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Ariel Durant was born Chaya Kaufman in Proskurov, Russian Empire (now Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine), to Jewish parents Ethel Appel Kaufman and Joseph Kaufman. Ariel later went by Ida. [ 2 ] The family emigrated in 1900, living for several months in London 1900–01 en route to the United States, where they arrived in 1901.
Ethel Durant), named after The Right Hon. Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet and 6th Prime Minister of Canada (who was Charles' aunt's stepson, through her marriage to the Rev. Charles Tupper). [26] Frederick also had two sisters: Mary Isabel King (b. 1864, [1] m. Arthur Frederick Lawrance) and Minnie King (b. 1858). [1]
The Modern School in New York City, circa 1911–12. Will Durant stands with his pupils. This image was used on the cover of the first Modern School magazine. From 1907 to 1911, Durant taught Latin and French at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. [5] After leaving Seton Hall, Durant was a teacher at Ferrer Modern School from ...
The Story of Civilization (1935–1975), by husband and wife Will and Ariel Durant, is an 11-volume set of books covering both Eastern and Western civilizations for the general reader, with a particular emphasis on European (Western) history. The series was written over a span of four decades.
After the very popular Club Durant was padlocked by the police for liquor violations and closed, they opened the similar Club Dover and took their show to other nightclubs such as the Rendezvous Club, owned by Gandolfo "Frankie Marlow" Curto. There Clayton was the first to hire a young singer, Ethel Zimmermann, later known as Ethel Merman. [5]
Booker scores 30 points, Durant has 27 as Suns rally to beat the Hornets 120-113 Devin Booker scored 30 points, Kevin Durant added 27 and the Phoenix Suns rallied in the final minutes to beat the Charlotte Hornets 120-113 on Sunday night.
The film opened in Cincinnati on June 14, 1945, and then in New York on June 28, 1945, at the Capitol Theatre, with a stage show including Mark Warnow and his orchestra, singer Rose Marie, actor Jack Durant and organist Ethel Smith.
The Lessons of History is a 1968 book by historians Will Durant and Ariel Durant. The book provides a summary of periods and trends in history they had noted upon completion of the 10th volume of their momentous eleven-volume The Story of Civilization. Will Durant stated that he and Ariel "made note of events and comments that might illuminate ...