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Caroline Sarah Wedgwood (née Darwin; 1800–1888) was an English botanist. She was a member of the Darwin–Wedgwood family and the elder sister of English naturalist Charles Darwin . In the 1850s she planted the Leith Hill Rhododendron Wood, which in 1944 was bequeathed to the National Trust by her grandson, composer Ralph Vaughan Williams .
The wedding-cake style in Stalinist architecture is characterized by tiered construction and towering buildings towards the center. It is also decorated with classical-style sculptures and sculptures of Soviet symbols. At Stalin's suggestion, a spire, which is made of metal and glass, was added. This Stalinist wedding-cake style is an attempt ...
The June wedding boasted a star-studded guest list including John Slattery, Billy Crudup, Paul Rudd, Tina Fey, Brooke Shields and Larry David, but Hamm said he and Osceola, 35, purposely kept the ...
Thomas Wedgwood IV. Thomas Wedgwood IV (1716, Burslem–23 February 1773, Burslem) was an English master potter who taught his illustrious youngest brother Josiah Wedgwood the trade. Wedgwood was the son of the potter Thomas Wedgwood III and his wife Mary Stringer. He married twice, first to Isabell Beech (1722–1750), who had five children ...
Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters 1792-1896 is a book in two volumes, edited by Henrietta Litchfield about her mother, Emma Darwin (née Wedgwood) and letters from their family. It was originally privately published in 1904 as Emma Darwin, Wife of Charles Darwin: A Century of Family Letters , but was publicly published under the shorter ...
John the Apostle [12] ( Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης; Latin: Ioannes [13] c. 6 AD – c. 100 AD; Ge'ez: ዮሐንስ;), also known as Saint John the Beloved and, in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Saint John the Theologian, [14] was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Generally listed as the youngest apostle, he ...
Thomas Wedgwood (14 May 1771 – 10 July 1805) was an English photographer and inventor. He is most widely known as an early experimenter in the field of photography . He is the first person known to have thought of creating permanent pictures by capturing camera images on material coated with a light-sensitive chemical.
Bagism in the songs of John Lennon. Bagism is mentioned three times in the songs of John Lennon. The first time is in "The Ballad of John and Yoko" where John refers to "eating chocolate cake in a bag", which was at the Vienna press conference, and the second is in the song "Come Together", where he sings: "He bag production". This is a ...