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Rebecca Richardson Joslin
Rebecca Richardson Joslin (March 20, 1846 – August 30, 1934) was an American writer, lecturer, Benefactor (law), benefactor, and clubwoman. Joslin's education and affiliations were centered in Boston, Massachusetts. She published one book and many essays, lectured on a wide range of topics, and traveled in the U.S. and abroad. Her will provided for several charitable bequests. Early life and education Rebecca Richardson Joslin was born in Boston, March 20, 1846. She was the daughter of Gilman and Mary A. (Cline) Joslin. Rebecca had two siblings, William Burt Joslin (1842–1918) and Gilman Joslin Jr. (1850–1872). Of old Thirteen Colonies, Colonial ancestry, she was a descendant of Thomas Joslin (Josselyn) who settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1635; of Thomas Richardson, Charlestown, Boston, Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1635; also of Captain John Joslin Jr., after whom a chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) is named. She was educated in Boston pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
