Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900 – 1979), British-American astronomer, is known to have been one of the first astronomers to maintain that the stars are mainly composed of hydrogen. She is also the first female head of the astronomy department at Harvard. The solar eclipse of May 29, 1919 Cecilia He
Annie Smith Peck (1850 – 1935) was an American mountaineer and lecturer, who dedicated herself to promoting travel and exploration. I cant change Born October 19, 1850, in Providence, Rhode Island, Annie Smith Peck was the youngest of five children. Ann Power Smith Peck and George Bacheler Peck, j
Son of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile. After his marriage, his brother the King of France Louis IX made him Count of Anjou and Count of Maine (1246-1285), thereby creating the second Angevin dynasty (after that of the Plantagenêts). In 1248, he took part in the Seventh Crusade. In 1266 Charles of
Songwriter, singer and innovative gospel and blues musician, Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915 – 1973) was instrumental in the creation of rock and roll and influenced many artists. Little Rosetta Nubin Rosether Atkins was born on March 20, 1915 in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, a state in the southern United