langs: 16 февраля [ru] / february 16 [en] / 16. februar [de] / 16 février [fr] / 16 febbraio [it] / 16 de febrero [es]
days: february 13 / february 14 / february 15 / february 16 / february 17 / february 18 / february 19
Alphabet / Alphabet
#1 Deseret alphabet
The Deseret alphabet ( / ˌ d ɛ z ə ˈ r ɛ t / ( listen ) ; [1] Deseret: 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻 or 𐐔𐐯𐑆𐐲𐑉𐐯𐐻 ) is a phonemic English-language spelling reform developed between 1847 and 1854 by the board of regents of the University of Deseret under the leadership of Brigham Young , the second president of The Church o
- ... ge A. Smith , an early Mormon historian . [5] : 15 The Sermon on the Mount as it appears in the 16 february 1859 edition of the Deseret News . In 1859, with the new type in hand, the Deseret News began print ...
Language / Language
#1 Yahgan language
Yahgan or Yagán (also spelled Yaghan , Jagan , Iakan , and also known as Yámana , Háusi Kúta , or Yágankuta ), was one of the indigenous languages of Tierra del Fuego , spoken by the Yaghan people . [2] [3] It was regarded as a language isolate , although some linguists have attempted to relate it t
- ... Argentina and Chile Region Tierra del Fuego Ethnicity 1,700 Yaghan people (2002 census) [1] Extinct 16 february 2022, with the death of Cristina Calderón [1] Language family Language isolate Language codes ISO 6 ...
#2 Futunan language
Futunan or Futunian is the Polynesian language spoken on Futuna (and Alofi). The term East-Futunan is also used to distinguish it from the related West Futunan (Futuna-Aniwan) spoken on the outlier islands of Futuna and Aniwa in Vanuatu . Polynesian language Futunan Faka futuna Region Futuna Island,
- ... sified as endangered. [3] HISTORY King Sigave signed a treaty establishing a French protectorate on 16 february 1888, after being pressured by missionaries to do so. The islands were put under the authority of t ...
Researcher / Researcher
#1 Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavičius ( pronunciation ( help · info ) , Polish : Jan Basanowicz ; 23 November 1851 – 16 February 1927) was an activist and proponent of the Lithuanian National Revival . He participated in every major event leading to the independent Lithuanian state and is often given the informal ho
- Jonas Basanavičius ( pronunciation ( help · info ) , Polish : Jan Basanowicz ; 23 November 1851 – 16 february 1927) was an activist and proponent of the Lithuanian National Revival . He participated in every m ...
- ... sanavičius Jonas Basanavičius Born ( 1851-11-23 ) 23 November 1851 Oszkobole , Congress Poland Died 16 february 1927 (1927-02-16) (aged 75) Wilno , Second Polish Republic Resting place Rasos Cemetery 54°40′9″N 2 ...
- ... f Lithuania . He chaired the council's session that adopted the Act of Independence of Lithuania on 16 february 1918 and was the first to sign it. In the aftermath of World War I, Vilnius changed hands and regim ...
- ... ttacker, Alexander Manoilov, served a ten-year sentence but never fully explained his reasoning. On 16 february 1889, Mohl died of tuberculosis that she apparently contracted from her dying mother while still in ...
- ... pped down and Basanavičius chaired the session that adopted the Act of Independence of Lithuania on 16 february 1918. [15] He was the first to sign the Act. [13] LATER LIFE Jonas Basanavičius painting, hanging i ...
- ... pital he was diagnosed with bladder and lung infections that his body was failing to fight. [27] On 16 february 1927, the 9th anniversary of Lithuania's independence, he discussed matters of the Lithuanian Scien ...
#2 Lindley Murray
Lindley Murray (7 June 1745 – 16 February 1826), was an American Quaker lawyer, writer and grammarian , best known for his English language grammar-books used in schools in England and the United States. This article is about the grammarian and textbook author. For the tennis player, see Robert Lind
- Lindley Murray (7 June 1745 – 16 february 1826), was an American Quaker lawyer, writer and grammarian , best known for his English language g ...
- ... ns . ( April 2017 ) Lindley Murray Born ( 1745-06-07 ) 7 June 1745 Harper Tavern, Pennsylvania Died 16 february 1826 (1826-02-16) (aged 80) Holgate , York, England Nationality American Occupation Grammarian Know ...
#3 Meletius Smotrytsky
Meletius Smotrytsky ( Ukrainian : Мелетій Смотрицький , romanized : Meletii Smotrytskyi ; Belarusian : Мялецій Сматрыцкі , romanized : Mialiecij Smatrycki ; Russian : Мелетий Смотрицкий , romanized : Meletiy Smotritsky ; Polish : Melecjusz Smotrycki ), né Maksym Herasymovych Smotrytsky (c. 157
- ... did no theological work and never took the public to speak on matters connected with the Church. On february 16, 1630 Smotrytsky addressed to Pope Urban VIII , another letter in which he presented a new plan for ...
#4 Sahib Singh
Sahib Singh ( Gurmukhi : ਸਾਹਿਬ ਸਿੰਘ) (16 February 1892 – 29 October 1977) was a Sikh academic who made a contribution to Sikh literature. He was a grammarian , author , scholar and theologian . He was born in a Hindu family to father Hiranand and was named Natthu Ram. [3] For one of the Panj Pyare,
- Sahib Singh ( Gurmukhi : ਸਾਹਿਬ ਸਿੰਘ) ( 16 february 1892 – 29 October 1977) was a Sikh academic who made a contribution to Sikh literature. He was a gr ...
- ... cle needs additional citations for verification . ( December 2012 ) Sahib Singh Born ( 1892-02-16 ) 16 february 1892 [1] Died 29 October 1977 (1977-10-29) (aged 85) [1] Patiala Occupation Professor, essay writer ...
#5 Philip Rubin
Philip E. Rubin (born May 22, 1949) is an American cognitive scientist , technologist , and science administrator known for raising the visibility of behavioral and cognitive science , neuroscience , and ethical issues related to science , technology , and medicine , at a national level. His researc
- ... 18). Changes to the human subjects system: a view from someone formerly on the inside. FABBS Blog , february 16, 2018. [118] Rubin, Philip and Munhall, Kevin. (2018). Obituary: Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson (1952-2017) ...
#6 Stasys Šilingas
Baron Stasys Šilingas (11 November 1885 – 13 November 1962) was a prominent lawyer and statesman in interwar Lithuania . This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations . ( November 2021 ) Stasys Šilingas in 1936 When the independence of Li
- ... ns . ( November 2021 ) Stasys Šilingas in 1936 When the independence of Lithuania was proclaimed on february 16, 1918, Šilingas served first as vice-president and then in 1919, as president of the Council of Lith ...
#7 Michael Rießler
Michael Rießler , also transcribed Michael Riessler (born 16 February 1971 in Bad Belzig ) is a German linguist , Professor at the University of Eastern Finland since August 2020. [1] [2] Michael Rießler Born ( 1971-02-16 ) 16 February 1971 (age 51) Bad Belzig Occupation Professor of general lingu
- Michael Rießler , also transcribed Michael Riessler (born 16 february 1971 in Bad Belzig ) is a German linguist , Professor at the University of Eastern Finland since Au ...
- ... at the University of Eastern Finland since August 2020. [1] [2] Michael Rießler Born ( 1971-02-16 ) 16 february 1971 (age 51) Bad Belzig Occupation Professor of general linguistics Employer University of Eastern ...
#8 Robert Henry Mathews
Robert Henry Mathews (1877–1970) was an Australian missionary and Sinologist , best known for his 1931 A Chinese-English Dictionary: Compiled for the China Inland Mission by R. H. Mathews , which was subsequently revised by Harvard University Press in 1943. [1] He served with the China Inland Missio
- ... arded him an honorary Doctor of Letters degree. [12] [13] Robert Henry Mathews died in Melbourne on 16 february 1970. MATHEWS' CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY Beginning as a revision of Baller's Analytical Chinese-En ...
#9 Uladzimir Dubouka
Uladzimir Mikalahevič Dubouka ( Belarusian : Уладзі́мір Мікала́евіч Дубо́ўка , Russian : Влади́мир Никола́евич Дубо́вка ; 15 July 1900 in Vilna Governorate (later Pastavy Raion , Vitebsk Region ) – 20 March 1976 in Moscow ) was a Belarusian poet, prose writer, linguist, and a literary critic. Uladzi
- ... in peace. The poet found a job of an accountant in the local state farm. [1] He was re-arrested on february 16, 1949, and sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was kept in Tbilisi prison, then moved to Krasnoyarsk ...
#10 Andrej Žarnov
Andrej Žarnov , born František Šubík , (November 19, 1903 in Kuklov (Kukló), Austria-Hungary (today: Slovakia ) – March 16, 1982 in Poughkeepsie City, New York , United States) was a Slovak Catholic modernist ( Catholic Moderna ) writer and physician. Andrej Žarnov Born ( 1905-11-19 ) November 19, 1
- ... arnov Born ( 1905-11-19 ) November 19, 1905 Kuklov (Kukló), Austria-Hungary (today: Slovakia ) Died february 16, 1982 (1982-02-16) (aged 76) Poughkeepsie , New York , U.S. Occupation Physician Poet Translator Lan ...
#11 Philip Lemont Barbour
Philip Lemont Barbour (December 21, 1898 – December 21, 1980) was an American linguist, historian and radio broadcaster, who is most remembered by those interested in the foundations of English settlement in North America, for his detailed investigations into and documentation of the life of the pio
- ... in 1940 and Nelson Rockefeller had been appointed as its inaugural director). Early the same year, ( february 16, 1942), Barbour enrolled for the draft. Once the US entered the war, he joined the US Army and rose ...
#12 J.K. Rideout
John Kennedy Rideout (1912, Leeds- 1950, Hong Kong) was a British Professor of Oriental Studies at the University of Sydney (succeeding Arthur Lindsay Sadler ) and at the University of Hong Kong. [1] [2] A specialist in Chinese language and literature, he was a classical scholar at Oxford before pur
- ... o loan the books they had received from the Chinese ambassador, Kan Nai-kuang [3] He disappeared of february 16, 1950, and his body found twelve days later on the shores of Lantau Island , [4] with some suspicion ...
#13 Mario Pei
Mario Andrew Pei (February 16, 1901 – March 2, 1978) was an Italian-born American linguist and polyglot who wrote a number of popular books known for their accessibility to readers without a professional background in linguistics. His book The Story of Language (1949) was acclaimed for its present
- Mario Andrew Pei ( february 16, 1901 – March 2, 1978) was an Italian-born American linguist and polyglot who wrote a number of popu ...
- ... ond language to every schoolchild in the world. [1] American linguist Mario Pei Born ( 1901-02-16 ) february 16, 1901 Rome , Italy Died March 2, 1978 (1978-03-02) (aged 77) Glen Ridge, New Jersey , U.S. Known for ...
#14 Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna
Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna (6 August 1892 – 16 February 1983) was a Polish poet , prose writer, playwright and translator . She was one of the most acclaimed and celebrated poets during Poland's interwar period . Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna Born 6 August 1892 Vilnius , Russian Empire (now Lithuania ) Die
- Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna (6 August 1892 – 16 february 1983) was a Polish poet , prose writer, playwright and translator . She was one of the most acclaim ...
- ... period . Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna Born 6 August 1892 Vilnius , Russian Empire (now Lithuania ) Died 16 february 1983 Poznań , Poland Occupation poet, prose writer, playwright, translator Nationality Polish Alma ...
- ... last years of her life, she became blind as a result of unsuccessful glaucoma surgery. She died on 16 february 1983 and was buried at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw. [4] [5] AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS Literary Awa ...
#15 Danby Palmer Fry
Danby Palmer Fry (1818–1903) was an English official and barrister, known as a legal writer.
- ... f the original committee of the Early English Text Society , founded in 1864. He died unmarried, on 16 february 1903, at his home 166 Haverstock Hill , and was buried on the western side of Highgate cemetery (gr ...