A. F. Kashevarov
Overview page. Subjects: general and world history.
(1809–1866),
one of the outstanding Creole explorers of Russian America—a fine example of what could be achieved by a gifted Creole commoner, even under the harsh limitations of serf-holding Russia....
A. J. Foyt
Overview page. Subjects: contemporary history (post 1945).
(1935– )
US motor racing driver, who has won more races and set more records in many different types of cars and events than any other driver.
Foyt was born in Houston Heights, Texas, and grew up in a...
A. J. Muste
Overview page. Subjects: peace studies and conflict resolution — military history.
(1885–1967), minister, labor organizer, antiwar activist.
Born in the Netherlands, Muste studied at theological seminaries in the United States and became a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church...
A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr
Overview page. Subjects: history of the USA.
(b. 25 February 1928; d. 14 December 1998),
legal scholar, author, historian, civil rights advocate, and prominent federal judge. Brought up in humble circumstances in Trenton, New Jersey, Aloysius...
A. Philip Randolph
Overview page. Subjects: history of the USA.
(1889–1979), union head and civil rights leader.
A socialist, Asa Philip Randolph saw economic empowerment as the key to African-American advancement, a philosophy he espoused in his Messenger...
Aachen
Overview page. Subjects: early history (500 CE to 1500).
(town, palace) West central German town, known for its hot springs. Aachen’s significance is linked to Charlemagne, who created a Carolingian palace complex there, where he was buried. Successive...
Aagje Deken
Overview page. Subjects: modern history (1700 to 1945).
(1741–1804), Dutch woman of letters.
Deken was the author, in close collaboration with Betje Wolff-Bekker, of closely observed epistolary novels in Dutch, among them De Historie van Mejuffrouw Sara...
Aaland Islands
Overview page. Subjects: contemporary history (post 1945).
Some 6,500 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia, between Finland and Sweden. They were part of Sweden until 1809, when, together with Finland, they were annexed by Russia. After the collapse of the Russian...
Aaron Arrowsmith
Overview page. Subjects: general and world history.
(1750–1823),
British geographer and cartographer. Aaron Arrowsmith published many fine maps and atlases based on the best available sources. His maps are of value to the student of exploration, most...
Aaron ben Elijah
Overview page. Subjects: religion — early history (500 CE to 1500).
(?1328–69).
Karaite Jewish philosopher and exegete. His greatest work was the trilogy Ez Hayyim (Tree of Life), Gan Eden (Garden of Eden), and Keter Torah (Crown of the Law).