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Marie CurieBorn in Poland in 1867, after receiving her secondary education she worked as a governess for eight years. Marie moved to Paris and read Physics at the Sorbonne
MONTESSORI (1870 - 1952)Doctor MARIA MONTESSORI Italian medical and educator, first woman in Italy to obtain a medical degree; pioneered child education methods
Plimsoll LineThe Mark indicates the degree to which a ship may be loaded - if it is below water level, the ship is dangerously over- loaded. (We have Plimsolls original prospectus)
Woman Fencing 1930Eleanor Macdonald, the only woman to whom the degree of Maitre d Armes de l Academie d Epee de Paris has been awarded, shows us how attractive breeches can be
Islamic ContortionsSome Moslems choose to twist and contort their bodies while praying, bending backwards to a remarkable degree
Scottish RiteInduction to the 33rd Degree of the Scottish rite; the Candidate is led forward where the Book awaits him - watched over by the Skeleton, symbol
Neville Chamberlain with RH Stoughton and Samuel HoareNeville Chamberlain (Arthur Neville Chamberlain, 1869-1940), British Conservative politician, and Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940
Gwyneth Thomson and Helena NormantonTwo of our coming Portias. Mrs. Gwyneth Marjory Thomson, accepted by the Benchers of Lincolns Inn as a student in 1920. On the right, Miss Helena Normanton
Music cover, Alexandra Music Books, Songs of the Emerald Isle. With a portrait of Princess Alexandra of Wales when she received the honorary degree of Doctor of Music (DMus) at Trinity College
Women Graduates Date: 1910
Albert, Duke of York - Honourary Degree for Taft, CambridgePrince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI) (1895-1952) - receiving an Honorary Degree as Doctor of Law along with the ex-President (and then Chief Justice)
Three schoolboys apply themselves and become Oxford scholarsThree schoolboys apply themselves, becoming first class Oxford scholars. They then lend their acquired wisdom to become a Bishop, a Physician and a great warrior! Date: 1898
Al-Azhar University in Cairo, EgyptStudents at work in the courtyard ( heart ) of the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Egypt. The Mosque is directly associated with Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 975
Tour of the Colonies - Adelaide - Degree Ceremony - Degree Ceremony. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies
Caricature of Madge Kendal, English actress and managerCaricature of Madge Kendal (Margaret Shafto Robertson, 1848-1935), English actress and (with her husband William Hunter Kendal) theatre manager
Page design, commencement, School SilhouettesPage design for commencement in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA
Princess Alexandra of Wales in robes as a Doctorate of MusicPrincess Alexandra of Wales, later Queen Alexandra consort to Edward VII, wearing robes when she received a honorary degree in Music from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1885. Date: 1855
Suffragette Card Game PANKO ArtworkOriginal artwork by E.T Reed (Edward Tennyson Reed 1860-1933) for the suffragette card game PANKO. This shows Christabel Pankhurst holding a scroll labeled vfw and calling for Law Law Law
British CommentBritish comment on the goings- on across the Channel : Liberty, Equality and the Free Rights of Man in their highest degree of perfection. Date: circa 1790
Mary ScharliebMARY SCHARLIEB Medical practitioner : the first woman to obtain the M.D. degree at London University. Date: 1845 - 1930
Egyptian Fantasy card - State Telegram and Al-Azhar MosqueEgyptian Fantasy card - featuring an Egyptian State Telegram and an inset photograph of the Al-Azhar University and Mosque, Cairo, Egypt (founded in 975) all on a faux papyrus background
R Caracciola and B Rosmeyer at AVUSR Caracciola (No. 35) and B Rosmeyer (No. 31) taking the 43 degree banking of the North Curve at AVUS (Automobil-Verkehrs- und bungsstra
Give him the Schley degree. Illustration shows three elderly naval officers questioning the spirit of John Paul Jones regarding the Navy Dept. vs
Or Rebekah degree of odd fellowship
Where to eat dinner with chopsticks a la chinoiseScene from 1920 of a Chinese restaurant in Londons Chinatown in Limehouse. The first Chinese to settle in Britain arrived in the late 18th century
Mad Dog (Caldecott)" And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, & hound, & cur of low degree." Published: late 19th century
Proud Frog (Folkard)THE PROUD FROG " Was it so big? says the old frog, swelling & blowing up her speckled body to a great degree." Date: 1912
Cambridge Univ GraduateA newly qualified graduate of Cambridge proudly displays his degree after the graduation ceremony. Date: circa 1973
Flying SaucerRalph 124C 41+ [Hugo Gernsback] Domed-disc spacecraft which anticipates to a remarkable degree the flying saucers of twenty years later Date: 1929
Al-Azhar University and Mosque, Cairo, EgyptAl-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 975. The chief centre of Arabic literature and Sunni Islamic learning in the world and the worlds second oldest surviving degree granting university
Portrait of Sir Joseph ListerBorn in Essex in 1827, he received his degree from University College, London. In 1860 he became a Surgeon at Glasows Royal Infirmary, where he researched the cause of infections
ITALY PISAEngraving showing the Campaniles degree of lean in the early 19th century
Egyptian WritingEgyptian hieroglyphs developed the scope of visual symbols to an extraordinary degree, graphic as well as decorative
Oxford Uni Exam 1842Exercise at Oxford for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, with the Revd Professor Hampden DD in the Chair
Maupertuis in LaplandPIERRE LOUIS MOREAU DE MAUPERTUIS (1698 - 1759) French mathematician and astronomer sent to Lapland by Louis XV to measure a degree of longitude
Archibald MarshallARCHIBALD MARSHALL probably a writer, but one whose fame has declined to such a degree that none of our reference books thinks him worthy of mention
Pyne - Doctor of LawA DOCTOR OF LAW At this time, he could take his degree only at Oxford or Cambridge : his standing is governed by ancient and traditional protocol
Diocletian RetiresAfter establishing a degree of stability in the Empire thanks to the tetrarchy system, emperor Diocletian retires to Split in Croatia, building a huge palace which survives