James Sowerby
James Sowerby was a naturalist and illustrator.
Robert Hooke
Micrographia is a historic book by Robert Hooke, detailing the then twenty-eight year-old Hooke's observations through various lenses. Published in September 1665, the first major publication of the Royal Society, it was the first scientific best-seller, inspiring a wide public interest in the new science of microscopy. It is also notable for coining the biological term.
Casey Stengel
Casey Stengel was an American Major League Baseball player and manager from 1912 until 1965. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966.
Clevin, Jørgen
Jørgen Clevin was a Danish TV personality.
Jean Leon
Born as Ceferino Carrión in Santander, Spain in 1928, Jean León was always ambitious. At 19, he left Spain to find his luck in Paris, New York and ultimately Hollywood. He founded the world famous California restaurant, "La Scala" in Beverly Hills. What many people don't know is that he started the restaurant in partnership with James Dean. The gourmet establishment became the haunt of many famous actors and performers of the time.
Eugène Mercier
Eugène Mercier was a ‘big’ man with life-size ideas that were also useful for publicity, so it was no surprise that the champagne cellars that he built were out of the ordinary. In 1871, he decided to build an authentic underground town. “Count in kilometres, not metres”, were his instructions to the architect in charge of the project. It took six years to excavate the 47 tunnels covering 18 kilometres of single level cellars with a direct connection to the Paris-Strasbourg railway line. Eugène thought of the cellars not just as a facility for champagne production, but also as a place to visit and learn. He opened his cellars to the public as early as 1885. The staff members were given the task to welcome and guide visitors through the cellars. They were able to enjoy the work of local sculptor Gustave-Andre Navlet who had been commissioned to carve high reliefs from the chalk. These tours, which are nowadays an everyday event in Champagne, helped to increase Mercier brand recognition. This was the first time that Eugene Mercier demonstrated his excellent marketing savvy. Among the many famous visitors, which Eugène Mercier warmly received, was the President of France, Sadi Carnot. On 19 September 1871, at half past three in the afternoon, a guided tour by horse-drawn carriage of the torch-lit cellars was made for the President. Eugène Mercier also installed electrical appliances, avant-garde for the time, as well as a steam engine to light the caves and supply power to a network of machines in a number of different workshops.
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Joseph Dalton Hooker was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the 19th century. Hooker was one of the founders of geographical botany, and Charles Darwin's closest friend.
Paolo Uccello
Paolo Uccello was an Italian painter and a mathematician who was notable for his pioneering work on visual perspective in art.
Frances Glessner Lee
Frances Glessner Lee was a millionaire heiress who revolutionized the study of crime scene investigation. She founded Harvard's department of legal medicine, the first program in the nation for forensic pathology.
Angel flares
A geometric design caused by the vortices of an aircraft swirling the smoke from its anti-missile flares.