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Zénaïde Alexeïevna Ragozin
Zénaïde Alexeïevna Ragozin (1834 - 1924) was a Russian-American author. Biography She was educated in Russia. She had no regular education, but studied by herself. After traveling widely for several years in Europe, in 1874 she emigrated to the United States. She was a member of the American Oriental Society, of the Société Ethnologique and Athénée Oriental, of Paris, and the Victoria Institute, London. Works In the Story of the Nations series: * ''The Story of Chaldea'' (1886) * ''The Story of Assyria'' (1887) * ''The Story of Media, Babylon, and Persia'' (1888) * ''The Story of Vedic India'' (1895) She did five volumes of biography for the "Tales of the Heroic Ages" series. Among them were: * ''Siegfried, the Hero of the Netherlands'' (1898) * ''Roland, the Paladin of France'' (1899) * ''Salammbo, the Maid of Carthage'' (1899) She wrote ''A'' ''History of the World, Earliest Peoples,'' and ''A History of the World, Early Egypt'' and translated from the French Anato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Oriental Society
The American Oriental Society was chartered under the laws of Massachusetts on September 7, 1842. It is one of the oldest learned societies in America, and is the oldest devoted to a particular field of scholarship. The Society encourages basic research in the languages and literatures of the Near East and Asia and covers subjects such as philology, literary criticism, textual criticism, paleography, epigraphy, linguistics, biography, archaeology, and the history of the intellectual and imaginative aspects of Eastern civilizations, especially of philosophy, religion, folklore and art. It is closely associated with Yale University, which is the site of its library. The society publishes a journal quarterly, the '' Journal of the American Oriental Society'', the most important American serial publication in the historical languages of Asia. Former presidents include Theodore Dwight Woolsey, James Hadley, William Dwight Whitney, Daniel C. Gilman, William H. Ward, Crawford H. Toy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Société Ethnologique De Paris
The Société Ethnologique de Paris was a French learned society set up by William Frédéric Edwards in 1839.Scholarly Societies Project, ''Data for Societies founded 1810 to 1839'' At the time, was a neologism (''ethnologie'' in French), and the Société was the first association of scholars and travellers to have as its central concern . It is considered a significant institution in the rise of the social sciences, though there had been earlier societies in the area in the first decades of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Institute
The Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, was founded in 1865, as a response to the publication of ''On the Origin of Species'' and ''Essays and Reviews''. Its stated objective was to defend "the great truths revealed in Holy Scripture ... against the opposition of Science falsely so called." Although it was not officially opposed to evolution, it attracted a number of scientists sceptical of Darwinism, including John William Dawson and Arnold Guyot.Numbers(2006) p162 Early years The Victoria Institute was established in 1865 by a group of London evangelicals, with the Earl of Shaftesbury as its first president. Its first honorary secretary, James Reddie, was a staunch critic of Darwinism, which he described as "''inharmonious''" and "utterly ''incredible''", and Philip Henry Gosse, author of '' Omphalos'', was a vice-president. However, evolution was a relatively minor concern, with much attention being paid to the threat of Biblical criticism. Heyda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Story Of The Nations Series
''The Story of the Nations Library'' was a historical book series started by the British publisher Thomas Fisher Unwin in 1885. The series was published in the USA by G. P. Putnam, though not in identical form. See also *Heroes of the Nations series The ''Heroes of the Nations'' series was a collection of biographies of famous people who influenced nations and changed the course of history. The series was published in New York and London from 1890 by G. P. Putnam's Sons. The founding editor was ... Notes {{reflist Series of history books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu
Henri Jean Baptiste Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu (February 12, 1842 – June 16, 1912) was a French publicist and historian born at Lisieux, Calvados. He specialized in writing about the history of Russia. Biography In 1866 he published ''Une troupe de comédiens'', and afterwards ''Essai sur la restoration de nos monuments historiques devant l'art et devant le budget'', which deals particularly with the restoration of the cathedral of Évreux. He visited Russia in order to collect documents on the political and economic organization of the Slavic nations, and on his return published in the ''Revue des deux mondes'' (1882–1889) a series of articles, which appeared shortly afterwards in book form under the title ''L'Empire des tsars et les Russes'' (4th ed., revised in 3 vols., 1897–1898). The work entitled , published in 1879, was an analysis and criticism of the politics of the Second French Empire. ''Un homme d'état russe'' (1884) gave the history of the emancipation of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1835 Births
Events January–March * January 7 – anchors off the Chonos Archipelago on her second voyage, with Charles Darwin on board as naturalist. * January 8 – The United States public debt contracts to zero, for the only time in history. * January 24 – Malê Revolt: African slaves of Yoruba Muslim origin revolt in Salvador, Bahia. * January 26 – Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Auguste de Beauharnais, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg, in Lisbon; he dies only two months later. * January 26 – Saint Paul's in Macau largely destroyed by fire after a typhoon hits. * January 30 – An assassination is attempted against United States President Andrew Jackson in the United States Capitol (the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States). * February 1 – Slavery is abolished in Mauritius. * February 20 – 1835 Concepción earthquake: Concepción, Chile, is destroyed by an earthquake; the resulting tsunami destroys the neighboring city of Talcahua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 Deaths
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Emigrants From The Russian Empire To The United States
Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere (to permanently leave a country). Conversely, immigration describes the movement of people into one country from another (to permanently move to a country). A migrant ''emigrates'' from their old country, and ''immigrates'' to their new country. Thus, both emigration and immigration describe migration, but from different countries' perspectives. Demographers examine push and pull factors for people to be pushed out of one place and attracted to another. There can be a desire to escape negative circumstances such as shortages of land or jobs, or unfair treatment. People can be pulled to the opportunities available elsewhere. Fleeing from oppressive conditions, being a refugee and seeking asylum to get refugee status in a foreign country, may lead to permanent emigration. Forced displacement refers to groups that are forced to abandon their native country, such as by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Non-fiction Writers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Women Non-fiction Writers
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19th-century Writers From The Russian Empire
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