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the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. William T. Stearn (16 April 1911 – 9 May 2001) was a British botanist. Born in Cambridge, he was largely self-educated. He was head librarian at the Royal Horticultural Society 's Lindley Library in London from 1933 to 1952, and then moved to the Natural History Museum where he was a scientific ...
Lackawanna, New York, United States. Nelson Henry Baker (February 16, 1842 – July 29, 1936) was a Catholic priest and church administrator in the Buffalo, New York, area. At the time of his death in 1936, he had developed a "city of charity" at Our Lady of Victory Basilica in Lackawanna, New York. It consisted of a minor basilica, an infant ...
As of December 2022, Facebook claimed 3 billion monthly active users. [7] As of October 2023, Facebook ranked as the 3rd most visited website in the world, with 22.56% of its traffic coming from the United States. [8] [9] It was the most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s.
29 December. Peter the Venerable ( c. 1092 – 25 December 1156), also known as Peter of Montboissier, was the abbot of the Benedictine abbey of Cluny. He has been honored as a saint, though he was never canonized in the Middle Ages. Since in 1862 Pope Pius IX confirmed his historical cult, and the Martyrologium Romanum, issued by the Holy See ...
14 June (1 June by Julian calendar), 28 September. Agapetus of the Kyiv Caves, [1] or Agapetus of Pechersk ( Russian: Агапит Печерский, Ukrainian: Агапіт Печерський; born ?? – died 1095 [2] ), was an Orthodox Christian saint and doctor, as well as a monk in Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. He was born in Kyiv and was taught ...
The Order of Saint John, formally the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, is an international order of chivalry which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. The Order founded the St John Ambulance associations and oversees their work. They also own the rights to the St John name and brand, including the Maltese ...
Ho Yuen Hoe (simplified Chinese: 何润好; traditional Chinese: 何潤好; pinyin: Hé Rùnhǎo; 18 February 1908 – 11 January 2006), later in life but rarely known by her Dharma name, Venerable Jing Run (simplified Chinese: 净润法师; traditional Chinese: 淨潤法師; pinyin: Jìngrùn Fǎshī), was a Buddhist nun affectionately known as Singapore's "grand dame of charity" in ...
De locis sanctis (Concerning sacred places) was composed by the Irish monk Adomnán, a copy being presented to King Aldfrith of Northumbria in 698. It was based on an account by the Frankish monk Arculf of his travels to the Holy Land, from which Adomnán, with aid from some further sources, was able to produce a descriptive work in three books, dealing with Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and other ...