Risultati di ricerca
1 giorno fa · Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was a British and American author, journalist, and educator. [2] [3] Author of 18 books on faith, culture, politics and literature, he was born and educated in Britain, graduating in the 1970s from Oxford with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
2 ore fa · Robert Hooke, who first articulated that a thin arch was comparable to an inverted hanging chain, may have advised Wren on how to achieve the crossing dome. [122] [123] Wren may also have been informed of the structural problems of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica by John Evelyn , who had examined it, and did not finalize his design for a dome three-quarters its size until shortly before its ...
2 ore fa · Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Merton London Borough Council in London, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. [4] The whole council was up for election. As a result of changes in authority boundaries between Merton, Lambeth and Wandsworth, there were some ...
1 giorno fa · Bloomsbury, London. Yates, believed to be 23, was a prostitute who was murdered by a customer at 12 Burton Crescent (now Cartwright Gardens), Bloomsbury, in the early hours of 9 March 1884. She was strangled and beaten, and her purse and a ring were taken. Yates's age and real name are unconfirmed.
