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Grand Neoclassical interior by Robert Adam, Syon House, London Details for Derby House in Grosvenor Square, an example of the Adam brothers' decorative designs. The Adam style (also called Adamesque or the Style of the Brothers Adam) is an 18th-century neoclassical style of interior design and architecture, as practised by Scottish architect William Adam and his sons, of whom Robert (1728 ...
Robert Adam by James Tassie (medallion) Robert Adam FRSE FRS FSAScot FSA FRSA (3 July 1728 – 3 March 1792) was a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (1689–1748), Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him. With his older brother John, Robert took on ...
The Sons of Liberty was a loosely organized, clandestine, sometimes violent, political organization active in the Thirteen American Colonies founded to advance the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. It played a major role in most colonies in battling the Stamp Act in 1765 [1] and throughout the entire ...
FreedomWorks was a conservative and libertarian advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. FreedomWorks trained volunteers and assisted in campaigns. It was widely associated with the Tea Party movement. [3][4][5][6][7] The Koch brothers were once a source of the organization's funding. [6] FreedomWorks shut down in May 2024.
Adam Brothers may refer to: Scottish architects, three sons of William Adam : John Adam (architect) (1721–1792) Robert Adam (1728–1792), also an interior designer and furniture designer. James Adam (architect) (1732–1794), also a furniture designer. French sculptors, three sons of Jacob-Sigisbert Adam: Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (1700–1759)
Samuel Adams (September 27 [ O.S. September 16] 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States. [ 5 ] He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and other founding ...
e. Adam Smith FRS FRSE FRSA (baptised 16 June [ O.S. 5 June] 1723 [ 1 ] – 17 July 1790) was a Scottish [ a ] economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the thinking of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. [ 3 ] Seen by some as "The Father of Economics" [ 4 ] or "The Father of Capitalism", [ 5 ] he wrote two ...
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