Theophrastus (/ˌθiːəˈfræstəs/; Greek: Θεόφραστος; c. 371 – c. 287 BC) a Greek native of Eresos in Lesbos was the successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. He came to Athens […]
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Gorgias
Gorgias (/ˈɡɔrdʒiəs/; Greek: Γοργίας Ancient Greek: [ɡorɡías]; c. 485 – c. 380 BC) called the Nihilist was a Greek sophist Italiote pre-Socratic philosopher and rhetorician who was a native of […]
Antisthenes
Antisthenes (/ænˈtɪsθɨniːz/; Greek: Ἀντισθένης; c. 445 – c. 365 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and a pupil of Socrates. Antisthenes first learned rhetoric under Gorgias before becoming an ardent disciple […]
Vinny Paz
Vinny Paz formerly Vinny Pazienza (born Vincenzo Edward Pazienza on December 16 1962) is an Italian-American former boxer and world champion in the lightweight and light middleweight weight classes. He […]
Joker (comics)
The Joker is a fictional character a comic book supervillain appearing in DC Comics publications. The character was created by Jerry Robinson Bill Finger and Bob Kane and first appeared […]
Leofric (bishop)
Leofric (before 1016–1072) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter. Probably a native of Cornwall he was educated on the continent. At the time Edward the Confessor was in exile before […]
Lyfing of Winchester
Lyfing of Winchester (died March 1046) also known as Livingus or Lifing was an Anglo-Saxon prelate who served as Bishop of Worcester Bishop of Crediton and Bishop of Cornwall.
Lyfing (Archbishop of Canterbury)
Lyfing (died 12 June 1020) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells and Archbishop of Canterbury.
Marvelman
Marvelman also known as Miracleman for trademark reasons in his American reprints and story continuation is a fictional comic book superhero created in 1954 by writer-artist Mick Anglo for publisher […]
Michael Collins (astronaut)
Michael Collins (born October 31 1930) is an American former astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963 he flew into space […]