawagn bilang kapalit para sa kontemporaryong terminolohiyang "popular antiquities" (kilalang mga antiguwedad) o "popular literature" (kilalang panitikan).

As a literary device or artistic form, an allegory is a narrative or visual representation in which a character, place, or event can be interpreted to represent a hidden meaning with moral or political significance. Authors have used allegory throughout history in all forms of art to illustrate or convey complex ideas and concepts in ways that are comprehensible or striking to its viewers ...

Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 (April 2, 1743, Old Style, Julian calendar), at the family's Shadwell Plantation in the British Colony of Virginia, the third of ten children. He was of English, and possibly Welsh, descent and was born a British subject. His father Peter Jefferson was a planter and surveyor who died when Jefferson was fourteen; his mother was Jane …

Wonderfalls is an American comedy-drama television series created by Todd Holland and Bryan Fuller that was broadcast on the Fox television network in 2004.. The show centers on Jaye Tyler (Caroline Dhavernas), a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop.Jaye is the reluctant participant in …