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Patron of the arts.
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Holds the distinction of being the inventor of the movable-type printing press
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Sir Thomas More, venerated by Roman Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist.
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published just before his death, placed the sun at the center of the universe and argued that the Earth moved across the heavens as one of the planets.
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The painting is thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, and is in oil on a white Lombardy poplar panel.
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It is a 14.0 ft marble statue depicting the Biblical hero David, represented as a standing male nude.
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Acting on this belief, he wrote the “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences,” also known as “The 95 Theses,” a list of questions and propositions for debate.
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King Henry VIII declared himself to be supreme head of the Church of England
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William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
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A thermometer made of a sealed glass cylinder containing a clear liquid and several glass vessels of varying mass.
