#Fellowship of the Royal Society

[croziers-compass]

Does anyone else have record or data about which learned societies Francis Crozier was a part of?

I only have RAS and FRS in there. But I feel there was also RGS but I am struggling to confirm. If anyone has any other data, could you send it my way?

[theredandwhitequeen]

7 favorite comfort movies

I was tagged by @sugdenlovesdingle thanks. This was really hard, because my mind went blank.

1. Newsies. I saw this as a teenager when it came out and I just was obsessed with it. I had a poster on my wall of the movie and I watched it so many times.

2. The old guard. This was the movie that helped during 2020. It was the right movie at the right time. It’s amazing and fun.

3. Star Wars: A New Hope. I just love this movie so much. It was released a month after I was born, so it’s always my favorite

4. Lord of the Rings: fellowship of the rings. I love all three but this was started it. I love them so much.

5. Red, White, and Royal Blue: it’s just really lovely and sweet.

6. The Mighty Ducks series: I just love these and they made me happy. Can’t choose any one of them.

7. Dead Poets Society. I just love this movie. Robert Sean Leonard and Ethan Hawke were so pretty.

I’ll tag @nooneelsecomesclose17 @notwithout-mymuse @meandi-123 @beautifulhigh @haloud @grbggrl @christchex @portinastorm @omarandjohnny @tasyfa @rustandruin

[ginandoldlace]

The King was granted red for his portrait so Sir David Attenborough, naturally enough, has been given a green background “as if he might be emerging from one of [his] many habitats”.

Fresh from the regal seal of approval for his portrait of Charles III, unveiled last month, the artist Jonathan Yeo has revealed his portrait of Attenborough, the “king of the natural world”.

Yeo was commissioned to mark 40 years of Attenborough’s fellowship to the Royal Society.

[scotianostra]

On August 13th 1888 John Logie Baird was born in Helensburgh.

John was the fourth and youngest child of the Rev John and Jessie Baird, he showed early signs of ingenuity by setting up a telephone exchange to connect his house to those of his friends nearby.

His first interest in television came in 1903 after he read a German book on the photoelectric properties of selenium.Baird sailed for Port of Spain, Trinidad in November 1919 and realising that the island teemed with citrus fruit and sugar, he set up a jam factory. Unfortunately the local insect life either ran off with the sugar or landed in the hot vats of boiling preserve.

Baird returned to the British Isles in September 1920, and after a brief spell in business in London, he started to experiment with television. In Hastings in 1924 he transmitted the image of a Maltese cross over the distance of 10 feet.Baird's first public demonstration of television was in 1925, in Selfridge's shop in London.

The breakthrough came in October 1925 when he achieved television pictures with light and shade (half-tones), making them much clearer.He demonstrated these to invited members of the Royal Institution in January 1926. The pictures measured only 3.5 x 2 inches.In 1928 Baird sent television pictures from London to New York by short-wave radio. He also demonstrated television in colour, and developed a video recording system which he called 'phonovision'.

In 1929 the BBC sent out experimental television transmissions. At first Baird had to pay the BBC to transmit his images. A year later the Baird company brought out the world's first mass produced television set, called 'The Televisor'.The BBC began using his system for the first public television service in 1932, before switching in 1937 to the Marconi-EMI version.

In July 1937 the Royal Society of Edinburgh awarded Baird an Honorary Fellowship.

At the age of 43, John Logie Baird married South African pianist Margaret Albu in New York. The couple had two children – Diana and Malcolm.

During the Second World War, Baird continued to fund his own research. His achievements included high-definition colour and 3D television, and a system for sending messages very rapidly as television images.

John Logie Baird died at his home in Bexhill-on-Sea on 14th June 1946, and was buried in Helensburgh.

In a National Library of Scotland poll John Logie Baird was voted the second most popular Scottish scientist from the past behind James Clerk Maxwell.

[no-side-us]

The Invisible Man, Ch. 15 - The Man Who Was Running

In the early evening time Dr. Kemp was sitting in his study in the belvedere on the hill overlooking Burdock. It was a pleasant little room, with three windows—north, west, and south—and bookshelves covered with books and scientific publications, and a broad writing-table, and, under the north window, a microscope, glass slips, minute instruments, some cultures, and scattered bottles of reagents. Dr. Kemp’s solar lamp was lit, albeit the sky was still bright with the sunset light, and his blinds were up because there was no offence of peering outsiders to require them pulled down. Dr. Kemp was a tall and slender young man, with flaxen hair and a moustache almost white, and the work he was upon would earn him, he hoped, the fellowship of the Royal Society, so highly did he think of it.

We finally meet Dr. Kemp, probably the most recognizable character from this story besides Griffin. And from this first, single paragraph alone, I think it's clear his character is a contrast to Griffin's.

If you go through it, everything about Kemp's situation is the opposite of what Griffin's was. Instead of Griffin's tiny inn parlor room with a small window in the middle of town, Kemp has a "pleasant little room" with three windows encompassing a lovely view of the entire town. Griffin has his three notebooks and "thousand and one bottles," compared to Kemp's library of scientific publications and variety of "minute instruments."

The writing even makes note that, unlike Griffin, Kemp has no need to pull down his blinds because there's "no offence of peering outsiders to require them pulled down."

The most ironic part of it is though that despite how much better off he is than Griffin, the resources, the comfort, the visibility, he's still working on a project he hopes will earn him a fellowship at the Royal Society. This is as compared to Griffin who has obviously managed to create complete invisibility despite his dire financial situation, and probably would have a fellowship if he were better off.

Though I don't want to say they're complete opposites. If anything, their similarities highlight their contrasts. Aside from the obvious fact that they're both scientists (or experimental investigators as the book calls it), they also both have a streak of superiority in them, presumably because their status as scientists gives them a perceived better understanding of things. Kemp has a "belvedere on the hill overlooking Burdock," where he can literally look down upon the whole town. Griffin sees the people of Iping as "stupid bumpkins" and fools who don't know any better.

They have other similarities too, but I'll get into it when they're revealed. Regardless, I think this chapter does well to introduce Kemp to us, and while it doesn't exactly endear him, it does provide a seemingly better version of Griffin in most respects, which is interesting.

[thiziri]

Princess Anne, as Vice President of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, and as Former Patron of Heart of Arabia Expedition, conferring RSGS Honorary Fellowship on Elaine Blaxter, Thomas MacDonell, Professor Nick Millea and on Dr Vanessa Collingridge at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in Perth, on 16 January 2024.

[ereborcore]

seeing some discussion around how LOTR universally disapproves of power, and that a major theme is how power corrupts. this post is my two cents! tldr: i don't think LOTR is a good example of a text that condemns institutions of power, nor do i think tolkien meant it to be. it is instead the wrong kind of power that corrupts, not power itself.

the power of the ring corrupts, yes, but that's because it is the physical manifestation of an evil character's will, someone who wants to enslave the world. however, most of LOTR's characters hold power that they use for the good of those who follow them. all of our heroes are of high social standing - most of the fellowship is highborn, people who hold very high positions of power, even most of the hobbits: frodo, merry and pippin all belong to wealthy and influential families. it's the same for the secondary characters. theoden and eomer are royal stock who lead the rohirrim against tyrants, while eowyn rules their country in their absence and later joins the fight. faramir is gondorian nobility and a military captain.

gandalf and galadriel both actively deny the power of the ring, but this is not a renouncing of power itself. galadriel leads her people and still possesses the power to level fortresses, and gandalf is a respected advisor in societies across the land. gandalf is in fact granted even greater power when he is resurrected.

aragorn is the ultimate example. though the actions of frodo and sam are of course more important than the return of the king, aragorn pursues and obtains the highest possible position among men. but because aragorn is not evil, and is in fact able to resist the corrupting influence of the ring, he is allowed to possess a very high degree of power over middle-earth.

sam is interesting, because he is indeed the working class hero of LOTR, but look at where he ends up - he becomes mayor of the shire again and again, given political power because he too has proved himself the right kind of person to possess it!

power itself is not evil in tolkien's works. monarchs, who hold almost absolute power over their subjects, are not inherently evil, they are often great and good and morally pure; the wealthy and the noble are celebrated. but the characters must prove themselves worthy of these things in order to be granted them.

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

2024 Paralympics 🇫🇷 Versatility is the mantra of wheelchair fencing 🤺

Unlike their able-bodied counterparts, fencers at the Paralympic Games switch between weapons to compete in multiple disciplines, an aspect that presents various challenges. There are three different weapons used in fencing: the foil, épée and sabre - each of which has different compositions, techniques and scoring target areas. All weapons in general, are based on the same basic set of rules making it relatively easy to switch between foil, épée and sabre.

Why is everyone speaking French? 🇫🇷

Like its Olympic equivalent, the official language of wheelchair fencing is French. The referee will say “En garde” ( On Guard, come to the start line), “Prete”(or “Ready” if English), then “Allez” (literally “Go!”; or “Fence if English) to start bouts.🗡️ 🤺 ⚔️

The use of French dates back to the 19th century when Napoleon established fencing as a mandatory discipline in the military. Fencing grew in popularity in France and made its way to the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.

Wheelchair fencing was pioneered about half a century later by Ludwig Guttmann at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in England UK 🇬🇧 after World War II as part of rehabilitation for patients with spinal cord injuries. It made its Paralympic debut at the inaugural Games in 1960.

Historical, Stoke mandeville games, 1955 two female competitors in wheelchairs taking part in the fencing competition, Stoke Mandeville hospital, Aylesbury, Bucks, England, UK.

Sir Ludwig Guttmann CBE* FRS** (3 July 1899 – 18 March 1980) was a German-British neurologist who established the Stoke Mandeville Games. In September 1943, the British government asked Guttmann to establish the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire. The initiative came from the Royal Air Force (RAF) to ensure the treatment and rehabilitation of pilots with spine injuries, "who often crashed on approach with their bombers damaged".

When the centre opened on 1 February 1944, the United Kingdom's first specialist unit for treating spinal injuries, appointed Guttmann its director (a position he held until 1966). He believed that sport was an important method of therapy for the rehabilitation of injured military personnel, helping them build up physical strength and self-respect.

Sir Ludwig Guttmann and the birth of the Paralympics.

An ever-present in the Paralympic sports programme since Rome 1960, wheelchair fencing is governed by the International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS).

The wheelchair fencing competition at the Paralympic Games is in full swing, taking place under the prestigious glass dome of the Grand Palais in the heart of Paris.

📹 Behind the scenes: the process of getting ready for wheelchair fencing 🤺 And yes, well done to the volunteers, well done to the technical Teams.

📹 Passage en coulisses: les détails de la préparation d'une compétition d'escrime fauteuil🤺 Et oui bravo aux Volontaires. Bravo aux Équipes techniques

*CBE Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)

**FRS Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the Fellows of the Royal Society of London.

#Paris2024 #wheelchairfencing #Paralympics #escrimepourfauteuil #SirLudwigGuttmann #NationalSpinalInjuries #Buckinghamshire #CentreatStokeMandevilleHospital

Posted 6th September 2024

[erathene]

Not-Yet-Written-Fics Game

AKA sh*t from my OneNote "Ideas" page that no-one asked for but maybe I'll write ✨someday✨

Thanks for the tag @fishing4stars 😘 I've also added the likelihood of these ideas actually making it onto paper 😂

The Game-of-Thrones-Style longfic idea: An unnamed OC is the only child of the king in a kingdom east of Rûhn. The king is a widower and remarries, and OC gains a stepmother and stepbrother. The king then dies, suddenly and in mysterious circumstances. Stepmother ensures that stepbrother takes the crown, not OC who is the rightful heir, and stepbrother then makes alliances with Mordor. OC flees, taking refuge in the West. Gandalf hears of these events and does not want Mordor to have more allies, so tries to convince OC to take back their crown. Cue angst and indecision over whether or not they can face their stepfamily and grief for their father to reclaim what is rightfully theirs. Alliances are made, probably with the Elves of Mirkwood, who help OC reclaim the throne and turn the kingdom away from darkness. All events take place during the War of the Ring. Probability of this being written: 1/10 due to the world-building and OCs required to fabricate a whole new kingdom.

The tenth walker idea: Elrond sends a historian / scribe along with the Fellowship to document the ring's destruction as an important event in the history of Middle Earth. Eventual Female!Bookworm x Aragorn pairing because I am the author and I get to decide. Protective!Aragorn would be just *chef's kiss*. Probability of this being written: 6/10, I like it but it would likely break my 'don't write movie scenes' personal rule of writing LOTR fics 😅

The LOTR/Wheel of Time crossover: Nynaeve is going through the Arches to become Accepted, and the final Arch leads to Middle Earth. I think there would be a lot of potential to explore how the One Power works/doesn't work in ME, and how it is received by people if it does. I also think there are some similar traits between Nynaeve and Aragorn (wisdom/chieftain, healer, foraging/tracking) which would also be fun to explore: are they friends or do they get on each other's last nerve? Also what sin or fear does Nynaeve have to face in ME that means she was sent there in the first place? There are just so many angles that could be examined in this, if I had the time (no pun intended..). Probability of this being written: 5/10, I feel like I don't know enough about the Wheel of Time fandom, as I've only watched the TV series.

The Silmarillion/Rings of Power idea: Either an OC or Reader fic, haven't decided. Sauron has been brought to Numenor as a prisoner, OC is a prison guard. Sauron is extremely talkative, OC is very wary of him and the way he speaks; it's persuasive, manipulative and not like other prisoners. Over time, OC watches Sauron talk his way out of the prison cell and into society, climbing the ranks until they comes across him again at the royal court. OC tries to convince someone, anyone, that Sauron should be back in the cell where he belongs, but nobody listens except Elendil. The fic examines the forming of the Faithful and the events leading up to the downfall of Numenor, featuring ROP resident Hot Men™ Elendil and Halbrand. Probability of this being written: 4/10, requires more silmarillion reading, though that might increase when ROP Season 2 is released.

Aaaand that's all I have! Let's send a no-pressure tag to @emmanuellececchi, @torturedhoesdepartment and @inkedmoth (sorry if you have been tagged already 😅). If anyone else sees this and wants to join in, I'd love to see what's rattling around in your brain!

[iamfearless-andthereforepowerful]

okay there is something i desperately need sage to answer 🙏 in the og novella, jekyll has 3 doctorates (i think)--one in medicine and two in law--and it can be assumed based off the timeline of the book that he studied two of them at the same time 😭 mans has no chill he is so extra and for what

he's also part of the fellowship of the royal society, which basically means he made some kind of big contribution to math/science/medicine, etc.

i NEED to know if any of this is canon in tgs please

[torchwood-99]

1, 17, 18, 19 and 28 for the fanfic writer ask game!!

Compliment your writing!

Mean! Ok, I do a lot of it. And when the muse grips me I can churn out a lot of stuff, which means if there's one specific character I'm really digging, like I am now with Eowyn, it means I can dig real deep with them and really explore a lot of different takes/themes. And I do like going back and reading my own stuff, now and then (which I should, as it's written to my specifications.)

17. What trope is your favorite to write?

I loving taking the mick of my characters, affectionately or critically. I love getting to put my Austen cap on and play with the idiosyncrasies of society and human nature. Also, horror.

18. What trope have you not written yet, but want to?

I quite fancy doing a Modern Royalty Au for LOTR, modern Rohan Royals anyone? Might be fun.

19. What headcanon do you always include in your stories?

I headcanon a non-depressed Eowyn as a bit of an imp. Someone who loves to tease and make fun and get into mischief. This is inspired by how she teased Faramir when he proposed, about his "proud folk" of Gondor who will say he "tamed " a shieldmaiden of the North. She obviously has a lot of spirit, that she kept shut inside in the days of Grima, and that boiled over in the end when she rode for Pelennor, and when she's happy and in a healthier environment, she lets it out more easily, but in less deadly ways.

28. Which fic is closest to your heart?

I'm very fond of Living Legends - Chapter 1 - TeamGwenee - The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types [Archive of Our Own as I really, really love the idea of Eowyn helping bring down Minas Morgul, and her legend of killing the Witch King living on. As a Rohan girly, Fragments of a House - TeamGwenee - The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types [Archive of Our Own] is pure indulgence, as The Fellowship of the Gown - TeamGwenee - The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types [Archive of Our Own], which is ultimate fluff.

Thank you for the asks!!!

[spider-xan]

The F. R. S. at the end of Jekyll's list of degrees are post-nominal letters that stand for Fellow of the Royal Society, indicating that the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge had awarded him an extremely prestigious fellowship by election for his significant contributions to natural knowledge, most likely medical science in his specific case.

Of relevance to themes later in the novella is that depending on when during the possible 1850-1899 timeframe the story is set, Charles Darwin (1809-1882) could very well have been one of Jekyll's contemporaries in the fellowship, as Darwin himself was elected in 1839 - but more importantly, On The Origin of Species was published in 1859.

The thematic importance of this will become more evident later in the story when further details are revealed about Hyde's nature and physical appearance, but definitely keep the Theory of Evolution in mind - especially in its paradigm-shifting context as a bold, yet controversial new idea in the Victorian era - as you read the rest of the story.

[ableism]

what kind of drugs are you refering to when you use the word "drugs" on this blog? sorry for asking, but i am curious. found you through your cocaine post. have a good day.

Hi Anon thanks for reaching out! Reply will be long I imagine 👍

I’ll start by saying that the recovery that I practice and pursue is through the Narcotic Anonymous program, which focuses on the disease of addiction rather than any particular substances. The fellowship does not care what or how much you used. So in my life and recovery, the specificity of substances is irrelevant, and oftentimes weaponized by my own brain to convince me that my problems “weren’t bad enough” and I don’t need to/deserve to access recovery. So I do caution You (using the royal you here, not targeting you anon simply informing) against asking addicts questions of this nature. It’s often counterintuitive, and can sometimes be triggering.

With that out of the way, I am recovering from polysubstance abuse, and have a history with psychedelics, alcohol, muscle relaxers, and stimulants. Some people can use those (or any) drugs successfully and in moderation. Unfortunately, me and others who suffer from the disease of addiction are constitutionally incapable of controlling our using, and it is to the detriment of every facet of our lives.

When I use any drug to change my emotional or physical state, I lapse in my own humanity. My living skills reduce to the animal level. I become cruel, suspicious, self injurious, destitute, and incapable of being a functional and productive member of society. In numbing my own emotions I destroyed my capacity for empathy and connection. I say that to caution anybody reading my blog who is in any way dependent on alcohol or psychedelics to numb to processing of their emotions. You can be addicted to just about anything. I know people in the program addicted to gambling, sex, relationships, behaviors, places, anything. My sponsor told me he spent a period of time using Showers addictively. I myself have struggled before with filling my spiritual void with the car wash.

My usage of the nonspecific “drugs” is intentional, researched, purposeful, and within the clear guidelines of my personal program of recovery. It is a more effective way to carry the message of experience, strength, and hope I’ve found from a life free of all mind and mood altering substances, regardless of if others may see them as “less harmful” compared to other drugs. It’s a universal program, you dig? It keeps the guidelines of my recovery clear. I cannot afford to be confused about this.

[scotianostra]

14th June 1946 John Logie Baird, inventor of the first television, died.

Born the fourth and youngest child of the Rev John and Jessie Baird, in Helemsburgh, John showed early signs of ingenuity by setting up a telephone exchange to connect his house to those of his friends nearby.

His first interest in television came in 1903 after he read a German book on the photoelectric properties of selenium.Baird sailed for Port of Spain, Trinidad in November 1919 and realising that the island teemed with citrus fruit and sugar, he set up a jam factory. Unfortunately the local insect life either ran off with the sugar or landed in the hot vats of boiling preserve.

Baird returned to the British Isles in September 1920, and after a brief spell in business in London, he started to experiment with television. In Hastings in 1924 he transmitted the image of a Maltese cross over the distance of 10 feet.Baird's first public demonstration of television was in 1925, in Selfridge's shop in London.

The breakthrough came in October 1925 when he achieved television pictures with light and shade (half-tones), making them much clearer.He demonstrated these to invited members of the Royal Institution in January 1926. The pictures measured only 3.5 x 2 inches.In 1928 Baird sent television pictures from London to New York by short-wave radio. He also demonstrated television in colour, and developed a video recording system which he called 'phonovision'.

In 1929 the BBC sent out experimental television transmissions. At first Baird had to pay the BBC to transmit his images. A year later the Baird company brought out the world's first mass produced television set, called 'The Televisor'.The BBC began using his system for the first public television service in 1932, before switching in 1937 to the Marconi-EMI version.

In July 1937 the Royal Society of Edinburgh awarded Baird an Honorary Fellowship.

At the age of 43, John Logie Baird married South African pianist Margaret Albu in New York. The couple had two children – Diana and Malcolm.

During the Second World War, Baird continued to fund his own research. His achievements included high-definition colour and 3D television, and a system for sending messages very rapidly as television images.

John Logie Baird died at his home in Bexhill-on-Sea on 14th June 1946, and was buried in Helensburgh.

In a National Library of Scotland poll John Logie Baird was voted the second most popular Scottish scientist from the past behind James Clerk Maxwell.

The bust of Logie Baird is on Helesburgh sea front.

[neilperryismine]

Sharing the films I’ve watched this year (copied from @lefthandedspaghetti )

1. Joy

2. The Patriot

3. I Know What Did Last Summer

4. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

5. The Hunger Games

6. Mean Girls The Musical

7. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

8. One Life

9. Real Women Have Curves

10. No Hard Feelings

11. Lady Bird

12. Knives Out

13. 10 Things I Hate About You

14. Clueless

15. Sabrina

16. Shakespeare in Love

17. Pride and Prejudice

18. Sense and Sensibility

19. Crazy Rich Asians

20. Back to the Future

21. Back to the Future 2

22. Back to the Future 3

23. Far and Away

24. Damsel

25. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

26. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

27. Bottoms

28. Red, White & Royal Blue

29. Primal Fear

30. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version)

31. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

32. Iron Man

33. Bodies Bodies Bodies

34. Jurassic Park

35. Mary Poppins

36. The Boys in the Boat

37. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

38. Peter Rabbit

39. Passengers

40. The Help

41. Death on the Nile

42. Spiderman: Homecoming

43. The Avengers

44. Love, Rosie

45. How to Date Billy Walsh

46. Fear Street Part 2: 1978

47. Bridget Jones Baby

48. Emma (1996)

49. When Harry Met Sally

50. Miranda’s Victim

51. *Dead Poets Society* !!!!!

52. Sleepless in Seattle

53. Runaway Bride

54. Dead Poets Society (again, yes😔)

55. Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 1

56. Little Miss Sunshine

57. Jurassic World

58. Scream 5

59. The Boys Next Door

60. Barbie Princess Charm School

61. Mamma Mia!

62. The Zone of Interest

63. Jumanji

64. Matilda

65. Married to It (rsl)

66. Hairspray

67. Good Will Hunting

68. In the Gloaming (rsl again)

69. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules!

70. Killers of the Flower Moon

71. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

72. Billy Elliot

73. Tape (rsl and ethan)

74. The Blackening

75. The Money Pit

76. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

77. Little Women

78. About Time

79. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

80. Turtles All The Way Down

81. Lullaby

82. Beautiful Boy

83. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

84. Thelma & Louise

85. The Talented Mr Ripley

86. Father of the Bride

87. Father of the Bride Part II

88. Stand By Me

89. Girl, Interrupted

90. The Map of Perfect Tiny Things

91. The Wedding Planner

92. The Sixth Sense

93. Living

94. Big

95. Speed

96. Love & other drugs

97. Notting Hill

98. Five Feet Apart

99. The Outsiders

100. Before Sunrise (ethan)

101. Parenthood

102. Terms of Endearment

103. The Matrix

104. Fight Club

105. Leave the World Behind (ethan)

106. Bride Wars

107. Forrest Gump

108. Dazed and Confused

109. Don’t Tell Mum the Babysitter’s Dead (josh charles)

110. The Breakfast Club

111. Legally Blonde

112. Hidden Figures

113. Confessions of a Shopaholic

114. Three Men and a Baby

115. The Fault in our Stars

116. Sister Act: Back in the Habit

I definitely have a problem and this probably isn’t even all the films I’ve watched this year :/

But my favourites have been the ones I’ve watched since dead poets society (obv including it) mainly cause they’ve been a bit weird or different like tape!!

any film recommendations are welcome!! :)

[lboogie1906]

Dr. William Chester Jordan (July 4, 1948) is an author and award-winning historian of medieval Europe. He was born in Chicago to Johnnie Parker Jordan and Marguerite Jane Mays Jordan. He graduated with a BA from Ripon College and earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University. He began teaching at Princeton, where he would spend his entire career.

He published several books on the history of medieval Europe throughout his career. He dedicated his first book, Order and Innovation in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honor of Joseph R. Strayer, to his academic advisor. His second book, Louis IX and the Challenge of the Crusade: A Study in Rulership, examined the life of the French king who fought in two Holy Crusades. He wrote From Servitude to Freedom: Manumission in the Sénonais in the Thirteenth Century. His next book was The French Monarchy and the Jews: From Philip Augustus to the Last Capetians. He wrote Women and Credit in Pre-Industrial and Developing Societies. In 1996, he wrote Northern Europe in the Early Fourteenth Century.

He served as editor-in-chief of the four volumes of The Middle Ages and one volume of The Middle Ages: A Watts Guide for Children. He wrote a collection of essays on Ideology and Royal Power in Medieval: Kingship, Crusades, and the Jews. Other works include Europe in the High Middle Ages (2003), Unceasing Strife, Unending Fear: Jacques de Therines and the Freedom of the Church in the Age of the Last Capetians, The Tale of Two Monasteries: Westminster and Saint-Denis in the Thirteenth Century. He was the principal editor of The Capetian Century: 1214-1314.

He became co-editor of two unexpected titles, Human/Animal Boundary: Historical Perspectives and Corrupt Histories. He has served as chairman of the history department at Princeton. He served as president of the Medieval Academy of America and the American Catholic Historical Association. He received several prestigious fellowships, grants, and awards, including the Haskins Medal.

He resides with his wife, Christin Kenyon Hershey. They have three daughters and a son. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence