Raúl Roa
Raúl Roa , 1908-, Cuban minister of foreign affairs (1959-73). A lawyer, he was also a university professor in the 1940s and 1950s. He wrote prolifically as well. Appointed foreign minister by Fidel Castro, Roa gained international prominence with his blunt diplomacy. In the 1970s he worked to restore good relations with other Latin American countries, and in 1973 he signed an antihijacking agreement with the United States.
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Simple country pleasures.
Magazine article from: Country Living; 11/1/2005; ; 301 words
; Best of all is to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song. --KONRAD VON GESNER
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/13/1994; 636 words
; ...biographer, 1815; Ernst Werner von Siemens, inventor, 1816; Edwin...Noel Paton, painter, 1821; Franz von Lenbach, painter, 1836; Lucien...Tartaglia, mathematician, 1557; Konrad von Gesner, physician and naturalist, 1565...
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The fox in world literature: reflections on a "fictional animal".
Magazine article from: Asian Folklore Studies; 10/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...modern times like those of Conrad Gesner, Ulisse Aldrovandi, and others...the Great, Vincent de Beauvais, Konrad von Megenberg, and Odo of Cheriton) and of the early modern times (Conrad Gesner and Ulisse Aldrovandi, as mentioned...
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These houseplants will bloom even in the winter
Newspaper article from: Concord Monitor; 1/9/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...gesneriads. The Gesneriaceae family, named for Swiss botanist Konrad Gesner, includes more than 2,500 species of plants native...century colonial official and amateur botanist Baron Walter von Saint Paul. While stationed in the east African country...
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Konrad von Gesner
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Konrad von Gesner The Swiss naturalist Konrad von Gesner (1516-1565) wrote "Historia animalium," which is considered the basis of modern zoology. Konrad von Gesner was born on March 26, 1516, in Zurich. The man who...
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Gesner, Konrad von (1516-1565)
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Gesner, Konrad von (1516-1565) German physician, zoologist, and naturalist Konrad von Gesner, a dedicated physician by many accounts...organisms. Historians have recorded that Konrad von Gesner refused to leave his patients when...
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Gessner (Gesner), Johannes
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Gessner (Gesner), Johannes ( b . Zurich...x2019; s ancestors was Konrad Gesner, whose highly regarded...fellow Swiss, Albrecht von Haller, and the two became...his illustrious ancestor Konrad Gesner. He was also confused with...
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bibliography
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...in Print, and Books in Print. There have been efforts at universal bibilography: in 1545 at Zürich, Konrad von Gesner published his Bibliotheca universalis ; in 1895 the International Institute of Bibliography was established at Brussels...
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Markgraf (or Marcgraf), Georg
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...analogous to those of Konrad Gesner in Europe. Although Markgraf...x201C; Die Werke von Marcgrave und Piso ü...Brazilian botany is C. von Martius, “ Versuch...die Pflanzen in den Werken von Marcgrav und Piso ü...
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