Prince Bounkhong the son of Prince Souvanna Phomma was the last uparaja of Luang Phrabang. He was granted the title of Chao Ratsaphakhinay in 1884. From 1911 to 1920 he […]
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Thérèse Oulton
Thérèse Oulton (born 1953) is an English painter.Born in Shropshire Oulton studied in the late 1970s at Saint Martin’s School of Art before going on to the Royal College of […]
Supachai Panitchpakdi
Supachai Panitchpakdi (Thai: ศุภชัย พานิชภักดิ์ RTGS: Supphachai Phanitchaphak; born May 30 1946 in Bangkok Thailand) was Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) from 1 September 2005 […]
Toni Sailer
Anton Engelbert Toni Sailer (17 November 1935 – 24 August 2009) was an Austrian alpine ski racer considered among the best in the sport. At age 20 he won all […]
Peter O’Donnell
Peter O’Donnell (11 April 1920 – 3 May 2010) was a British writer of mysteries and of comic strips best known as the creator of Modesty Blaise a female action […]
Oliver E. Williamson
Oliver Eaton Williamson (born September 27 1932) is an American economist a professor at the University of California Berkeley and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Sir William Hamilton 9th Baronet
Sir William Hamilton 9th Baronet (8 March 1788 – 6 May 1856) was a Scottish metaphysician.
Sacred Heart
The devotion to the Sacred Heart (also known as the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus) is one of the most widely practiced and well-known Roman Catholic devotions taking Jesus Christ’s […]
Thomas Arundel
Thomas Arundel (1353 – 19 February 1414) was Archbishop of Canterbury in 1397 and from 1399 until his death an outspoken opponent of the Lollards.
Mohammad Rabbani
Mullah Mohammad Rabbani Akhund (1955 – 15 April 2001) was one of the main founders of the Taliban movement. He was second in power only to the supreme leader Mullah […]