Abraham Blauvelt was a Dutch privateer, pirate and explorer of Central America in the 1630s, after whom both the Bluefield River and the neighboring town of Bluefields, Nicaragua were named. One of the last of the Dutch corsairs of the mid-17th century, Abraham Blauvelt was first recorded ex...
One of the famous musicians named Neil, he was a member of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young before launching his solo career. “Heart of Gold,”“Rockin' in the Free World,” and “Southern Man” are among his most popular songs. Another of the famous people with...
John the Divine in New York City, and a head of Abraham Lincoln that is now displayed in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington D.C. Although Borglum worked for 14 years on Mount Rushmore, he died before it was completed. The work was finished by his son, Lincoln, seven months later. Lou ...
But when we specifically talk of American men, people are not so positive! How many times have we seen American men being portrayed as fat, dull and unintelligent by the media? Of course it is not at all true! Had American men really been so lazy and stupid, their country would not ...
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. Genesis 48:16 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the...
named after the Greek God of Dreams, and it is precisely that which draws Neo toward him. To Neo, Morpheus is a symbol of intuition and faith in an unseen world. Morpheus’ idealistic ENFJ nature is what wins people’s trust, offering characters throughout the film a certain sense of ...
Abraham wrote at the time: “I am now the most miserable man living. Whether I shall ever be better I can not tell; I awfully forbode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible; I must die or be better, it appears to me.” They remained friends throughout life. Abraham penned...
Frederick Douglass was likely the most photographed American of the 19th century—there are 168 known photographs of him, compared with around 130 of Abraham Lincoln. This was no coincidence: Douglass had noticed the way white cartoonists tended to “distort and exaggerate” black features, and he...
You have probably seen the photo of Abraham Lincoln taken by this famous film photographer during the Civil War. No need to struggle; just look at the $5 bill. Though Mathew Brady is known as the “father of photojournalism,” his destiny, both personal and artistic, was tragic. Historians...
In 2022, Time Magazine named Seyfried as one of the world's most influential people. 38. Thomas Aquinas Many philosophers consider Thomas Aquinas to be the greatest Scholastic philosopher because he wrote a comprehensive synthesis of Aristotelian philosophy and Christian theology that hugely influenced ...