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Edward Hodges Baily
Edward Hodges Baily 1788-1867, English sculptor. He studied under Flaxman. One of his best works is the statue of Admiral Nelson in Trafalgar Square, London. Other works include decorations for Buckingham Palace; numerous portrait busts and statues; and Eve at the Fountain, Psyche, and Helen and... Read more
Plum
Plum borough (1990 pop. 25,609), Allegheny co., SW Pa. on the Allegheny River, in a bituminous coal area; founded 1788, inc. 1956. It is a residential suburb of Pittsburgh. Apples and nursery stock are grown and there is dairying. ... Read more
Yosai
Yosai (Kikuchi Yosai) , 1788-1878, Japanese painter, known for his depiction of historical subject matter. Although he was well trained in the Chinese and Western painting styles, he advocated a revival of the medieval style of Japanese painting. ... Read more
Samuel Bamford
Samuel Bamford 1788-1872, English weaver, poet, and social reformer. Always sympathetic toward the working class, he was jailed in 1819 for his part in the Peterloo massacre. His dialect verses were popular among the Lancashire workers. Besides his poetry, Bamford is noted for Passages in the Life... Read more
Edward Law Ellenborough, 1st Baron
Edward Law Ellenborough, 1st Baron 1750-1818, British jurist and statesman. He achieved fame through his successful defense of Warren Hastings in the impeachment trial (1788-95), but his principal influence on England lay in his lifelong conservatism. As attorney general (1801) and lord chief jus... Read more
Augustin Jean Fresnel
Augustin Jean Fresnel 1788-1827, French physicist and engineer. He is known for his research on light, especially on conditions governing interference phenomena in polarized light and on double refraction. His work supported the wave theory of light and the concept of transverse vibrations in light... Read more
Arthur Young
Arthur Young 1741-1820, English agriculturist. His writings hastened the progress of scientific farming. He traveled widely, always observing techniques of farming. In 1784, Young founded the periodical Annals of Agriculture and edited it through 1808. Among his other works are three accounts of ... Read more
William Warburton
William Warburton 1698-1779, English bishop and author. Ordained in 1727 and serving successively in several rectories, he became chaplain to Frederick Louis, prince of Wales, in 1738, preacher to Lincoln's Inn in 1746, and chaplain to George II in 1754. He was made prebendary of Durham in 1755, de... Read more
Richard Harris Barham
Richard Harris Barham , pseud. Thomas Ingoldsby , 1788-1845, English humorist, grad. Oxford. Ordained a minister in 1813, he became a minor canon of the Chapel Royal in 1824. In 1837 he began in Bentley's Miscellany, under his pseudonym, a series of parodies of country superstitions, medieval l... Read more
Jacques Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
Jacques Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre , 1737-1814, French naturalist and author. He was a friend of Rousseau, by whom he was strongly influenced. His chief work, Études de la nature (1784), sought to prove the existence of God from the wonders of nature; it is rich in descriptive passages... Read more

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Reichenbach, Baron Karl von (1788-1869)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Reichenbach, Baron Karl von (1788-1869) Nineteenth-century German chemist, expert on meteorites...concepts of the human aura. Reichenbach was born on February 12, 1788, at W ü rttemberg and died at Leipzig on January 22, 1869...
Charles III (Spain) (1716–1788; Ruled 1759–1788)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World CHARLES III (SPAIN) (1716 – 1788; ruled 1759 – 1788) CHARLES III (SPAIN) (1716 – 1788; ruled 1759 – 1788), king of Spain. Born in Madrid on 20 January 1716...
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727–1788)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World GAINSBOROUGH, THOMAS (1727 – 1788) GAINSBOROUGH, THOMAS (1727 – 1788), English painter. Rivaling Sir Joshua Reynolds...When Alderman Boydell purchased this work in 1788 for 75 guineas, Gainsborough wrote with satisfaction...
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc (1707–1788)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC (1707 – 1788) BUFFON, GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC (1707 – 1788), natural historian. Born to an aristocratic...particuli è re (1749 – 1788, 1789), along with a shorter introductory...
Sir John Soane
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...small houses in Norfolk and Suffolk. In 1788 he was selected as surveyor to the Bank...the rebuilding of the Bank of England (1788-1830), in which he gave the fullest...works are Shotesham, Norfolk (1785-1788), Chillington, Staffordshire (1786...
Johann Georg Hamann
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...philosopher Johann Georg Hamann (1730-1788) was known as the "Magus of the North...four children. Hamann died on June 21, 1788, while visiting a group of his admirers...Ronald G. Smith, J. G. Hamann, 1730-1788:A Study in Christian Existence—...
Bourbon Dynasty (Spain)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...Charles, king of Naples (1716 – 1788; reigned in Naples, 1734 – 1759 and in Spain, 1759 – 1788), who ceded his Neapolitan throne to...1746 – 1819; king of Spain, 1788 – 1808), who married Maria...
Federalist Papers
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Federalist Papers (1787–1788).The Federalist Papers are the most...but with the announcement in January 1788 that the essays would appear as a book...two volumes published in March and May 1788. Hamilton wrote about fifty of the essays...
Australians
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...When England first settled Australia in 1788, however, and made it a penal colony...country was first settled by England in 1788, most Australians are of English origin...celebrated on January 26. This was the day in 1788 when the English soldiers raised their...
Rowson, Susanna (Haswell)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...of Honour (1789); The Inquisitor; or, Invisible Rambler (1788), modeled on Sterne's Sentimental Journey; Poems on Various Subjects (1788); and A Trip to Parnassus (1788), versified criticism on the theater. She first won fame with...

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The Call for Amendments (1787–1788)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...CALL FOR AMENDMENTS (1787 – 1788) Article 7 of the Constitution states...the Constitution, which was ratified in 1788, became the law of the land in 1789...Melcanton Smith (?), January 20, 1788 Federalist Papers, No. 84, Alexander...
Constitution of the United States (1787–1788)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES (1787 – 1788) Delegates sent to Philadelphia from the thirteen states to discuss changes to the existing Confederation government formed the...
L’héritier De Brutelle, Charles Louis
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Londinimum … , 4 fascs. (Paris, 1788 [published 1789-1792]; 2nd ed., 1788 [published ca, 1805]; facs. repr, of 1st...icones specierum Corni minus cognitarum (Paris, 1788 [published 1789]); “ On the Genus...
Miami Purchase
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...about eight months after Marietta (April 1788). The Miami purchase represented an important...contract with the Treasury Board on 15 October 1788 granted Symmes and his associates 1 million...Symmes started for his new colony in July 1788 and made a temporary stop at Limestone...
Gaertner, Joseph
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...De fructibus et seminibus plantarum (1788 – 1792), which describes the...issued in five parts, the first late in 1788 (cf. Frans Stafleu, “ Dates of Botanical Publications, 1788 – 1792 ” [1963...
Cervantes, Vicente
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...the botanical garden in Mexico City in 1788 and in that year became professor of botany...Gazeta de M é xico published in 1788 the first Ejercicios p ú blicos...in the Gazeta de literatura (Mexico, 1788 – 1792), where Cervantes and...
Pfaff, Johann Friedrich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...around Friedrich Nicolai. In the spring of 1788 he traveled to Vienna by way of Halle...einer neuen Summations-methode... (1788) he uncritically employed divergent series...theoria functionum deducitur ” (1788) — as well as in 1795, Pfaff...
Cherubini, Luigi
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...producing 2 operas there. Settled in Paris 1788 where his new, Gluck-inspired operatic style...London 1786), Ifigenia in Aulide (Turin 1788), Démophoön (Paris 1788), Lodoïska (Paris 1791), M...
Marietta
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Ordinance of 1787, was settled on 7 April 1788, when forty-eight men under the leadership...at first named Adelphia, but on 2 July 1788, in honor of Queen Marie Antoinette of...governor of the territory, arrived on 9 July 1788. BIBLIOGRAPHY Reginald Horsman. The Frontier...
Brinkley, John
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...and first Smith ’ s Prizeman in 1788. During his senior year he was assistant...Greenwich and was fellow of his college from 1788 to 1792. Upon Maskelyne ’ s...observations at Greenwich (1787 – 1788) are distributed through Maskelyne...

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Vegetation carbon stock has doubled since 1788.(Research)
Magazine article from: Ecos; 8/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Phillip stepped ashore at Sydney Cove in 1788 to initiate European settlement in Australia...Australian vegetation had changed since 1788 and have been exploring this using recent...living vegetation across Australia in both 1788 and 1988,' says Berry. 'We have estimated...
The extended American social, economic, and political threat index (1788-1992).
Magazine article from: The Journal of Psychology; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...threat estimates for the years between 1788 and 1919 and to obtain values for the recent...SEPT index that spans all the years from 1788 to 1992. The new threat weights are comparable...circumstances, there have been years since 1788 which generally can be viewed as very threatening...
1788 AND FRIENDS: HUMOUR AND HISTORY.
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Braddon wrote a humorous essay called "1788 and All That" in his book Australia Fair...when he turned his hand to humour in "1788 and All That". It is not funny, although...century travel, didn't arrive until 1788. Something else that didn't survive...
Building codes from 1788 show how people can work together
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 6/12/2008; ; 668 words ; ...N.C." That's "old," as in June 1788 -- 220 years ago. The American Revolution...building codes on themselves. Consider the 1788 code and its 11 pages of rules. The first...several books," he said. For example, the 1788 code demanded houses be built back from...
The Australian Frontier Wars, 1788-1838.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Australian Aboriginal Studies; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words ; The Australian Frontier Wars, 1788-1838 John Connor University of New South...Aborigines of the Sydney District Before 1788, and Martin's On Durag Land, to show...Aborigines of the Sydney district before 1788, Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, NSW. Martin...
Ormiston Mansion to open 'Australia 1788-1988' exhibit May 5. (Ormiston Mansion, Fairmont Park, Pennsylvania)
PR Newswire; 4/27/1988; 697 words ; ORMISTON MANSION TO OPEN 'AUSTRALIA 1788-1988' EXHIBIT MAY 5 PHILADELPHIA, April...Society's summer exhibit, "Australia 1788-1988," on Thursday, May 5, at Ormiston...Philip Minter, chairman of "Australia 1788-1988," 215-337-1011, or Maureen...
Environmental Change in Australia Since 1788
Magazine article from: Environmental History; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Environmental Change in Australia Since 1788. id ed. By Ann Young. Melbourne, Australia...Environmental Change in Australia Since 1788 (second edition) with the knowledge that...Australian environment have changed since 1788 will be disappointed. For Young the changes...
James Hugh Donohoe. The British Army in Australia, 1788-1870, Index of personnel, 1996.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Sabretache; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Donohoe. The British Army in Australia, 1788-1870, Index of personnel, 1996 ISBN...British soldier served in Australia between 1788 and 1870 then his name is most likely to...work titled The Paracensus of Australia 1788-1828 which is an alphabetical index of...
A tale of tension and neglect: state archives in New South Wales 1788-1960.
Magazine article from: The Australian Library Journal; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...administration of archives in New South Wales from 1788 to 1960, showing how little attention...NSW from the foundation of the Colony in 1788, until at least the establishment of the...almost from the founding of the Colony in 1788 until well into the 20th century. To a...
Security Council Renews Mandate Of Force Monitoring Ceasefire Between Israel, Syria Until 30 June 2008, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1788 (2007).
M2 Presswire; 12/14/2007; 700+ words ; ...2008, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1788 (2007)(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...2008. Unanimously adopting resolution 1788 (2007), the Council called on the parties...Resolution The full text of resolution 1788 (2007) reads as follows: "The Security...