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Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.

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Adolf Hitler (Nazi, nazism, German leader).

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Plato (left) and Aristotle, detail from School of Athens, fresco by Raphael, 1508-11; in the Stanza della Segnatura, the Vatican. Plato points to the heavens and the realm of Forms, Aristotle to the earth and the realm of things.

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Saint Lucia Day. Young girl wears Lucia crown (tinsel halo) with candles. Holds Saint Lucia Day currant laced saffron buns (lussekatter or Lucia's cats). Observed December 13 honor virgin martyr Santa Lucia (St. Lucy). Luciadagen, Christmas, Sweden

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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

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Edith Ronne

American explorer

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Ronne Expedition

In Finn Ronne
Edith Ronne and a scientist, Jenny Darlington, traveled with the Ronne Expedition, becoming the first women researchers to take part in a polar exploration. Ronne won many honours, among them three Congressional Gold Medals. His books include Antarctic Conquest (1949) and Antarctica, My Destiny (1979).
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Ronne Ice Shelf

In Ronne Ice Shelf
Named for Edith Ronne, wife of the American explorer Finn Ronne, the ice shelf was claimed by the United Kingdom (1908), Chile (1940), and Argentina (1942).
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