Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln! Did you know: Abraham Lincoln was a prolific wrestler? It’s true! He is also the only U.S. president to hold a patent.... Read More
Thomas Edison, “The Wizard of Menlo Park” Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described... Read More
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the... Read More
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and statesman Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (August 28, 1749 –March 22, 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work... Read More
Theodore Roosevelt, American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States (1901 to 1909) Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer... Read More
Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1979-1990 Margaret Hilda Thatcher, (October 13, 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who was the Prime Minister of the... Read More
John Adams, in response to his wife Abigail’s March 31, 1776 letter not to forget about the nation’s women when fighting for America’s independence from Great Britain. He declined Abigail’s “extraordinary code of laws.” John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American patriot who served as the second President of... Read More
Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America, at the trial of Civil War hostess and spy Rose Greenhow Rose O’Neal Greenhow (1813 or 1814 – October 1, 1864) was a renowned Confederate spy during the American Civil War. Known... Read More
Martin Van Buren: President March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841 Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American politician who served a single term as... Read More
Bruce Lee Lee Jun-fan (November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973), known professionally as Bruce Lee, was a Hong Kong and American... Read More
Hanlon’s Razor Hanlon’s razor is an aphorism expressed in various ways including “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by... Read More
Francis Bacon, English philosopher considered “the father of empiricism” Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (January 22, 1561 – April 9, 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator,... Read More
