Ferdinand de Saussure
Ferdinand de Saussure (/sɔːˈsʊr/ or /soʊˈsʊr/; French: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ də sosyʁ]; 26 November 1857 – 22 February 1913) was a Swiss linguist and semiotician whose ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments both in linguistics and semiology in the 20th century.[2][3] He is widely considered one of the fathers of 20th-century linguistics[4][5][6][7] and one of two major fathers (together with Charles Sanders Peirce) of semiotics/semiology.[8] Language is no longer regarded as peripheral to our grasp of the world we live in, but as central to it. Words are not mere vocal labels or communicational adjuncts superimposed upon an already given order of things. Although they have undergone extension and critique over time, the dimensions of organization introduced by Saussure continue to inform contemporary approaches to the phenomenon of language. Biography[edit] Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure was born in Geneva in 1857. Legacy[edit] Course in General Linguistics[edit] Later critics[edit]
Century Dictionary
First alphabetical page of The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia After Whitney's death in 1894, supplementary volumes were published under Smith's supervision, including, The Century Cyclopedia of Names (1894) and The Century Atlas (1897). A two-volume Supplement of new vocabulary, published in 1909, completed the dictionary. The completed dictionary contained over 500,000 entries, more than Webster's New International or Funk and Wagnalls New Standard, the largest other dictionaries of the period. Although the dictionary was never again revised or expanded, an abridged edition with new words, The New Century Dictionary (edited by H.G. The Century Dictionary was admired for the quality of its entries, the craftsmanship in its design, typography, and binding, and its excellent illustrations. Sources[edit] Adams, James Truslow. External links[edit]
Christian Nold
PEP UQAM- Peirce Edition Project (UQAM)
The mission of the Peirce edition Project (UQÀM) is to prepare the critical edition of texts written by Peirce between 1883 and 1909 for the Century Dictionary . The selection will represent the core of volume 7 of the Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition . The project is directed by François Latraverse, with the steady collaboration of David Lachance, Jean Philippe Dell'Aniello, Marc Guastavino, Jérôme Vogel, Hélène Garcia, Jean-Marie Chevalier, Gwennaël Bricteux, Vincent Motard-Côté, Léane Sirois, Martin Lefebvre, Mathieu Marion, Céline Poisson, Jean-Guy Meunier, Paul Forster and André De Tienne.
Jeremy Wood
AMV BBDO
Gaston Bachelard
Gaston Bachelard (French: [baʃlaʁ]; June 27, 1884 – October 16, 1962) was a French philosopher.[2] He made contributions in the fields of poetics and the philosophy of science. To the latter he introduced the concepts of epistemological obstacle and epistemological break (obstacle épistémologique et rupture épistémologique). He rose to some of the most prestigious positions in the Académie française and influenced many subsequent French philosophers, among them Michel Foucault, Louis Althusser, Dominique Lecourt and Jacques Derrida. Life and work[edit] Bachelard was a postmaster in Bar-sur-Aube, and then studied physics before finally becoming interested in philosophy. Bachelard's psychology of science[edit] In the English-speaking world, the connection Bachelard made between psychology and the history of science has been little understood. Epistemological breaks: the discontinuity of scientific progress[edit] The role of epistemology in science[edit] Shifts in scientific perspective[edit]
Alan MacEachren
Alan M. MacEachren (born 1952) is an American geographer, Professor of Geography and Director, GeoVISTA Center, Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University. He is known for his cross-disciplinary work in the fields of human-centered geographic visualization, scientific and information visualization, and in statistics.[1] Biography[edit] Alan MacEachren received a B.A. in geography in 1974 at the Ohio University, an M.A. in geography in 1976 from the University of Kansas and a Ph.D. in geography 1979 from University of Kansas. From 1979 to 1983 he was Assistant Professor of Geography at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Director of the Department of Geography Cartography Laboratory. Awards for Alan MacEachren in 2004-2007 include the E. See also[edit] Publications[edit] Alan MacEachren has written several books and articles. 1994. References[edit] External links[edit]
chris perkins
BA (Cantab), MA (Sheffield) Programme Director Geography with International Study Chair International Cartographic Association Maps and Society Research Commission 2007- I have taught and researched in Geography in Manchester since 1998, having previously run the university map libraries. My interests lie at the interface between mapping technologies and social and cultural practices, with ongoing research into performative aspects of contemporary mapping behaviour, and an emerging interest in play. These interests are reflected in eight edited and authored books and numerous academic articles and in my teaching with courses currently focusing on Envisioning Space and Maps in Society.
AUSTIN KLEON
Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry, CBE (born 24 March 1960) is an English artist, known mainly for his ceramic vases and cross-dressing. Perry's vases have classical forms and are decorated in bright colours, depicting subjects at odds with their attractive appearance. There is a strong autobiographical element in his work, in which images of Perry as "Claire", his female alter-ego, often appear. He was awarded the Turner Prize in 2003. Early life[edit] Grayson Perry was born in Chelmsford. In his childhood Perry took an interest in drawing and building model aeroplanes, both of which were to become themes in his work.[3] To escape from a difficult family situation and his stepfather's violence, he retreated to his bedroom or his stepfather’s shed where he became absorbed in a fantasy life, sometimes involving a teddy bear (called Alan Measles) that had become a "surrogate father figure".[2] Cross-dressing[edit] Growing up, he had unusual sexual desires and fantasies. Career[edit] Textiles[edit] Media[edit]
amy francheschini
Terry Pratchett
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Life[edit] Early life and family[edit] A poet, Hopkins' father published works including A Philosopher's Stone and Other Poems (1843), Pietas Metrica (1849), and Spicelegium Poeticum, A Gathering of Verses by Manley Hopkins (1892). Hopkins became a skilled draughtsman and found that his early training in visual art supported his later work as a poet.[1] His siblings were greatly inspired by language, religion and the creative arts. Hopkins, painted 24 July 1866 Manley Hopkins moved his family to Hampstead in 1852, near to where John Keats had lived thirty years before and close to the wide green spaces of Hampstead Heath. Oxford and the priesthood[edit] At Balliol College, Oxford (1863–67) he studied classics.[5] Hopkins was an unusually sensitive and shy student and poet, as witnessed by his class-notes and early poetic pieces. Hopkins began his time in Oxford as a keen socialite and prolific poet, but he seemed to have alarmed himself with the changes in his behaviour that resulted.
