Syed ali ashraf biography of christopher columbus
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Salk jonas biography
American inventor of the polio vaccine (–)
"Salk" redirects here. For other uses, see Salk (disambiguation).
Jonas Edward Salk (; born Jonas Salk; October 28, &#;&#; June 23, ) was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. He was born in New York City and attended the City College of New York and New York University School of Medicine.[2]
In , Salk accepted a professorship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where he undertook a project beginning in to determine the number of different types of poliovirus. For the next seven years, Salk devoted himself to developing a vaccine against polio.
Salk was immediately hailed as a "miracle worker" when the vaccine's success was first made public in April , and chose to not patent the vaccine or seek any profit from it in order to maximize its global distribution.[2] The National Foundation for Infantile Paraly
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Washington Irving and Islam
Syed Ashraf Ali recalls the forgotten story of the great writer who first introduced Islam to the American public
Washington Irving was the first American writer to gain international recognition. Children all over the globe are familiar with the stories of this great writer. His remarkable creation Rip Van Winkle is one of American's best-known and best-loved folklore characters. The beautiful description of this cheerful ne'er-do-well, who prefers hunting and fishing to farming, and falls asleep for 20 long years, has enthralled and captivated readers in every nook and corner of the world.
But very few of us know that Washington Irving was not only a great story-teller but was also a great biographer and historian -- the first American to discover Islam in its right kiln. The world-renowned Life of Mahomet by Washington Irving was the first sympathetic biography of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) ever to appear in America.
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Christopher Columbus
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Introduction
Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator and adventurer who was born in the Republic of Genoa between August 25 and October 31, He made four remarkable journeys across the Atlantic Ocean under the patronage of the Catholic Monarchs, Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand II of Spain. These journeys marked the beginning of European contact with the Caribbean, Central America, and South amerika. The Latin Christophorus Columbus fryst vatten the source of the English name Christopher Columbus. Columbus, who grew up on the coast of Ligurian, went to sea at an early age and made several trips from the British Isles to what fryst vatten now Ghana. After being married to Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, he had Diego, a son. Columbus was primarily self-taught and had a solid understanding of history, astronomy, and geography. He sought to make money from the spice trade and was driven by a scheme to discover a western sea passage to the East Indies.
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