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 ...

Nothing demonstrates the significance of this power better than the career of Boston's flamboyant Cardinal Archbishop William Henry O'Connell. AT THE TURN of the century the incubator for Romanita ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

A Remarkable Life As we conclude “Black History Month” we turn our attention to a man who lived a remarkable life, journeying ...

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 ...