Buckminster Fuller

•  Allen Ginsberg

  Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet. Ginsberg is best known for the poem "Howl" (1956), in which he celebrates fellow members of the Beat Generation and critiques what he saw as the destructive forces of materialism and conformity in the United States.

  

  29.6%
  

  29.6%
  

  40.8%
  
•  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Amos Bronson Alcott (November 29, 1799 – March 4, 1888) was an American teacher, writer and philosopher who left a legacy of forward-thinking social ideas.

  

  37.5%
  

  29.2%
  

  33.3%
  
•  Clark Ashton Smith

  Clark Ashton Smith (13 January 1893 – 14 August 1961) was an American poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. It is for these stories, and his literary friendship with H. P. Lovecraft from 1922 until Lovecraft's death in 1937, that he is mostly remembered today. With Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, also a friend and correspondent, Smith remains one of the most famous contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales.

  

  32.9%
  

  31.6%
  

  35.5%
  
•  Charles Baxter (author)

  Charles Baxter (born 13 May 1947 in Minneapolis) to John and Mary Barber (Eaton) Baxter. He is an American author known for blending a quiet, sometimes absurdist wit with a profound sympathy for his far-from-perfect characters; he has also attracted attention for the consummate brilliance of his prose. He is likewise celebrated as an engaging and even deeply moving performer of his own work in public readings.

  

  35.2%
  

  25.0%
  

  39.8%
  
•  Dorothy Parker

  Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American writer and poet, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles. From a conflicted and unhappy childhood, Parker rose to acclaim, both for her literary output in such venues as The New Yorker and as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. Following the breakup of that circle, Parker traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting.

  

  26.3%
  

  19.2%
  

  54.5%
  
•  Dr. Seuss

  Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American writer and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen name Dr. Seuss. He published over 60 children's books, which were often characterized by imaginative characters, rhyme, and frequent use of trisyllabic meter. His most celebrated books include the bestselling Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.

  

  35.1%
  

  29.8%
  

  35.1%
  
•  Edgar Allan Poe

  Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.

  

  35.4%
  

  32.9%
  

  31.7%
  
•  E. E. Cummings

  Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), popularly known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as e. e. cummings (in the style of some of his poems), was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. His body of work encompasses approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays and several essays, as well as numerous drawings and paintings.

  

  26.5%
  

  33.8%
  

  39.7%
  
•  Ernest Thayer

  Ernest Lawrence Thayer (August 14, 1863 - August 21, 1940) was an American writer and poet who wrote "Casey at the Bat".

  

  36.4%
  

  28.6%
  

  35.1%
  
•  E. B. White

  Elwyn Brooks "E. B. " White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer. A long-time contributor to "The New Yorker" magazine, he also wrote many famous books for both adults and children, such as the popular Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little.

  

  36.4%
  

  34.8%
  

  28.8%
  

•  ReullTSionnach

  

  56.3%
  

  12.5%
  

  31.3%
  

  Friend Write Follow
  Voted: like

• American poets by likeorhate
• 1895 births by likeorhate
• 1983 deaths by likeorhate
• Alternative historians by likeorhate
• American Unitarians by likeorhate
• American architects by likeorhate
• American architecture writers by likeorhate
• American humanists by likeorhate
• American inventors by likeorhate
• American military personnel of World War I by likeorhate
• American technology writers by likeorhate
• Bates College alumni by likeorhate
• Buckminster Fuller by likeorhate
• Futurologists by likeorhate
• Harvard University alumni by likeorhate
• Milton Academy alumni by likeorhate
• Modernist architects by likeorhate
• Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients by likeorhate
• Solar building designers by likeorhate
• Systems scientists by likeorhate
• Sustainability advocates by likeorhate
• The Hunger Project by likeorhate
• Washington University in St. Louis faculty by likeorhate
• American industrial designers by likeorhate
• Whole Earth by likeorhate

Register now, and make your vote count more!

•  Shell model

  In physics, shell model can mean: Nuclear shell model, how protons and neutrons are arranged in an atom nucleus Electron configuration, how electrons are arranged in an atom or molecule

  

  100.0%
  

  0.0%
  

  0.0%
  
•  Iranian Embassy Siege

  The Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980 was a siege of the Iranian embassy in London after it had been taken over by Iranian Arab separatists. The siege was ended when British special forces, the Special Air Service (SAS), stormed the building in Operation Nimrod. The incident brought the SAS to the world's attention as the whole episode was played out in front of the media.

  

  0.0%
  

  66.7%
  

  33.3%
  
•  Battle of the Trench

  The Battle of the Trench also known as Battle of Ahzab, Battle of the Confederates and Siege of Medina, was a fortnight-long siege of Yathrib (now Medina) by Arab and Jewish tribes. The strength of the confederate armies is estimated around 10,000 men with six hundred horses and some camels, while the Median numbered 3000. The battle began on March 31, 627.

  

  0.0%
  

  100.0%
  

  0.0%
  
•  The Simpsons/Elizabeth Hoover

  

  42.3%
  

  30.8%
  

  26.9%
  
•  Bloody Sunday (Ireland 1920)

  

  28.1%
  

  18.8%
  

  53.1%