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A	[ "A\n", "A (named , plural \"As\", \"A's\", \"a\"s, \"a's\" or \"aes\") is the first letter and the first vowel of the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. It is similar to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a tria...
Albedo	[ "Albedo\n", "Albedo () (, meaning 'whiteness') is the measure of the diffuse reflection of solar radiation out of the total solar radiation received by an astronomical body (e.g. a planet like Earth). It is dimensionless and measured on a scale from 0 (corresponding to a black body that absorbs all incident radia...
Academy Award for Best Production Design	[ "Academy Award for Best Production Design\n", "The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards. This change resulted from the Art Director's b...
Actrius	[ "Actrius\n", "Actresses (Catalan: Actrius) is a 1997 Catalan language Spanish drama film produced and directed by Ventura Pons and based on the award-winning stage play \"E.R.\" by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet. The film has no male actors, with all roles played by females. The film was produced in 1996.\n", "Sect...
Animalia (book)	[ "Animalia (book)\n", "Animalia is an illustrated children's book by Graeme Base. It was originally published in 1986, followed by a tenth anniversary edition in 1996, and a 25th anniversary edition in 2012. Over four million copies have been sold worldwide. A special numbered and signed anniversary edition was al...
An American in Paris	[ "An American in Paris\n", "An American in Paris is a jazz-influenced orchestral piece by American composer George Gershwin first performed in 1928. It was inspired by the time that Gershwin had spent in Paris and evokes the sights and energy of the French capital in the 1920s.\n", "Walter Damrosch had asked Ger...
International Atomic Time	[ "International Atomic Time\n", "International Atomic Time (TAI, from the French name ) is a high-precision atomic coordinate time standard based on the notional passage of proper time on Earth's geoid. It is the principal realisation of Terrestrial Time (with a fixed offset of epoch). It is also the basis for Coo...
Alain Connes	[ "Alain Connes\n", "Alain Connes (; born 1 April 1947) is a French mathematician, currently Professor at the Collège de France, IHÉS, Ohio State University and Vanderbilt University. He was an Invited Professor at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (2000).\n", "Section::::Work.\n", "Alain Connes st...
Allan Dwan	[ "Allan Dwan\n", "Allan Dwan (3 April 1885 – 28 December 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter.\n", "Section::::Early life.\n", "Born Joseph Aloysius Dwan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dwan, was the younger son of commercial traveler of woolen clothing...
Autism	[ "Autism\n", "Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties with social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. Parents usually notice signs during the first three years of their child's life. These signs often develop gradually, though some children with autism...
List of Atlas Shrugged characters	[ "List of Atlas Shrugged characters\n", "This is a list of characters in Ayn Rand's novel \"Atlas Shrugged.\"\n", "Section::::Major characters.\n", "The following are major characters from the novel.\n", "Section::::Major characters.:Protagonists.\n", "Section::::Major characters.:Protagonists.:Dagny Tagga...
Alien	[ "Alien\n", "Alien primarily refers to:\n", "BULLET::::- Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth\n", "BULLET::::- Specifically, intelligent extraterrestrial beings; see List of alleged extraterrestrial beings\n", "BULLET::::- Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of...
Agricultural science	[ "Agricultural science\n", "Agricultural science is a broad multidisciplinary field of biology that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. (Veterinary science, but not animal science, is often excluded from the definitio...
Austin (disambiguation)	[ "Austin (disambiguation)\n", "Austin is the capital of Texas in the United States.\n", "Austin may also refer to:\n", "Section::::People names.\n", "BULLET::::- Austin (name) - a short form of Augustin, or Augustine\n", "BULLET::::- Augustin (disambiguation)\n", "BULLET::::- Augustine (disambiguation)\n...
Altruism	[ "Altruism\n", "Altruism is the principle and moral practice of concern for happiness of other human beings and/or animals, resulting in a quality of life both material and spiritual. It is a traditional virtue in many cultures and a core aspect of various religious traditions and secular worldviews, though the co...
Astronomer	[ "Astronomer\n", "An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets, and galaxies – in either observational (by analyzing the data) or theoretical astro...
Academy Awards	[ "Academy Awards\n", "The Academy Awards, also officially and popularly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry. Given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are an international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievemen...
Anarchism	[ "Anarchism\n", "Anarchism is an anti-authoritarian political philosophy that rejects hierarchies deemed unjust and advocates their replacement with self-managed, self-governed societies based on voluntary, cooperative institutions. These institutions are often described as stateless societies, although several au...
Swing	[ "Swing\n", "Swing or swinging may refer to:\n", "Section::::Apparatus.\n", "BULLET::::- Swing (seat), a hanging seat that swings back and forth\n", "BULLET::::- Russian swing, a swing-like circus apparatus\n", "BULLET::::- Sex swing, a type of harness for sexual intercourse\n", "BULLET::::- Swing ride, ...
Achilles	[ "Achilles\n", "In Greek mythology, Achilles or Achilleus ( ; , \"Achilleus\" ) was a hero of the Trojan War, the greatest of all the Greek warriors, and is the central character of Homer's \"Iliad\". He was the son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia. \n", "Achilles' most notable feat during the Tro...
Albert of Aix	[ "Albert of Aix\n", "Albert of Aix(-la-Chapelle) or Albert of Aachen (\"floruit\" circa AD 1100), historian of the First Crusade, was born during the later part of the 11th century, and afterwards became canon (priest) and \"custos\" (guardian) of the church of Aachen.\n", "Nothing else is known of his life exce...
Godfrey of Bouillon	[ "Godfrey of Bouillon\n", "Godfrey of Bouillon (, , , ; 18 September 1060 – 18 July 1100) was a Frankish knight and one of the leaders of the First Crusade from 1096 until its conclusion in 1099. He was the Lord of Bouillon, from which he took his byname, from 1076 and the Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1087. After t...
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	[ "Clausthal-Zellerfeld\n", "Clausthal-Zellerfeld is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the southwestern part of the Harz mountains. Its population is approximately 15,000. The City is the location of the Clausthal University of Technology. The health resort is located in the Upper Harz at an altitud...
Subhuman Race	[ "Subhuman Race\n", "Subhuman Race (stylized sUBHUMAN rACE) is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Skid Row, released on March 28, 1995, by Atlantic Records. This is the last Skid Row album with singer Sebastian Bach and drummer Rob Affuso, and the last one to be released on Atlantic. It is regarde...
Thomas John Barnardo	[ "Thomas John Barnardo\n", "Thomas John Barnardo (4 July 184519 September 1905) was an Irish philanthropist and founder and director of homes for poor children. From the foundation of the first Barnardo's home in 1867 to the date of Barnardo's death, nearly 60,000 children had been taken in.\n", "Although Barnar...
Battle of Magenta	[ "Battle of Magenta\n", "The Battle of Magenta was fought on 4 June 1859 during the Second Italian War of Independence, resulting in a French-Sardinian victory under Napoleon III against the Austrians under Marshal Ferencz Gyulai.\n", "It took place near the town of Magenta in the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, a ...
Guibert of Nogent	[ "Guibert of Nogent\n", "Guibert de Nogent (c. 1055–1124) was a Benedictine historian, theologian and author of autobiographical memoirs. Guibert was relatively unknown in his own time, going virtually unmentioned by his contemporaries. He has only recently caught the attention of scholars who have been more inter...
Raymond of Poitiers	[ "Raymond of Poitiers\n", "Raymond of Poitiers (c. 1099- 29 June 1149) was Prince of Antioch from 1136 to 1149. He was the younger son of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and his wife Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, born in the very year that his father the Duke began his infamous liaison with Dangereuse de Chatelher...
Wall Street Crash of 1929	[ "Wall Street Crash of 1929\n", "The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Stock Market Crash of 1929 or the Great Crash, was a major stock market crash that occurred in late October 1929. It started on October 24 (\"Black Thursday\") and continued until October 29, 1929 (\"Black Tuesday\"), when share pric...
Rachel Bolan	[ "Rachel Bolan\n", "Rachel Bolan (born February 9, 1966), born James Richard Southworth, is the bass guitar player and main songwriter of the metal band Skid Row. His stage name 'Rachel' is a hybrid of his brother's name, Richard, and his grandfather's name, Manuel. 'Bolan' is a tribute to one of his childhood ido...
Specific replant disease	[ "Specific replant disease\n", "Specific replant disease (also known as ‘Sick Soil Syndrome’) is a malady that manifests itself when susceptible plants such as apples, pears, plums, cherries and roses are placed into soil previously occupied by a related species. The exact causes are not known, but in the first ye...
Peter the Hermit	[ "Peter the Hermit\n", "Peter the Hermit (also known as Cucupeter, Little Peter or Peter of Amiens; 1050 – 8 July 1115) was a priest of Amiens and a key figure during the First Crusade.\n", "Section::::Family.\n", "His name in French is \"Pierre l'Ermite\". The structure of this name in French unlike in Englis...
Blue Meanies (Illinois band)	[ "Blue Meanies (Illinois band)\n", "Blue Meanies were an American ska-core band founded in Carbondale, Illinois, at Southern Illinois University, in 1989. They debuted in 1991 with the release of their first single, \"Grandma Shampoo\" c/w \"Dickory Dock\". This single would be the start of a lengthy discography a...
Armillaria	[ "Armillaria\n", "Armillaria, is a genus of parasitic fungi that includes the \"A. mellea\" species known as honey fungi that live on trees and woody shrubs. It includes about 10 species formerly categorized summarily as \"A. mellea\". \"Armillarias\" are long-lived and form some of the largest living organisms in...
List of cities in Sierra Leone	[ "List of cities in Sierra Leone\n", "This is a list of cities and towns in Sierre Leone\".\n", "Section::::Largest cities.\n", "The following table is the list of cities in Sierra Leone by population.\n", "Other notable cities\n", "BULLET::::- Wangechi\n", "BULLET::::- Kalewa\n", "BULLET::::- Magburak...
Anna Komnene	[ "Anna Komnene\n", "Anna Komnene (, \"Ánna Komnēnḗ\"; 1 December 1083 – 1153), commonly latinized as Anna Comnena, was a Byzantine princess, scholar, physician, hospital administrator, and historian. She was the daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and his wife Irene Doukaina. She is best known for...
ASCII	[ "ASCII\n", "ASCII ( ), abbreviated from American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard for electronic communication. ASCII codes represent text in computers, telecommunications equipment, and other devices. Most modern character-encoding schemes are based on ASCII, although t...
Osterode (district)	[ "Osterode (district)\n", "Osterode () was a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was bounded by (from the southwest and clockwise) the districts of Göttingen, Northeim and Goslar, and by the state of Thuringia (districts of Nordhausen and Eichsfeld).\n", "Section::::History.\n", "This part of the Harz mounta...
Aristotle	[ "Aristotle\n", "Aristotle (; \"Aristotélēs\", ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, the founder of the Lyceum and the Peripatetic school of philosophy and Aristotelian tradition. Along with his teacher Plato, he has been called the \"Father of Western Philosophy\". H...
Battle of Malakoff	[ "Battle of Malakoff\n", "The Battle of Malakoff was a French attack against Russian forces on the Malakoff redoubt and its subsequent capture on 8 September 1855 as a part of the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. The French army under General MacMahon successfully stormed the Malakoff redoubt, while a s...
Physiological plant disorder	[ "Physiological plant disorder\n", "Physiological plant disorders are caused by non-pathological conditions such as poor light, adverse weather, water-logging, phytotoxic compounds or a lack of nutrients, and affect the functioning of the plant system. Physiological disorders are distinguished from plant diseases ...
Prunella Scales	[ "Prunella Scales\n", "Prunella Margaret Scales (\"née\" Illingworth; born 22 June 1932) is an English actress best known for her role as Basil Fawlty's wife Sybil in the BBC comedy \"Fawlty Towers\" and her BAFTA award-nominated role as Queen Elizabeth II in \"A Question of Attribution\" (\"Screen One\", BBC 1991...
The Unseen (band)	[ "The Unseen (band)\n", "The Unseen is an American punk rock band that was formed in 1993 in Hingham, Massachusetts. One of the more prominent bands to revive street punk, The Unseen were originally called The Extinct.\n", "Section::::History.\n", "The Unseen formed in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1993. They then...
Battle of Malplaquet	[ "Battle of Malplaquet\n", "The Battle of Malplaquet, one of the bloodiest of modern times, was fought near the border of France on 11 September 1709, by the forces of Louis XIV of France commanded by Marshal Villars against a Dutch-British army led by Duke of Marlborough. After a string of defeats, failure of the...
Die for the Government	[ "Die for the Government\n", "Die for the Government is the debut album by the U.S. punk rock band Anti-Flag, released in 1996. After this album, bassist Andy Flag played with Anti-Flag on their EP \"North America Sucks\", but left soon after as they couldn't get along as a band. The CD booklet bids farewell to An...
Bremen (state)	[ "Bremen (state)\n", "Bremen (), officially the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), is the smallest and least populous of Germany's 16 states. It is informally called \"Land Bremen\" (\"State of Bremen\"), although this is sometimes used in official contexts. The state consists of the city of Bremen as well as the s...
Ayn Rand	[ "Ayn Rand\n", "Ayn Rand (; born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; – March 6, 1982) was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is known for her two best-selling novels, \"The Fountainhead\" and \"Atlas Shrugged\", and for developing a philosophical system she named Objectivism. Educated in Russia, she moved to ...
Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse	[ "Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse\n", "Raymond IV ( 1041 – 28 February 1105), sometimes called Raymond of Saint-Gilles or Raymond I of Tripoli, was a powerful noble in southern France and one of the leaders of the First Crusade (1096–99). He was the Count of Toulouse, Duke of Narbonne and Margrave of Provence from 1...
Animation	[ "Animation\n", "Animation is a method in which pictures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most animations are made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). Compute...
Abraham Lincoln	[ "Abraham Lincoln\n", "Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, co...
Bohemond II of Antioch	[ "Bohemond II of Antioch\n", "Bohemond II (1107/1108 – February 1130) was Prince of Taranto from 1111 to 1128 and Prince of Antioch from 1111/1119 to 1130. He was the son of Bohemond I, who in 1108 was forced to submit to the authority of the Byzantine Empire in the Treaty of Devol. Three years later, the infant B...
Farnham (disambiguation)	[ "Farnham (disambiguation)\n", "Farnham is a town in Surrey, England, within the Borough of Waverley.\n", "Farnham may also refer to:\n", "Section::::Places.\n", "Section::::Places.:Canada.\n", "BULLET::::- Farnham, Quebec\n", "Section::::Places.:United Kingdom.\n", "BULLET::::- Farnham, Dorset\n", "...
Anthropology	[ "Anthropology\n", "Anthropology is the scientific study of humans and human behavior and societies in the past and present. Social anthropology studies patterns of behaviour and cultural anthropology studies cultural meaning, including norms and values. Linguistic anthropology studies how language influences soci...
Battle of Neuwied (1797)	[ "Battle of Neuwied (1797)\n", "The Battle of Neuwied (18 April 1797) saw Lazare Hoche lead part of the French Army of Sambre-et-Meuse against Franz von Werneck's Austrian army. The French attack surprised their enemies and broke through their lines. Aside from 1,000 men killed and wounded, Austrian losses include...
Bohemond I of Antioch	[ "Bohemond I of Antioch\n", "Bohemond I (3 March 1111) was the Prince of Taranto from 1089 to 1111 and the Prince of Antioch from 1098 to 1111. He was a leader of the First Crusade, which was governed by a committee of nobles. The Norman monarchy he founded in Antioch arguably outlasted those of England and of Sic...
Battle of Ocaña	[ "Battle of Ocaña\n", "The Battle of Ocaña was fought on 19 November 1809 between French forces under Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, Duke of Dalmatia and King Joseph Bonaparte and the Spanish army under Juan Carlos de Aréizaga, which suffered its greatest single defeat in the Peninsular War. General Juan Carl...
Christmas Eve	[ "Christmas Eve\n", "Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas Day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. Christmas Day is observed around the world, and Christmas Eve is widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas Day. Together, both days are considered one...
Dressing Up the Idiot	[ "Dressing Up the Idiot\n", "Dressing Up the Idiot (1997) was the only album by the band Prunella Scales.\n", "Section::::Track listing.\n", "BULLET::::1. \"Crisp\"\n", "BULLET::::2. \"Deadman\"\n", "BULLET::::3. \"Freak Machine\"\n", "BULLET::::4. \"When\"\n", "BULLET::::5. \"Fifty Tons of Life\"\n", ...
Battle of Marengo	[ "Battle of Marengo\n", "The Battle of Marengo was fought on 14 June 1800 between French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces near the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont, Italy. Near the end of the day, the French overcame Gen. Michael von Melas's surprise attack, driving the Austrians out of Italy an...
Battle of Montmirail	[ "Battle of Montmirail\n", "The Battle of Montmirail (11 February 1814) was fought between a French force led by Emperor Napoleon and two Allied corps commanded by Fabian Wilhelm von Osten-Sacken and Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg. In hard fighting that lasted until evening, French troops including the Imperial Guard...
The Logic of Scientific Discovery	[ "The Logic of Scientific Discovery\n", "The Logic of Scientific Discovery is a 1959 book about the philosophy of science by Karl Popper. Popper rewrote his book in English from the 1934 German original, titled \"Logik der Forschung. Zur Erkenntnistheorie der modernen Naturwissenschaft\", which literally translate...
Battle of Pozzolo	[ "Battle of Pozzolo\n", "The Battle of Pozzolo (also known as the Battle of the Mincio River, and Monzambano) was fought on 25 December 1800 and resulted the difficult victory of French under General Brune against Austrians under General Bellegarde.\n", "Following the armistice agreed after the Battle of Marengo...
Battle of Mormant	[ "Battle of Mormant\n", "The Battle of Mormant (17 February 1814) was fought during the War of the Sixth Coalition between an Imperial French army under Emperor Napoleon I and a division of Russians under Count Peter Petrovich Pahlen. Enveloped by cavalry led by François Étienne de Kellermann and Édouard Jean-Bapt...
Siege of Pavia (773–74)	[ "Siege of Pavia (773–74)\n", "The Siege or Battle of Pavia was fought in 773–774 in northern Italy, near Ticinum (modern Pavia), and resulted in the victory of the Franks under Charlemagne against the Lombards under king Desiderius.\n", "Section::::Background.\n", "Charlemagne, \"rex Francorum\", had succeede...
Alchemy	[ "Alchemy\n", "Alchemy (from Arabic: \"al-kīmiyā\") was an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition practised throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia, originating in Greco-Roman Egypt in the first few centuries .\n", "Alchemists attempted to purify, mature, and perfect cert...
Alabama	[ "Alabama\n", "Alabama () is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U.S. states. With a to...
Battle of Montereau	[ "Battle of Montereau\n", "The Battle of Montereau (18 February 1814) was fought during the War of the Sixth Coalition between an Imperial French army led by Emperor Napoleon and a corps of Austrians and Württembergers commanded by Crown Prince Frederick William of Württemberg. While Napoleon's army mauled an Alli...
Fulk, King of Jerusalem	[ "Fulk, King of Jerusalem\n", "Fulk (, or \"Foulques\"; c. 1089/92 – 13 November 1143), also known as Fulk the Younger, was the Count of Anjou (as Fulk V) from 1109 to 1129 and the King of Jerusalem from 1131 to his death. During his reign, the Kingdom of Jerusalem reached its largest territorial extent.\n", "Se...
Hemiola	[ "Hemiola\n", "In music, hemiola (also hemiolia) is the ratio 3:2. The equivalent Latin term is sesquialtera. In pitch, \"hemiola\" refers to the interval of a perfect fifth. In rhythm, \"hemiola\" refers to three beats of equal value in the time normally occupied by two beats.\n", "Section::::Etymology.\n", "...
Moment of inertia	[ "Moment of inertia\n", "The moment of inertia, otherwise known as the angular mass or rotational inertia, of a rigid body is a quantity that determines the torque needed for a desired angular acceleration about a rotational axis; similar to how mass determines the force needed for a desired acceleration. It depen...
Battle of Rivoli	[ "Battle of Rivoli\n", "The Battle of Rivoli (14–15 January 1797) was a key victory in the French campaign in Italy against Austria. Napoleon Bonaparte's 23,000 Frenchmen defeated an attack of 28,000 Austrians under General of the Artillery Jozsef Alvinczi, ending Austria's fourth and final attempt to relieve the ...
Battle of Novi (1799)	[ "Battle of Novi (1799)\n", "The Battle of Novi (15 August 1799) saw a combined army of Habsburg Austrians and Imperial Russians under Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov attack a Republican French army under General Barthélemy Catherine Joubert. After a prolonged and bloody struggle, the Austro-Russians broke through...
Anti-Flag	[ "Anti-Flag\n", "Anti-Flag is an American punk rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The band is well known for politically charged lyrics and activism, focusing on anti-war activism, anti-imperialism, class struggle, human rights, and various sociopolitical sentiments. The line-up includes singe...
Battle of Neresheim	[ "Battle of Neresheim\n", "The Battle of Neresheim (11 August 1796) saw a victory of Republican French army under Jean Victor Marie Moreau over the Habsburg Austrian army of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. Pursued by Moreau's \"Army of Rhin-et-Moselle\", Charles launched an attack against the French. While the ...
Battle of Sant Llorenç de la Muga	[ "Battle of Sant Llorenç de la Muga\n", "The Battle of Sant Llorenç de la Muga (in Catalan, in ) was fought on 13 August 1794 between an attacking Spanish–Portuguese army led by the Conde de la Unión and a French army commanded by Jacques François Dugommier. The local French defenders headed by Pierre Augereau and...
Raynald of Châtillon	[ "Raynald of Châtillon\n", "Raynald of Châtillon, also known as Reynald or Reginald of Châtillon (; 1125 – 4 July 1187), was Prince of Antioch from 1153 to 1160 or 1161, and Lord of Oultrejordain from 1175 until his death. He was born as his father's second son into a French noble family. After losing a part of hi...
Samuel West	[ "Samuel West\n", "Samuel Alexander Joseph West (born 19 June 1966) is an English actor, theatre director and voice actor. He has directed on stage and radio, and worked as an actor across theatre, film, television and radio. He often appears as reciter with orchestras and performed at the Last Night of the Proms ...
Timothy West	[ "Timothy West\n", "Timothy Lancaster West, CBE (born 20 October 1934) is an English film, stage and television actor, with more than fifty years of varied work in the business. As well as many classical theatre performances, he has appeared frequently on television, including spells in both \"Coronation Street\" ...
Battle of St-Dizier	[ "Battle of St-Dizier\n", "The first Battle of St-Dizier was fought on January 26, 1814, and resulted the victory of French under Napoleon Bonaparte against Russians under General Lanskoy. Napoleon and his troops had left Ligny the day before; Lanskoy held St-Dizier with 800 dragoons, and he left the town to join ...
Stokesay Castle	[ "Stokesay Castle\n", "Stokesay Castle is one of the finest surviving fortified manor houses in England, and situated at Stokesay in Shropshire. It was largely built in its present form in the late 13th century by Laurence de Ludlow, on the earlier castle (some of which still survives) founded by its original owne...
Battle of Toulouse	[ "Battle of Toulouse\n", "Battle of Toulouse may refer to:\n", "BULLET::::- Battle of Toulouse (439) between the Visigoths and the Western Roman Empire\n", "BULLET::::- Battle of Toulouse (458) between the Visigoths and the Western Roman Empire\n", "BULLET::::- Battle of Toulouse (844) during the Carolingian...
Yao Wenyuan	[ "Yao Wenyuan\n", "Yao Wenyuan (January 12, 1931 – December 23, 2005) was a Chinese literary critic, a politician, and a member of the Gang of Four during China's Cultural Revolution.\n", "Section::::Biography.\n", "Yao Wenyuan was born in Zhuji, Zhejiang, to an intellectual family. His father, Yao Pengzi (姚蓬子...
Zhang Chunqiao	[ "Zhang Chunqiao\n", "Zhang Chunqiao (; 1 February 1917 – 21 April 2005) was a prominent Chinese political theorist, writer, and politician. He came to the national spotlight during the late stages of the Cultural Revolution, and was a member of the ultra-Maoist group dubbed the \"Gang of Four\".\n", "Section:::...
Wang Hongwen	[ "Wang Hongwen\n", "Wang Hongwen (December, 1935 – August 3, 1992) was a Chinese labour activist and politician who spent most of his career in Shanghai. He was an important political figure during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76). He was the youngest member of the far-left political clique called the \"Gang of F...
Battle of the Chernaya	[ "Battle of the Chernaya\n", "The Battle of the Chernaya (also Tchernaïa; Russian: Сражение у Черной речки, Сражение у реки Черной, literally: Battle of the Black River) was a battle by the Chornaya River fought during the Crimean War on August 16, 1855. The battle was fought between Russian troops and a coalition...
Local councils of Malta	[ "Local councils of Malta\n", "Since June 30, 1993, Malta has been subdivided into 68 localities, governed by local councils, , meaning municipalities or borough. These form the most basic form of local government and there are no intermediate levels between it and the national level. The levels of the 6 districts...
Battle of Seneffe	[ "Battle of Seneffe\n", "The Battle of Seneffe took place on 11 August 1674, during the 1672–1678 Franco-Dutch War near Seneffe in present-day Belgium. It was fought by a French army commanded by Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé and a combined Dutch-Imperial-Spanish force led by William of Orange. While a clea...
Battle of Steenkerque	[ "Battle of Steenkerque\n", "The Battle of Steenkerque (Steenkerque also spelled \"Steenkerke\" or \"Steenkirk\") was fought on 3 August 1692, as a part of the Nine Years' War. It resulted in the victory of the French under Marshal François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg against a joint English-Scottish-D...
Battle of Rastatt (1796)	[ "Battle of Rastatt (1796)\n", "The Battle of Rastatt (5 July 1796) saw part of a Republican French army under Jean Victor Marie Moreau clash with elements of a Habsburg Austrian army under Maximilian Anton Karl, Count Baillet de Latour which were defending the line of the Murg River. Leading a wing of Moreau's ar...
Battle of Solferino	[ "Battle of Solferino\n", "The Battle of Solferino (referred to in Italy as the Battle of Solferino and San Martino) on 24 June 1859 resulted in the victory of the allied French Army under Napoleon III and Sardinian Army under Victor Emmanuel II (together known as the Franco-Sardinian Alliance) against the Austria...
Battle of Stockach (1800)	[ "Battle of Stockach (1800)\n", "The [Second] Battle of Stockach and Engen was fought on 3 May 1800 between the army of the First French Republic under Jean Victor Marie Moreau and the army of Habsburg Austria led by Pál Kray. The fighting near Engen resulted in a stalemate with heavy losses on both sides. However...
Fermat primality test	[ "Fermat primality test\n", "The Fermat primality test is a probabilistic test to determine whether a number is a probable prime.\n", "Section::::Concept.\n", "Fermat's little theorem states that if \"p\" is prime and \"a\" is not divisible by \"p\", then\n", "If we want to test whether \"p\" is prime, then ...
Battle of Turckheim	[ "Battle of Turckheim\n", "The Battle of Turckheim was a battle during the Franco-Dutch War that occurred on 5 January 1675 between the towns of Colmar and Turckheim in Alsace. The French army, commanded by the Viscount of Turenne, fought against the armies of Austria and Brandenburg, led by Alexander von Bournonv...
Algeria	[ "Algeria\n", "Algeria ( ; , ; ), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (, ), is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. The capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in the far north of the country on the Mediterranean coast. With an area of , Algeria is the tenth-largest countr...
Battle of Tourcoing	[ "Battle of Tourcoing\n", "The Battle of Tourcoing (18 May 1794) saw a Republican French army directed by General Joseph Souham defend against an attack by an Austrian, British, and Hanoverian Coalition army under Austrian Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. The Fre...
Battle of Vimeiro	[ "Battle of Vimeiro\n", "In the Battle of Vimeiro (sometimes shown as or \"Vimiera\" or \"Vimeira\" in contemporary British texts) on 21 August 1808, the British under General Arthur Wellesley (who later became the Duke of Wellington) defeated the French under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of V...
Battle of Tudela	[ "Battle of Tudela\n", "The Battle of Tudela (23 November 1808) saw an Imperial French army led by Marshal Jean Lannes attack a Spanish army under General Castaños. The battle resulted in the complete victory of the Imperial forces over their adversaries. The combat occurred near Tudela in Navarre, Spain during th...
Theodore Roethke	[ "Theodore Roethke\n", "Theodore Huebner Roethke ( ; May 25, 1908 – August 1, 1963) was an American poet. Roethke is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation.\n", "Roethke's work is characterized by its introspection, rhythm and natural imagery. He was awarded the Pulitzer...
Battle of Vitoria	[ "Battle of Vitoria\n", "At the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813) a British, Portuguese and Spanish army under General the Marquess of Wellington broke the French army under King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan near Vitoria in Spain, eventually leading to victory in the Peninsular War.\n", "Sec...
Richard Briers	[ "Richard Briers\n", "Richard David Briers, (14 January 1934 – 17 February 2013) was an English actor. His fifty-year career encompassed television, stage, film and radio.\n", "Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in \"Marriage Lines\" (1961–66), but it was a decade later, when he narrated \"Roobar...

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