Find background information about the life of Father Junipero Serra and his biographer, Father Francisco Palou. Read about the missions they established in California and their work in converting Native Americans to Christianity. Click...

From the Library of Congress "Today in History" website, this page provides biographical details about Louisa May Alcott and her family. The second section discusses her father, Bronson Alcott, and gives details about his ideas, the...

Describes the death of Hitler's father and the impact it had on him.

The Irish Potato Famine of 1847 brought thousands of Irish immigrants to Canada. A large number of them died of typhus and cholera en route or after arriving at the quarantine station on Grosse Isle in Quebec. Father Bernard McGauran was...

This is a simple task which has students analyze functions where they assign a father to each student. It addresses the idea that not all functions have real numbers as domain and range values, and the issue of when a function admits an...

The full text of the novel Nuttie's Father by Charlotte M. Younge. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

Discusses the continuing debate over who was the founder of calculus, Sir Isaac Newton or Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz.

A detailed overview of each of the four Gospels found in the New Testament. Click on "The Gospel according to St. John" and you can read the essay about that book of the Bible.

This is a reprint of an article from Al Jadid magazine. It discusses the career and influence of Abdul Wahab on the world of modern Arab music.

The story of Miguel Hidalgo, a priest who helped Mexico gain its independence from Spain.

The growth and success of the Silicon Valley is largely based on the commitment of Frederick Terman who is recognized as the father of Silicon Valley. Learn how this man and those who followed him fostered an environment of knowledgeand...

[Free Registration/Login Required] The paired passages "Brown Onions" and "Learning to Skate" share the theme of father-daughter relationships. Question sets are provided for each passage separately and combined.

Patrick Henry's speeches and leadership have earned him an honored place in American history. This article provides a brief overview of his life, as well as a portrait of this founding father.

This five-stanza poem shares a poem from a father to his son.

Euclid, known as the "Father of Geometry," developed several of modern geometry's most enduring theorems--but what can we make of his mysterious fifth postulate, the parallel postulate? Jeff Dekofsky shows us how mathematical minds have...

An extensive biography of founding father and signer of the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin, transcribed from an 1829 publication, Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, by Rev. Charles A. Goodrich.

Often referred to as the "Father of the Industrial Revolution," this biography features Richard Arkwright, entrepreneur and business leader, of the late 1700's in Britain.

This short biography about Ernest Rutherford explains how he became known as the father of nuclear chemistry and physics.

Learn about the life and work of the father of hydrodynamics and inventor of the barometer.

Learn about the life and work of the father of natural history for the latter part of that century.

The official White House biography of James Madison, the father of the constitution.

PBS presents a biography of the "Father of soul," Ray Charles. He was an internationally famed musician, combining jazz, country, gospel, soul, and R&B in a way that was truly unique.

Called the "Father of Modern Agriculture," Cyrus McCormick invented the mechanical reaper, which turned the prairies of the Midwest into "the 'breadbasket' of the nation." This article, in addition to telling about the creation of the...

Looks at the life of Hippocrates and the significant impact he had, and continues to have today, on the practice of medicine.