John William Draper (May 5, 1811 – January 4, 1882) was an English scientist, philosopher, physician, chemist, historian and photographer. He is credited...
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Draper Jr., was born on August 10, 1894, in Harlem, New York City. His parents were Mary Emma (née Carey) Draper (1872–1960) and William Henry Draper...
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scientist, philosopher, physician, chemist, historian, and photographer John William Draper. Her father often needed to move the family while serving various...
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William Henry Draper III (born January 1, 1928) is an American venture capitalist. Draper was born on January 1, 1928, in White Plains, New York, the...
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Conflict thesis (redirect from Draper-White thesis)
the history of science that originated in the 19th century with John William Draper and Andrew Dickson White. It maintains that there is an intrinsic...
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Draper was originally a term for a retailer or wholesaler of cloth that was mainly for clothing. A draper may additionally operate as a cloth merchant...
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John Christopher Draper (1835–1885), American chemist, a son of John William Draper and brother of Henry Draper John William Draper (1811–1882), American...
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established at 977 °F (525 °C, 798 K) by John William Draper in 1847. Bodies at temperatures just below the Draper point radiate primarily in the infrared...
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The Henry Draper Observatory, also known as Draper Cottage and incorrectly as the John William Draper House, is a historic house and local history museum...
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and ascribes popularization of the flat-Earth myth to histories by John William Draper, Andrew Dickson White, and Washington Irving. In Inventing the Flat...
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siblings: venture capitalist Tim Draper and Rebecca Draper. Her grandfather is banker and diplomat William Henry Draper Jr. Draper grew up in Chicago, Illinois...
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historian, and pioneer photographer John William Draper and Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira née Gardner. Daniel Draper began his schooling at the NYU primary...
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Cook Draper (born June 11, 1958) is an American venture capital investor, and founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Draper University, Draper Venture...
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concerning the village of Wall. The story begins in late April 1839, as John William Draper had just photographed the Moon and Charles Dickens was serialising...
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phreaker John Christopher Draper (1835–1885), American chemist, son of John William Draper and brother of Henry Draper John William Draper (1811−1882)...
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Elizabeth "Betty" Draper Francis (formerly Draper, née Hofstadt) is a fictional character played by January Jones on AMC's television series Mad Men....
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List of Mad Men characters (redirect from Megan Draper)
notes * ^1 Maxwell Huckabee and Aaron Hart have split the role of Bobby Draper in the first season, while Hart takes over for the second season. Jared...
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John William Draper and a brother of astronomer Henry Draper. Draper was born at Christiansville (now Chase City, Virginia). His father, John William Draper...
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was an animated discussion after the presentation of a paper by John William Draper of New York University, on the intellectual development of Europe...
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best known today as a pioneer of astrophotography. Henry Draper's father, John William Draper, was an accomplished doctor, chemist, botanist, and professor...
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scientific revolution and the Age of Enlightenment, led scholars such as John William Draper to postulate (c. 1874) a conflict thesis, suggesting that religion...
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Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment led some scholars such as John William Draper to postulate a conflict thesis, holding that religion and science...
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home. Two somewhat different accounts of Mary Draper Ingles' capture and escape, one written by her son John Ingles,: 86–88 and the other by Letitia Preston...
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Derek William Draper (15 August 1967 – 3 January 2024) was an English political lobbyist and psychotherapist. As a political advisor, he was involved in...
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pulley, c, being strained tight by a silk thread and weight, d. — John William Draper, A Textbook on Chemistry (1861) The pulley is connected to an index...
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voyage of exploration. Later significant advocates of this view were John William Draper and Andrew Dickson White, who used it as a major element in their...
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exposure meant the photograph came out as an indistinct fuzzy spot. John William Draper, New York University Professor of Chemistry, physician and scientific...
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William Draper Lewis (1867–1949) was the first full-time dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School (1896–1914), and the founding director (1923–1947)...
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Draper, a daughter of Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Gardner and Dr. John William Draper. Maury was also the granddaughter of John William Draper and...
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Delaware Draper-Adkins House, listed on the NRHP in Milton, Delaware Draper House (Lima, New York), listed on the NRHP in Livingston County, New York John William...
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