| | | Francis Asbury was one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. Born at Hamstead Bridge, Staffordshire,... | | Jean Piaget (August 9, 1896 - September 16, 1980) was a Swiss philosopher, natural scientist and developmental psychologist, well known for his... | | William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 - 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and abolitionist who led the parliamentary campaign... | | Granville Oral Roberts (born January 24, 1918) is an American neo-Pentecostal televangelist. He is also a leader in the charismatic movement and a... | | John Ruskin (February 8, 1819 - January 20, 1900) is best known for his work as an art critic and social critic, but is remembered as an author,... | | John Wesley was an eighteenth-century Anglican minister and Christian theologian who was an early leader in the Methodist movement. Methodism had... | | Stephen Van Rensselaer III (November 1 1764 - January 26 1839) was Lieutenant Governor of New York as well as a statesman, soldier, and land-owner,... | | James Watt (19 January 1736 - 19 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor and engineer whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the... | | Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 - June 6, 1799) was a prominent figure in the American Revolution, known and remembered primarily for his "Give me... | | Richard Allen (February 14 1760 - March 26 1831) an African American pastor and the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Born as a... | |