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3 days ago · Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in British history. He came to prominence during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, initially as a senior commander in the Parliamentarian army and latterly as a politician.
5 days ago · Another early 20th century writer wrote about how isolated we are in the modern age. Eliot wrote The Waste Land in 1922, the same year as Ulysses, when Europe was still in fragments after the First World War. Today, technology has empowered us to be connected, always on, all the time. To not live in fragments, but to be available.
2 days ago · Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; [b] April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865.
2 days ago · Ulysses is a modernist novel by the Irish writer James Joyce. Partially serialized in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, the entire work was published in Paris by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, Joyce's fortieth birthday.
- John W. Presley, James Joyce, Hans Walter Gabler, Wolfhard Steppe, Claus Melchior
- 1922
5 days ago · Among the iconic leaders who best exemplify the country’s legacy are some of the nation’s most celebrated presidents. From George Washington on the $1 bill to Ulysses S. Grant on the $50 note, the portraits staring at us from within our wallets honor the nation’s leaders whose leadership and vision have left an undeniable mark on United ...
12 hours ago · Ulysses (Inside Llewyn Davis) No matter how many times we watch Inside Llewyn Davis , we cannot get enough of Ulysses, the cat Oscar Isaac’s down-on-his-luck folk singer brings along with him on ...
1 day ago · In 1946, Carter graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. He is one of three presidents to graduate from a U.S. Military Academy, along with Ulysses Grant and Dwight Eisenhower, who both graduated ...
