Taste+for+curiosities
11Barnum, P.T. — ▪ American showman in full Phineas Taylor Barnum born July 5, 1810, Bethel, Connecticut, U.S. died April 7, 1891, Bridgeport, Connecticut American showman who employed sensational forms of presentation and publicity to popularize such… …
12Samuel Ireland — (May 21 1744 – July 1800), British author and engraver, is best remembered today as the chief victim of the Ireland Shakespearean forgeries created by his son, William Henry Ireland.Early lifeHe ate life as a weaver in aasdfafdssadfaffddddddas,… …
13Hymnody and Hymnology — • Hymnody means exactly hymn song , but as the hymn singer as well as the hymn poet are included under (hymnodos), so we also include under hymnody the hymnal verse or religious lyric. Hymnology is the science of hymnody or the historico… …
14Henry Hallam — LifeThe only son of John Hallam, canon of Windsor and dean of Bristol, he was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1799. Called to the bar, he practised for some years on the Oxford circuit; but his tastes were literary, and… …
15Denis McLoughlin — (April 15, 1918–April 22, 2002) was a well known British illustrator. After a career that touched eight decades, British illustrator Denis McLoughlin gained a degree of long overdue recognition in the late 1990s for his hard boiled detective… …
16Corned beef — Origin Alternative name(s) Salt beef, bully beef (if canned) Creator(s) Many cultures …
17Johann Nepomuk Mälzel — Metronom von Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, Paris 1815 Johann Nepomuk Mälzel (* 15. August 1772 in Regensburg; † 21. Juli 1838 im Hafen von La Guaira, Venezuela) war Erfinder und Mechaniker, sowie Konstrukteur mechanischer Musikinstrumente …
18Rubens, Peter Paul — born June 28, 1577, Siegen, Westphalia died May 30, 1640, Antwerp, Spanish Neth. Flemish painter and diplomat. After apprenticeships in Antwerp, he was admitted to its painters guild in 1598. He went to Italy in 1600 and until 1608 worked for the …
19Anglo-Norman literature — is literature composed in the Anglo Norman language developed during the period 1066–1204 when the Duchy of Normandy and England were united in the Anglo Norman realm. IntroductionThe Norman language came over to England with William the… …
20Tourism in Quebec — Tourism is the fifth largest industry in Quebec. In total, 29,000 companies are involved in the industry, generating 130,000 direct and 48,000 indirect jobs. [ [http://www.bonjourquebec.com/medias/quebecbref/index.php?langue=en Bonjour Québec… …
