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1 day ago · Leonhard Euler was born on 15 April 1707, in Basel to Paul III Euler, a pastor of the Reformed Church, and Marguerite (née Brucker), whose ancestors include a number of well-known scholars in the classics. [16] He was the oldest of four children, having two younger sisters, Anna Maria and Maria Magdalena, and a younger brother, Johann Heinrich.
5 hours ago · Sebastian Smee’s “Paris in Ruins” is an account of the city’s Terrible Year and its impact on the painters Berthe Morisot and Édouard Manet. 5 min. (W.W. Norton) Review by Caroline Weber ...
1 day ago · t. e. Edgar Allan Poe (né Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the central figures of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United ...
