Abram Leon Sachar ( 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). Events January January 1 - End of Spanish rule in Cuba. January 1 - Queens and Staten Island merge with New York City. January 3 - The first known use of the word automobile, in an editorial in the New York... 1899 - 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. January 3 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and... 1993) was an American, when used as an adjective, can mean of the United States of America or of or relating to the Americas; when used as a noun, United States citizen, residing in the Americas, or less frequently American English. Immigrants to the United States are usually called first-generation Americans, regardless... American Generally speaking, a historian is a person who studies history. This is harder than many think; the study of history requires careful attention to detail and neutrality. Historians can often have a profound impact upon the way people think. For example, Edward Gibbons The History of the Decline and... historian and A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. A university provides both tertiary and quaternary education. University is derived from the Latin universitas, meaning corporation since the first medieval European universities were often groups of scholars-for-hire. History Arguably the first western... university president. Born in This is an article about New York City; see also NYC, New York, and New York, New York. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005. New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States and is at... New York City, his Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. An immigrant is usually someone who intends to reside permanently, and not a casual visitor or traveler. Immigration means in-migration into a country, and is the reverse of emigration, or out-migration... immigrant family moved to The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. Louis skyline. Apotheosis of Saint Louis, a bronze statue of the citys namesake on horseback, was widely used as a symbol of the city before construction of the Arch. For other uses... St. Louis, Missouri, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning canoe, is a Midwestern state of the United States with Jefferson City as its capital. The states nickname is the Show-Me State; the U.S. Post Office abbreviation for Missouri is MO and the state public universitys main... Missouri in 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). Events January 8 - Landslide in Haverstraw, New York kills 20 January 31 - Earthquake in Ecuador (8.6 in Richter scale) February 11 - Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos. February 15 - Representatives of the Labour Representation Committee... 1906 and (after a year at This article is about the institution of higher learning in the United States. For other uses of the name Harvard, see Harvard (disambiguation). Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. It was founded on September 8, 1636 by a vote... Harvard) he earned his BA or Ba may stand for: ba an archaic two-letter English word meaning to kiss. in Egyptian mythology: One part of the Egyptian soul (which was imagined as a bird body with a human head). A ram-god of fertility, worshipped especially in Mendes. Women desiring a pregnancy prayed... BA and MA or ma may stand for: ma, a two-letter English word meaning Mother Ma, transliteration of Chinese family name 馬,马,麻 etc. Ma (mythology) Magister Artium or Master of Arts (M.A.), see Masters degree Massachusetts (U.S. state) Mega-annum - millions of years milliampere (mA) Morocco... MA at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL, Wash. U.) is a private research university 15 minutes west of downtown St. Louis, Missouri. It includes schools of arts & sciences, law, business, medicine, social work, art, architecture, and engineering. In the 2004 U.S. News & World Report rankings, its undergraduate program... Washington University.

He went to Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Official language None; English is de facto Capital London Capitals coordinates 51° 30 N, 0° 10 W Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK... England to do his research on the victorian This article is about the British House of Lords. For the historical Irish body, see Irish House of Lords. The House of Lords is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Commons. The House of Lords is an unelected... House of Lords and gained his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), an abbreviation for the Latin Philosophiæ Doctor, or in non-Anglo-Saxon (e.g. German and Scandinavian) usage Doctor philosophiæ, Dr. phil.) was originally a degree granted by a university to a learned individual who had achieved the approval of his peers and who had... PhD at The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world (after Oxford). It is situated in the town of Cambridge, England. According to legend, the university was founded in 1209 by scholars escaping from Oxford after a fight with locals there. Cambridge has produced more Nobel... Cambridge University in 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-June January 1 - Grouping of all UK railway companies into four larger companies January 10 - Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel January 11 - Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany... 1923. He then taught history at the The University of Illinois is the set of three public universities in Illinois. These schools are taxpayer-subsidized institutions of higher learning. As announced on November 2, 2004, B. Joseph White began his term as the 16th president of the University of Illinois on February 1, 2005. White is a... University of Illinois from 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-June January 1 - Grouping of all UK railway companies into four larger companies January 10 - Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel January 11 - Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany... 1923 to 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 - Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. First day of the Italian republican constitution. January 4... 1948. He also was one of the organizers of the B'nai Brith Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life (Hillel International) is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world. With over 500 regional centers, Hillel works to provide opportunites for Jewish college students in all facets of their lives. Hillels mission is to maximize the number of Jews doing Jewish... Hillel Foundation and helped establish Hillel Houses for Jewish students on the campuses of many American universities.

When the American The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Jewish community decided to start a jewish-sponsored, nonsectarian university, he was chosen as the first president of Brandeis University Brandeis University is a small, private university in Waltham, Massachusetts. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, 10 miles from Boston. Founded in 1948 as a coeducational institution on the site of the former Middlesex University, which was a medical school Brandeis is the youngest private... Brandeis University, and during his tenure from 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 - Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. First day of the Italian republican constitution. January 4... 1948 to 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is... 1968 he effectively built it from the ground-up into a first-class, internationally recognized teaching and research institution, by exercising his unusual combination of abilities as an educator, visionary, and fundraiser.

On his Retirement is the status of a worker who has stopped working. This usually happens upon reaching a determined age, when physical conditions dont allow the person to work any more (by illness or accident), or even for personal choice (usually in the presence of an adequate pension). The retirement... retirement he became Chancellor ( Latin: cancellarius), an official title used by most of the peoples whose civilization has arisen directly or indirectly out of the Roman empire. At different times and in different countries it has stood and stands for very various duties, and has been, and is, borne by officers of various... chancellor of Brandeis. During his long career he served on numerous committees and boards, was the recipient of many honors, and published a number of books, including A History of the Jews (1929; 5th edn 1965) and The Course of Our Times (1972).

He was the A father is the male parent of a child. Fathers may be categorised according to their biological, social or legal relationship with the child. Historically, the biological relationship paternity has been determinative of fatherhood. However, proof of paternity has been intrinsically problematic and so social rules often determined who would... father of historian Howard M. Sachar.