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Wilfred Owen (1893 - 1918)

Sun, 16 Aug 2020 00:02:00 GMT

Wilfred Edward Salter Owen was born 18 March 1893 in Oswestry, Shropshire. After school he became a teaching assistant and in 1913 went to France for two years to work as a language tutor.


The 1893 Anglo-Ndebele War

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 05:16:00 GMT

The 1893 Anglo-Ndebele War or War of dispossession was a war between the British South Africa Company and the Ndebele under King Lobengula. The Ndebele were defeated and Lobengula fled his capital in ...


The Child's Bath

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:07:00 GMT

The artist; sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, November 24, 1893 [Paris 2015]; sold to Harris Whittemore, CT, January 17, 1894 [Paris 2015]; sold by him back to Durand-Ruel, New York, February 4, 1899 [Paris ...


World's Columbian Exposition Collection

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 23:02:00 GMT

Within this collection are various materials pertaining to all aspects of the Chicago fair of 1893, from initial preparations to specific buildings and exhibitors. It includes photographs of the ...


The 20 best films of 1893

Thu, 05 Nov 2020 18:54:00 GMT

Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsCharles Kayser John Ott The longest film by the Edison group to this point. A film of Edison workers ...


A petition: Women’s Suffrage Petition

Sat, 11 Nov 2023 06:12:00 GMT

By 1893 she was at the forefront of the campaign resulting in the signing of the suffrage petition and the passing of the Electoral Act on 19 September. The granting of the vote to women in New ...


Duryea Motor Carriage, 1893

Thu, 22 Sep 2016 17:56:00 GMT

This experimental vehicle is one of the earliest American-made automobiles. On September 21, 1893, Frank Duryea road-tested the vehicle – a second-hand carriage with a gasoline engine – in Springfield ...


Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Sun, 16 Aug 2020 16:55:00 GMT

By 1887, he was conducting his own music to great acclaim and producing such works as the Sixth Symphony, the 'Pathetique' in 1893 (the year of his death) and the ballets The Sleeping Beauty (1890) ...


The World's Columbian Exposition (1893)

Mon, 06 May 2019 01:00:00 GMT

The mile-long Midway at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the closest an amusement seeker came to a sure thing in 1893. Strolling along, one could admire the belly dancing of Fahreda ...


Duryea Motor Carriage, 1893

Thu, 22 Sep 2016 17:56:00 GMT

This experimental vehicle is one of the earliest American-made automobiles. On September 21, 1893, Frank Duryea road-tested the vehicle – a second-hand carriage with a gasoline engine – in Springfield ...


World's Columbian Exposition of 1893

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 02:05:00 GMT

America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of Columbus' voyage to the continent four hundred (and one) years earlier. Chicago beat out New York, St. Louis and Washington, D.C. for ...