Recently, I’ve been reading Coues’s letters, and in doing so, I noticed that his writing is heavily based on figurative language, more so than the naturalists who did not stick strictly to scientific writing. Coues’s scientific writing can be dry. However, his commentary is often as sharp and curmudgeonly as President John Adams’s, and his private letters are often filled with a poetic quality.
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Unranked 100 Most Influential People in Recorded History
I can finally present my Top 100 Most Influential People. Originally, my list was close to a thousand names. I find these 100 people (or groups of people) to have had a stronger worldwide influence on the living in 2016 than those who fell short for this list.
The Final Cut Towards the 100 Most Influential People List
The list of candidates for the remaining spots are now few enough that I can rank this small group of people and make cuts at the bottom of the list.
Nearing to the Top 100: The Influence of Politicians
I’ve determined to reduce this list further by select Deathwish’s political candidates with my entire suggested list. Doing so might help in figuring out who should be demoted to the honorable mention list.
Fight for Inclusion into the Top 100: Nicephore Niepce
As such, I’ve decided to run his contested suggestions through a gauntlet of my devil’s advocated suggestions.
Toward a Top 100 Most Influential People
I had recently published my preliminary list for the Top 100 Most Influential People in World History. The dilemma was that I found 25 figures that were guaranteed inclusion, and this left me with 162 people who had to battle it out for the final 75 slots.
Preliminary Top 100 Most Influential List
The following list of names comes from my collection of Influential People blogs. I have narrowed the list down to 160+ individuals who have a true shot at making the top 100 list. This means 62 of the following people will not make the list. Of these 162, I will divide it into people who are virtually guaranteed a spot, and a list of people that must be argued in.
Most Influential People from Record History that Are Either Uncategorized or Left Off My Previous Lists
The following are list of influential thinkers from world history that either cannot be categorized in my other lists, or I had left them off the other lists, but my readers have encouraged me to add them to a list of “Most Influential People”. Everyone listed is a candidate for inclusion for my eventual list of top 100 most influential people of all time.
The Birthday Eccentricity of Naturalist Charles Maynard
Maynard was also known for his eccentric behavior. One such eccentricity is an apparent fascination with the date of his birth. Below I give five examples of his date of birth dictating his behavior
The Tribal Tradition of the Republican Party
The purpose of this blog is to look at the Republican Party’s traditionally fragmented party, which Nick Silver has described as “tribal.” I think this is an accurate description. Below I detail the more tense elections, and by doing so, perhaps we can consider together if the 2016 Republican Party is any worse off than it has been before.
Most Influential Figures in Music, Art, Literature and Architecture in Recorded History
The following are list of influential figures in music, art, literature and architecture from world history . I should be clear that this is not a list of the most skilled individuals in this field. This is solely a list of worldwide influence.
Most Influential Inventors in Recorded History
This list was particularly difficult since it wasn’t clear who was more important, the person that conceived of the invention (but never put it together), or the person that put together a primitive version of the invention that did not work well, or the person who created the first successful and practical version of the invention. In most cases, I went with the latter; although, in some instances, it felt more natural to take someone earlier in the process.
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