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Benjamin (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין; Standard Hebrew: Binyamin; Tiberian Hebrew Binyāmîn) is a Hebrew Bible figure. The name literally translates to "son of right," generally taken to mean "son of my right hand" but in some rabbinical traditions "son of the right side [of the body]" or "son of the south," the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel (Genesis 35:18). His birth took place on the road between Bethel and Ephrath, characterized later by Christian writers as at a short distance from Bethlehem, because ma ...

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benjamin: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Haydon

Benjamin Robert Haydon (January 26, 1786 - June 22, 1846) was an English historical painter and writer. He was born at Plymouth. His mother was the daughter of the Rev. Benjamin Cobley, rector of Dodbrook, Devon. Her brother, General Sir Thomas Cobley, was renowned for his part in the siege of Ismail. Benjamin's father, a prosperous printer, stationer and publisher, was well known in Plymouth. Haydon, an only son, at an early date showed an aptitude for study, which was carefully fostered by his mother. At the age of six he was ...

benjamin: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Feingold

Benjamin Feingold, M.D., (born June 15, 1900 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; died, March 23, 1982) was a pediatric allergist from California, who proposed in 1973 that salicylates, artificial colors, and artificial flavors cause hyperactivity in children. (Hyperactivity is now medically classified as attention deficit disorder [ADD] or Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder [ADHD]). Benjamin Feingold - Biography. Benjamin Feingold - Education. Dr Feingold recei ...

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benjamin: American History Dictionary - Benjamin Spock

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Dr. Spock wrote "Baby and Child Care" (1946), a book that became the bible for raising the children of the baby boom. Spock insisted that raising children successfully required both professional skills and loving care.

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benjamin: Encyclopedia - Benjamin West

Benjamin West (October 10, 1738 – March 11, 1820) was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes around and after the time of the American Revolution. Born in Springfield, Pennsylvania (now Swarthmore) as the tenth child of an innkeeper. Benjamin West was an autodidact. While excelling at the arts, "he had little [formal] education and, even when president of the Royal Academy, could scarcely spell."(Hughes, 70) From 1746 to 1759, West worked in Pennsylvania painting portraits while fostered by the provost of the College ...

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benjamin: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Britten

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, OM (November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976) was a British composer, conductor and pianist. Benjamin Britten - Life. Britten was born in Lowestoft in Suffolk, the son of a dentist and a talented amateur musician. He began composing prolifically as a child, and in 1927 began private lessons with Frank Bridge. He also studied, less happily, at the Royal College of Music under John Ireland and with some input from Ralph Vaughan Williams. Although ultimately h ...

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benjamin: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Whorf

Benjamin Lee Whorf (April 24, 1897 – July 26, 1941) was an American linguist. Born in Winthrop, Massachusetts, the son of Harry and Sarah (Lee) Whorf, Benjamin Lee Whorf graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1918 with a degree in chemical engineering and shortly afterwards began work as a fire prevention engineer (inspector) for the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, pursuing li ...

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benjamin: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Zablocki

Benjamin Zablocki (b. January 19, 1941 in Brooklyn) is professor of sociology at Rutgers University and teaches sociology of religion and social psychology. He has published widely on the subject of charismatic religious movements and cults. Zablocki got 1962 a B.A. in mathematics from Columbia University and 1967 a Ph.D. in social relations from the Johns Hopkins University and did postgraduate studies in psychiatry and psychology. Benjamin Zablocki - Bibliography. The Joyful Commun ...

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benjamin: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd President of the United States (1889-1893). Benjamin Harrison - Biography. A grandson of President William Henry Harrison, Benjamin was born at 8:57 pm, on Tuesday August 20, 1833 in North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio to John Scott Harrison (later a U.S. Congressman from Ohio) and Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin. He attended Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, where he was a member of the fraternity Phi Delta Theta, (later in life, he joined another frat ...

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benjamin: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Thompson

Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (in German: Reichsgraf von Rumford), (26 March 1753 - 21 August 1814), was an Anglo-American physicist and inventor whose challenges to established physical theory were part of the 19th century revolution in thermodynamics. Benjamin Thompson - Early life in America. Thompson was born in rural Woburn, Massachusetts, in America; his birthplace is preserved to this day as a museum. He was educated mainly at the village school, although he sometimes walked to Cambridg ...

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benjamin: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Rowe

Benjamin Rowe (1952 to 2002) was an American kabbalist and ceremonial magician who published numerous articles on the kabbalah and the Enochian system of magic. He was active on the Internet under his own name and the alias, "Josh Norton," until his death, at age 50, in 2002. Other related archives1952, 2002, American, Enochian, Internet, kabbalah, magic

benjamin: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Roden

Benjamin Lloyd Roden was born January 5, 1902, in Bearden, Oklahoma. He died on October 22, 1978. He spent his childhood on the farm, graduated from high school, and attended Oklahoma Teachers College. He spent a short time teaching in a country school. For many years he was employed in the oil fields in Oklahoma, and Odessa, Texas. On February 12, 1937, Benjamin L. Roden and Lois Irene Scott were married. They had six children. In 1937, Ben and Lois joined the Christian Church, and were active and faithful members. Not long af ...

benjamin: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Hoff

Benjamin Hoff (born 1946) is the author of several books on Taoism, including his bestselling The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet. Hoff grew up in Sylvan, Oregon, where he acquired a fondness of the natural world that has been highly influential in his writing. Hoff obtained a B.A. in Asian Art from The Evergreen State College in 1973. Prior to his career in writing, he worked as a tree pruner, antiques restorer, hospital orderly, investigative reporter, photojournalist, recording musician, singer, and songwriter. In his spa ...

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benjamin: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Creme

Benjamin Creme is the Theosophist founder of a new religious movement called Share International. He asserts that the second coming prophesized by many religions will come in the form of Maitreya. Maitreya is the name Buddhists use for the future Buddha, but Creme claims that Maitreya is actually the teacher that all religions point towards and hope for. In fact, Creme says that Maitreya is already here on the Earth, and making public appearances, most notably in front of a crowd of 6000 i ...

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benjamin: Encyclopedia - Benjamin McCulloch

Benjamin McCulloch (November 11, 1811–March 7, 1862) was a soldier in the Texas Revolution, Texas Ranger, U.S. marshal, and brigadier general in the army of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. Benjamin McCulloch - Early life. He was born 11 November 1811 in Rutherford County, Tennessee, one of twelve children and the fourth son of Alexander McCulloch and Frances Fisher LeNoir. His father, a Yale University graduate, was an officer on Brig. Gen. John Coffee's staff during the Creek War of ...

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benjamin: Encyclopedia - Walter Benjamin Walter Benjamin (July 15, 1892-September 27, 1940) was a German Jewish Marxist literary critic and philosopher. He was at times associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory, and was also greatly inspired by the Marxism of Bertolt Brecht and the Jewish mysticism of Gershom Scholem. Walter Benjamin - Life and work. Benjamin was known during his life lastly for his philosophical essays and as a critic. As a sociological and cultural critic he combined ideas of Jewish mysticism with historical materi ...

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benjamin: Encyclopedia - Benjamin of Tudela

Benjamin of Tudela (flourished 12th century) was a medieval Spanish Jewish Rabbi, traveler and explorer. His vivid descriptions of Asia preceded those of Marco Polo by one hundred years, covering an even greater distance. With his broad education and vast knowledge of languages, Benjamin of Tudela was a major figure in the history of geography and Jewish history. Benjamin set out on his 13-year journey throughout the known world in 1160, in what began as a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He had probably hoped to originally settle ...

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benjamin: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Mays

Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays (ca. August 1, 1894 (?) – March 28, 1984) was an African-American minister, educator, scholar, social activist and the president of Morehouse College in Atlanta. He was also a significant mentor to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and was among the most articulate and outspoken critics of segregation before the rise of the modern civil rights movement in the United States. Benjamin Mays - Education. Benjamin Elijah Mays was born in either 1894 or 1895 in Ep ...

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benjamin: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Rush

Dr. Benjamin Rush (December 24, 1745–April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, and humanitarian. He also was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and attended the Continental Congress. Later in life, he became a professor of medical theory and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania. Despite having a wide influence on the development of American government, he is not as widely known as many of his American contemporaries. Rush was also ...

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