Encyclopedia - Alfred The Great: Encyclopedia - Alfred The Great
Alfred (849? – 26 October 899) or Ælfred was king of the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred is famous for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred The Great - Childhood
Alfred was born sometime between 847 and AD 849 at Wantage in Berkshire, the fourth son of King Ethelwulf of Wessex (Æþelwulf), most li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred The Great - Childhood
Alfred was born sometime between 847 and AD 849 at Wantage in Berkshire, the fourth son of King Ethelwulf of Wessex (Æþelwulf), most li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred The Great - Public Life
During the short reigns of his two eldest brothers, Ethelbald and Ethelbert, nothing is heard of Alfred. But with the accession of the th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred The Great - Public Life
During the short reigns of his two eldest brothers, Ethelbald and Ethelbert, nothing is heard of Alfred. But with the accession of the th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 868: Encyclopedia - 868
868 - Events. 11 May: Printing of The Diamond Sutra, the oldest dated printed book. Aghlabid dynasty of Tunisia takes Malta. In Metz, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 886: Encyclopedia - 886
886 - Events. The Glagolitic alphabet, devised by Cyril and Methodius, missionaries from Constantinople, is adopted in the Bulgarian E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 847: Encyclopedia - 847
847 - Events. Succession of Pope Leo IV, (847 - 855) 847 - Births. Alfred the Great (d. 899) 847 - Deaths. Pope Sergius II Fei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 871: Encyclopedia - 871
871 - Events. Nine battles are fought between the Danes and Wessex. Of two of them the place and date are not recorded, the others wer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warwick Castle: Encyclopedia - Warwick Castle
Warwick Castle lies in the town of Warwick in the county of Warwickshire in central England and overlooks the River Avon. The castle toda...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator: Encyclopedia - Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is a children's book by British author Roald Dahl. It is the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Fac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Anderson: Encyclopedia - Alfred Anderson
Alfred Anderson (June 25, 1896 – November 21, 2005) was a Scottish joiner and veteran of the Great War. He was: Scotland's last known ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burgundians: Encyclopedia - Burgundians
The Burgundians or Burgundes were an East Germanic tribe which may have emigrated from mainland Scandinavia to the island of Bornholm, wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danelaw: Encyclopedia - Danelaw
The Danelaw (from the Old English Dena lagu) was an area of England under the administrative control of the Vikings (or Danes, or Norseme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aethelweard: Encyclopedia - Aethelweard
Æthelweard (Ethelward), Anglo-Saxon historian, was the great-grandson of Æthelred, the brother of Alfred, and ealdorman or earl of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W.e.b. Dubois: Encyclopedia - W.e.b. Dubois
Image:WEB DuBois.jpg William Edward Burghardt DuBois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an African American civil rights activis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thomas Berry: Encyclopedia Ii - Thomas Berry - Biography
Born in Greensboro, North Carolina, Berry was third of 13 children. By age eight, he had concluded that commercial values were threatenin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred University: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred University - History Of Alfred
Alfred was founded in 1836 as the Select School by Seventh Day Baptists as a non-sectarian institution. Unusually for the time, the schoo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athelney: Encyclopedia Ii - Athelney - Isle Of Athelney
The Isle of Athelney is best known for once being the fortress hiding place of King Alfred the Great, from where he went on to defeat the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shaftesbury: Encyclopedia Ii - Shaftesbury - History
Although Shaftesbury's recorded history dates from Anglo-Saxon times, it may have been the Celtic Caer Palladur. Its first written record...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shaftesbury: Encyclopedia Ii - Shaftesbury - History
Although Shaftesbury's recorded history dates from Anglo-Saxon times, it may have been the Celtic Caer Palladur. Its first written record...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bjarmaland: Encyclopedia Ii - Bjarmaland - Background
The Norwegian merchant Ottar (Ohthere) related for king Alfred the Great that he had passed the North Cape and after several days' voyage...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Berkshire: Encyclopedia Ii - Berkshire - History
The county is one of the oldest in England, being reliably dated back to the setting of the traditional county borders by King Alfred the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred University: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred University - Traditions
The school's mascot is the Saxon, a knight in shining armor. Since the year 871 is when King Alfred the Great succeeded his brother, Ethe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bornholm: Encyclopedia Ii - Bornholm - History
In the Old Icelandic sources, its name is Burgundarholm, and Alfred the Great uses the form Burgenda land. Some scholars believe that the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oxfordshire: Encyclopedia Ii - Oxfordshire - History
Main article: History of Oxfordshire. Historically the area has always had some importance, it has been valuable agricultural land restin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khanty People: Encyclopedia Ii - Khanty People - History
Khants appear most likely in Russian records under the name Yugra (ca. 11th century), when they had contact with Russian hunters and merc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Godwin Earl Of Wessex: Encyclopedia Ii - Godwin Earl Of Wessex - Biography
Godwin's father was probably Wulfnoth Cild (c.983-1015) who was Thegn of Sussex, although later documents describe his father as a churl....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bridgwater: Encyclopedia Ii - Bridgwater - History
Bridgwater is mentioned both in the Domesday Book and in earlier in earlier Saxon chronicles dating from around 800. It was formerly part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Milner 1st Viscount Milner: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Milner 1st Viscount Milner - The Peace
Meanwhile the diplomacy of 1899 and the conduct of the war had caused a great change in the attitude of the Liberal party in England towa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Milner 1st Viscount Milner: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Milner 1st Viscount Milner - World War One
Since Milner was the only Briton who had experience in civil direction of a war, Lloyd George turned to him in December, 1916 when he for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Milner 1st Viscount Milner: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Milner 1st Viscount Milner - In Egypt
It was by Goschen's influence that in 1889 he was made under-secretary of finance in Egypt. He remained in Egypt four years, his period o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Anglo-saxon England: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Anglo-saxon England - The Viking Challenge And The Rise Of Wessex 9th Century
Main articles: Danelaw, Viking Age, and Alfred the Great 793 is the date given by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the first Viking attack i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Duke Of Saxe-coburg And Gotha: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Duke Of Saxe-coburg And Gotha - Command Assignments
While still in command of the Galatea, the Duke of Edinburgh started from Plymouth on January 24, 1867 for his voyage round the world. On...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of England - History
The Kingdom of England has no specific founding date. The Kingdom can trace its origins to the Heptarchy, the rule of what would later be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Alfred Barnard: Encyclopedia Ii - George Alfred Barnard - Publications Of G. A. Barnard
There is a bibliography (containing 109 articles) up to 1989 in Seymour Geisser et al. (eds) Bayesian and Likelihood Methods in Statisti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Britain At The 1900 Summer Olympics: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Britain At The 1900 Summer Olympics - Medals
Great Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Gold. Charles Bennett - athletics, 1500 metres John Rimmer - athletics, 4000 metre steeple...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Royal Mint: Encyclopedia Ii - Royal Mint - History
The London Mint first became a single institution in 886, during the reign of Alfred the Great, but was only one of many mints throughout...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Krupp: Encyclopedia Ii - Krupp - Overview
Friedrich Krupp (1787 – 1826) launched the family's metal-based activities, building a small steel-foundry in Essen in 1811. His son, A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chippenham Wiltshire: Encyclopedia Ii - Chippenham Wiltshire - Early History
The town was believed to have been founded by Saxons around 600. The Anglo Saxon Chronicle records the town as Cippanhamme and this could...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stafford: Encyclopedia Ii - Stafford - History
Stafford means ford by a landing place. The town's location was the only feasible place for a large army to cross the river Trent, and so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steyning: Encyclopedia Ii - Steyning - History Of Steyning
Steyning has existed since at least Anglo-Saxon times. King Alfred the Great's father, Ethelwulf of Wessex, was buried there in the churc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romsey: Encyclopedia Ii - Romsey - History
Romsey - Middle Ages to The Civil War. The name Romsey is believed to have originated from the term Rūm's Eg, meaning "Rūm's area sur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Military History: Encyclopedia Ii - British Military History - List Of British Military Encounters
British military history - Prehistoric and ancient period. Roman conquest of Britain (43) British military history - Mediæval perio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brother André: Encyclopedia Ii - Brother André - Call To Devotion
The Pastor of his parish, Fr. André Provençal, noticed the devotion and generosity of the young man. He decided to present Alfred to th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leidang: Encyclopedia Ii - Leidang - England
In Saxon times, defenses were based upon the fyrd, the Anglo-Saxon version of the Scandinavian leidang. It was a militia of all able-bodi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sittingbourne: Encyclopedia Ii - Sittingbourne - Shipbuilding
One prominent local shipwright was the son of Alfred White who owned a yard at Sittingbourne, and had a barge yard at Blackwall in London...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Winchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Winchester - History
Settlement in the area dates back to pre-Roman times, and there is evidence of Iron Age hill forts around the city. Under the Romans the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - City Of London: Encyclopedia Ii - City Of London - History
The area of the City of London has been administered separately since 886, when Alfred the Great appointed his son-in-law Earl Ætheldred...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglo-saxons: Encyclopedia Ii - Anglo-saxons - Etymology
Anglo-Saxons - Origins of the word. The term "Anglo-Saxon" is from Latin writings going back to the time of King Alfred the Great, who ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fells In The Lake District: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fells In The Lake District - By Height
List of fells in the Lake District - Wainwrights. These are the 214 fells selected by Alfred Wainwright for a chapter in his seven Pict...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglo-saxons: Encyclopedia Ii - Anglo-saxons - Etymology
Anglo-Saxons - Origins of the word. The term "Anglo-Saxon" is from Latin writings going back to the time of King Alfred the Great, who ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athelstan Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Athelstan Of England - Reign
Athelstan was the son of Edward the Elder, and grandson of Alfred the Great. His father succeeded, after some difficulty, to the Kingdom ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gottlob Frege: Encyclopedia Ii - Gottlob Frege - Logician
Frege is widely regarded as a very great logician, on par with Aristotle, Kurt Gödel, and Alfred Tarski. His revolutionary Begriffsschri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Innate Bisexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Innate Bisexuality - Different Usages
Many modern uses of the term innate bisexuality are more indicative of Alfred Kinsey's research than Freud's. In this sense, it is a sugg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester Town Hall: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester Town Hall - Entrance
The entrance overlooks Albert Square and features statues of: Gnaeus Julius Agricola, founder of the Roman fort of Mamuciam in year 79; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athelstan Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Athelstan Of England - Reign
Athelstan was the son of Edward the Elder, and grandson of Alfred the Great. His father succeeded, after some difficulty, to the Kingdom ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Royal Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Royal Navy - King's Ships To 1500
Alfred the Great has traditionally been recognized as the "founder of the navy"; in 897 he had a number of ships built, of at least 60 oa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antony Armstrong-jones 1st Earl Of Snowdon: Encyclopedia Ii - Antony Armstrong-jones 1st Earl Of Snowdon - Early Life
The only son of Welsh barrister Ronald Owen Lloyd Armstrong-Jones (1899–1966) and his first wife, socialite Anne Messel (1902–1992, l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wareham: Encyclopedia Ii - Wareham - History
The town's strategic setting has made it an important settlement throughout its long history. The older streets in the town follow a Roma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liss: Encyclopedia Ii - Liss - Saxon
No direct evidence of habitation in the current Liss village area exists, and the early Saxon period is also slightly represented archeol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westbury Wiltshire: Encyclopedia Ii - Westbury Wiltshire - Features And History
Westbury is sometimes known as Westbury-under-the-Plain to distinguish it from other towns of the same name. Westbury nestles under the n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oedipus Complex: Encyclopedia Ii - Oedipus Complex - Critiques Of The Oedipus Complex
Popular culture often portrays Freud as overfocused on sexual influences, and his theory of the Oedipus Complex is often considered unten...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geostrategy In Central Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Geostrategy In Central Asia - Debated And Debatable Zone
Alfred Thayer Mahan, the father of U.S. geostrategy, outlined the geostrategic divisions of Eurasia in his 1900 piece The Problem of Asia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anachronism Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Anachronism Game - Set 2
Set 2 was released in June of 2005. It consists of the Britons, Chinese, Egyptians and Mongols. The Promotional Pack associated with this...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colin Montgomerie: Encyclopedia Ii - Colin Montgomerie - Team Appearances
Amateur Walker Cup: (representing Great Britain & Ireland) 1985, 1987 Eisenhower Trophy: (representing Scotland) 1984, 1986 St Andre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Anglo-saxon England: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Anglo-saxon England - Sources
There is a wide range of source material that covers Anglo-Saxon England. The main narrative sources are Bede's Ecclesiastical History an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Anglo-saxon England: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Anglo-saxon England - First Viking Age: Ninth Century
793 is the date given by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the first Viking attack in Britain, at Lindisfarne monastery. However, there is a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seafloor Spreading: Encyclopedia Ii - Seafloor Spreading - Debate And Search For Mechanism
At the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (and other places), material from the upper mantle rises through the faults between oceanic plates to form new ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australia At The 1900 Summer Olympics: Encyclopedia Ii - Australia At The 1900 Summer Olympics - Medals
Australia at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Gold. Stanley Rowley (with Charles Bennett, John Rimmer, Sidney Robinson, and Alfred Tysoe of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cwen: Encyclopedia Ii - Cwen - Wars In Cwenland
According to the Northern Norwegian Viking leader Ottar from Björkoy in Hålogaland (Haalogaland) (see also: Ottar from Hålogaland, nea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Levitt: Encyclopedia Ii - William Levitt - Background
As President of Levitt & Sons, the real-estate development company founded by his father Abraham Levitt near the start of the Great D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Princess Beatrice Of Edinburgh: Encyclopedia Ii - Princess Beatrice Of Edinburgh - Early Life
Princess Beatrice was born on April 20, 1884 at Eastwell Park, Kent. Her father was Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second eldest s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geostrategy: Encyclopedia Ii - Geostrategy - History Of Geostrategy
Geostrategy - Precursors. Herodotus talks about a Greek plan to gain the "empire of the sea." Alexander Hamilton was a geostrategic thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W. G. Grace: Encyclopedia Ii - W. G. Grace - Family
In 1848, W. G. Grace was born at Downend, near Bristol. He found himself in an atmosphere charged with cricket, his father (Henry Mills G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nazism: Encyclopedia Ii - Nazism - Nazi Theory
Alfred Rosenberg's racial philosophy wholly embraced the Aryan Invasion Theory, which traced Aryan peoples in ancient Iran invading the I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Anglo-saxon England: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Anglo-saxon England - Sources
There is a wide range of source material that covers Anglo-Saxon England. The main narrative sources are Bede's Ecclesiastical History an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Levée En Masse: Encyclopedia Ii - Levée En Masse - Origins
In the polis envisioned in Plato's Laws, the militia would include the entire population, and women and children would drill alongside me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telegraphy: Encyclopedia Ii - Telegraphy - Electrical Telegraphs
The first electromagnetic telegraph was created by Baron Schilling in 1832. The first commercial electrical telegraph was constructed by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ecology: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ecology - 18th And 19th Century ~ Ecological Murmurs
History of ecology - The botanical geography and Alexander von Humboldt. Throughout the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Linus Pauling: Encyclopedia Ii - Linus Pauling - Work On Biological Molecules
In the mid-1930s, Pauling decided to strike out into new areas of interest. Early in his career, he had mentioned a lack of interest in s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - C. Douglass Buck: Encyclopedia Ii - C. Douglass Buck - Professional And Political Career
From 1922 until 1929 he was Chief Engineer of the Delaware State Highway Department and in 1928 was elected Governor of Delaware by defea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W.e.b. Dubois: Encyclopedia Ii - W.e.b. Dubois - Early Life And Education
DuBois was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts to Alfred and Mary DuBois. As a youth, his intellectual development was spurred throug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time Team: Encyclopedia Ii - Time Team - Episode Listing
Series 1 16th Jan 1994 - Athelney, Somerset: Alfred the Great's abbey fort. 23rd Jan 1994 - Ribchester, Lancashire: Roman. 30th Jan 1994 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Ernest Percival: Encyclopedia Ii - Arthur Ernest Percival - Early Life And World War I
Arthur Ernest Percival was born on Boxing Day in Aspenden, Hertfordshire, the son of Alfred Reginald and Edith Percival. He was schooled ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Ernest Percival: Encyclopedia Ii - Arthur Ernest Percival - Early Life And World War I
Arthur Ernest Percival was born on Boxing Day in Aspenden, Hertfordshire, the son of Alfred Reginald and Edith Percival. He was schooled ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Literature - Classical And Pre-classical Antiquity
This period of Greek literature stretches the oldest surviving written works in the Greek language until the 4th century and the rise of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W.e.b. Dubois: Encyclopedia Ii - W.e.b. Dubois - Early Life And Education
Du Bois was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts to Alfred and Mary Du Bois. As a youth, his intellectual development was spurred thro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W.e.b. Dubois: Encyclopedia Ii - W.e.b. Dubois - Early Life And Education
Du Bois was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts to Alfred and Mary Dubois. As a youth, his intellectual development was spurred throu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nazism: Encyclopedia Ii - Nazism - Nazi Theory
Alfred Rosenberg's racial philosophy wholly embraced the Aryan Invasion Theory, which traced Aryan peoples in ancient Iran invading the I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglo-saxon Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Anglo-saxon Literature - Overview
A large number of manuscripts remain from the 600 year Anglo-Saxon period, with most written during the last 300 years (9th–11th centur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1919 World Series: Encyclopedia Ii - 1919 World Series - Notable Performances
1919 World Series - Cincinnati Reds. Alfred "Greasy" Neale (of):10-for-28; .357 batting average; 3 runs; 2 double; 1 triple; 4 RBI Hod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deir Yassin Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Deir Yassin Massacre - Results
Deir Yassin very quickly became an ideological bait in the propaganda war between Israel and the Arab states. Panic flight of Arabs acros...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Military History: Encyclopedia Ii - British Military History - List Of British Military Encounters
British military history - Prehistoric and ancient period. Roman conquest of Britain (43) British military history - Mediæval perio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1919 World Series: Encyclopedia Ii - 1919 World Series - Notable Performances
1919 World Series - Cincinnati Reds. Alfred "Greasy" Neale (of):10-for-28; .357 batting average; 3 runs; 2 double; 1 triple; 4 RBI Hod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Military History: Encyclopedia Ii - British Military History - List Of British Military Encounters
British military history - Prehistoric and ancient period. Roman conquest of Britain (43) British military history - Mediæval perio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of U.s. College Team Nicknames: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of U.s. College Team Nicknames - Team Nicknames
List of U.S. college team nicknames - A. Air Force Falcons Akron Zips Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama-Huntsville Chargers Alaska-Anchorag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred The Great - Appearance In Culture
In honour of Alfred, the University of Liverpool now has a King Alfred Chair of English Literature. Thomas Augustine Arne's Masque of Alf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred The Great - Christianity Literature And Music
The history of the church under Alfred is most obscure. The Danish inroads had told heavily upon it; the monasteries had been special poi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred The Great - Christianity, Literature And Music
The history of the church under Alfred is most obscure. The Danish inroads had told heavily upon it; the monasteries had been special poi...   » Read the article