Wiltshire, Sir William Henry Fox Talbot, known as the father of modern photography, was a British visionary whose name is etched in the annals. He passed away on September 17, 1877. In 1833 ...

Due to his military career, William Henry Harrison became the frontrunner of the Whig Party—a new political faction assembled by opposition to Jackson. Despite his aristocratic Virginian roots, the ...

Long before Julia Child published Mastering the Art of French Cooking, artists had already made the connection between food and art.

William Henry Hamilton Trood was a British artist born in 1848 and passed away in 1899. He gained recognition for his work in painting and was particularly adept at capturing landscapes, hunting ...

William Harrison, a frontier army general whose ... John Tyler. The Whigs, led by Henry Clay, fielded Harrison as a war hero candidate in 1840. During the campaign, they downplayed Harrison's ...

Shifting Shorelines: Art, Industry, and Ecology along the Hudson River offers a transhistorical reading of human endeavors along the edges of the Hudson as depicted through the observations of artists ...

In the heart of Utah’s Uinta Mountains, a team of scientists is re-creating historical pictures to study how much, and how quickly, ecosystems are changing.

William Henry Fox Talbot was born on 11 February 1800 in Melbury, Dorset, into a well-connected family. His father died when he was less than a year old and he and his mother lived in a succession ...

William Henry Wiegandt Jr., 80, passed away on February 13, 2025. He was born on March 14, 1944 in Louisville. He is survived by his wife, Janice Wiegandt; daughters, DeAnna (Greg) Long and Dana ...