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Is This the Way to Armadillo Is This the Way to Armadillo is a spoof video of the song Is This the Way to Amarillo produced by the Royal Dragoon Guards stationed in Iraq. The video was emailed so frequently on 13 May 2005 it crashed a server at the Ministry of Defence.
Is Underground 'Is Undergound' is the eighth book in the series of books by Joan Aiken normally called 'The Wolves of Willoughby Chase' sequence, and sometimes the 'James III' sequence. Where previous books have followed the characters Bonny, Sylvia, Simon and particularly street-urchin Dido Twite, this marks the first appearence of Dido's sister Is Twite as the main protagonist.
Is-leveling Is-leveling is the use of the word "is" in places where standard English has "are" occurring in some nonstandard dialects of English, such as African American Vernacular English. This feature is widely stigmatized as being a solecism.
Is-ought problem In meta-ethics, the is-ought problem was raised by David Hume (Scottish philosopher and historian, 1711–1776), who noted that many writers make claims about what ought to be on the basis of statements about what is. But there seems to be a big difference between descriptive statements (about what is) and prescriptive statements (about what ought to be).
Isa Khan (Guantanamo detainee 23) Isa Khan is a detainee in Guantánamo Bay detainment camp in Cuba. Human Rights Watch issued a "Letter to President General Pervez Musharraf" calling on the Bush administration to "release detainees who were Taliban soldiers or who have no connection to Al Qaeda, and who are not being prosecuted for war crimes or other serious international offenses.
Isa Nacewa Isakeli Nacewa (born 22 July 1982 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer of Fijian descent. He is a utility back and plays Super Rugby with the Blues and for Auckland in the Air New Zealand Cup.
Isaac Isaac or Yitzchak (Hebrew: יִצְחָק, Standard Tiberian ; Arabic: إسحٰق, ; "he will laugh") is the son and heir of Abraham and the father of Jacob and Esau as described in the Hebrew Bible. His story is told in the Book of Genesis.
Isaac Aboab da Fonseca Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (February 1st, 1605 - April 4th, 1693) was a rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writer. In 1656, he was one of several elders within the Portuguese-Israelite community in the Netherlands who excommunicated Baruch Spinoza for the statements this philosopher made concerning (the nature of) God.
Isaac Aboab of Castile Isaac Aboab of Castile (1433–January,1493) was a Spanish Bible commentator born at Toledo, presumably a descendant of Isaac da Fonseca Aboab. He was the pupil and successor of Isaac Campanton, and was called "the last gaon of Castile.
Isaac Abrabanel Don Isaac ben Judah or Yitzchak ben Yehuda Abravanel (Hebrew: יצחק בן יהודה אברבנאל) was a Jewish statesman, philosopher, Bible commentator, and financier. He was a scion of the Abravanel family.
Isaac Adarbi Isaac Adarbi (also Adribi, Hebrew: יצחק בן שמואל אדרבי), was a casuist and preacher of the Shalom Congregation of Salonica during the 16th century. He was the pupil of Joseph Taitazak and the schoolmate of Samuel de Medina.
Isaac Air Freight Isaac Air Freight is a Christian comedy team formed in 1976. It originally consisted of three people, Dave Toole, Larry Watt, and Dan Rupple, but was decreased in size after the release of their first album (due to the loss of Larry Watt's involvement).
Isaac Alfasi Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi (1013 - 1103) - also Isaac Hakohen, Alfasi or the Rif (רי"ף) - was a Talmudist and posek (decisor in matters of halakha - Jewish law). He is best known for his work of halakha, the legal code Sefer Ha-halachot, considered the first fundamental work in halakhic literature.
Isaac Ambrose Isaac Ambrose (1604 - January 20 1663 or 1664) was an English Puritan divine, the son of Richard Ambrose, vicar of Ormskirk, and was probably descended from the Ambroses of Lowick in Furness, a well-known Roman Catholic family.
Isaac Asimov Award Two distinct awards have been named for writer and humanist Isaac Asimov. One, the Isaac Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story Writing, is an annual award open to undergraduate college students and given to the author of the best science fiction or fantasy short story.
Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space Guide to Earth and Space (ISBN 0-449-22059-1) is a non-fiction work by the well-known science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. The book differs somewhat in structure from typical literature by presenting its information in the form of answers to a series of questions, presumably posed by the reader.
Isaac Asimov's Robot Series Isaac Asimov's Robot Series is a series of books by Isaac Asimov, both collections of short stories and novels. This series and the ideas set forth in them defined the Robot's place in modern science fiction, the stereotype he created appearing everywhere from Star Wars to Alien and Bladerunner, to name a few popular examples.
Isaac ben Ezra Isaac ben Ezra (full name: Abu Hasdai Yitzhak ben Ezra ibn Shaprut; also known as Isaac ibn Shaprut was a rabbi active in Jaén during the early tenth century CE. Rabbi Isaac was a very wealthy man and constructed a richly-decorated synagogue at Cordova.
Isaac ben Jacob Benjacob Isaac ben Jacob Benjacob (January 10, 1801, Ramgola–July 2, 1863, Vilnius) was a Russian bibliographer, author, and publisher. His parents moved to Vilnius when he was still a child, and there he received instruction in Hebrew grammar and rabbinical lore.
Isaac ben Jacob ha-Lavan Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob or Yitzhak ben Yaakov, nicknamed "ha-Lavan" or "the white" was a 12th century rabbi of Bohemia. He was a Tosafist and liturgical poet who flourished at Prague in the late 1100s.
Isaac ben Moses of Vienna Isaac ben Moses of Vienna (also called Isaac Or Zarua or the Riaz; Hebrew: Yitzchak ben Moshe) was one of the greatest rabbis of the Middle Ages. He was probably born in Bohemia and lived between 1200 and 1270.
Isaac ben Samuel Isaac ben Samuel the Elder of Dampierre (Hebrew: יצחק הזקן בן שמואל) , known as the or "Ri" (ר"י הזקן) was a French tosafist and Biblical commentator. He flourished at Ramerupt and Dampierre in the twelfth century.
Isaac ben Sheshet Isaac ben Sheshet Perfet (1326-1408) (Hebrew: יצחק בר ששת) was a Spanish Talmudic authority, also know by his acronym, Rivash (ריב"ש). He was born at Valencia and settled early in life at Barcelona, where he studied under Perez ha-Kohen, under Hasdai ben Judah, and especially under R.
Isaac Babalola Akinyele Isaac Babalola Akinyele, OBE, KBE (April 18, 1882 – May, 30, 1965) was the first educated Olubadan (non-hereditary traditional ruler) of Ibadan, and the second Christian to ascend the throne. He was a ruler of impeccable character who gave liberally of his wealth, judged impartially, and exercised authority with loving care.
Isaac Barrow Isaac Barrow (October 1630 - May 4, 1677) was an English divine, scholar and mathematician who is generally given minor credit for his role in the development of modern calculus; in particular, for his work regarding the tangent; for example, Barrow is given credit for being the first to calculate the tangents of the kappa curve. Isaac Newton was a student of Barrow's.
Isaac Bonewits Phillip Emmons Isaac Bonewits (born October 1, 1949) is an influential Neopagan leader and author. Born in Royal Oak, Michigan, Bonewits has been heavily involved in occultism with an emphasis on Neo-druidism since the 1960's.
Isaac Breuer Isaac Breuer (1883–1946) (Hebrew: יצחק ברויאר) was a Jewish rabbi in the German neo-Orthodoxy movement of his maternal grandfather Samson Raphael Hirsch, and was the first president of Po'alei Agudat Israel.
Isaac Brock Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (6 October, 1769 – October 13, 1812) was a British Major-General and administrator. Brock is best remembered as a brilliant leader and strategist for his actions while stationed in the Canadian colonies.
Isaac Brokaw Isaac Brokaw (March 9, 1746 – September 16, 1826) was a clockmaker from New Jersey. Brokaw was born in Raritan in Somerset County, but would leave for Elizabethtown where he would work as an apprentice under Aaron Miller, a renowned clock maker.
Isaac Butt Isaac Butt (September 6,1813 - May 5,1879) was the founder and first leader of a number of parties and organisations, including the Irish Metropolitan Conservative Society in 1836, the Home Government Association in 1870 and in 1874 the Home Rule League. He also founded the Dublin University Magazine and for much of his life was a member of the Irish Conservative Party.
Isaac C. Kidd Isaac Campbell Kidd (March 26, 1884 – December 7, 1941) was an American Rear Admiral in the United States Navy who was killed on the bridge of the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was the father of Admiral Isaac C.
Isaac C. Kidd, Jr. Isaac Campbell Kidd, Jr. (August 14, 1919 – June 27, 1999) was an American Admiral in the United States Navy who served as the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO's Atlantic Fleet, and later as commander in chief of the US Atlantic Fleet from 1975 to 1978.
Isaac Campanton Isaac ben Jacob Campanton (1360-1463) (Hebrew: יצחק קנפנטון) was a Spanish rabbi. He lived in the period darkened by the outrages of Ferran Martinez and Vicente Ferrer, when intellectual life and Talmudic erudition were on the decline among the Jews of Spain.
Isaac Curtis Isaac Curtis (Born in 1950) is a former professional American Football wide receiver who played his entire career with the Cincinnati Bengals (1973-1984). Before his NFL career, Curtis attended University of California, Berkeley for 3 years.
Isaac de Beausobre Isaac de Beausobre (March 8, 1659 - June 5, 1738), was a French Protestant churchman, now best known for his history of Manichaeism, Histoire Critique de Manichée et du Manichéisme in two volumes (Amsterdam 1734-1739),
Isaac D'Israeli Isaac D'Israeli (1766 - 1848), was born in Enfield, Middlesex, England, in May 1766, his father being a Jewish merchant who had emigrated from Cento in Italy (between Bologna and Ferrara) a dozen or so years previously. He received much of his education in Leiden and as early as his sixteenth year began his literary career with some verses to Dr.
Isaac D. Barnard Isaac Dutton Barnard (July 18, 1791 – February 28, 1834) was an American lawyer and politician from Chester, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate.
Isaac Deutscher Isaac Deutscher (3 April 1907 – 19 August 1967), British journalist, historian and political activist of Polish-Jewish birth, became well-known as the biographer of Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin and as a commentator on Soviet affairs.
Isaac Dov Berkowitz Isaac Dov Berkowitz (1885-1967), a Jewish and Israeli author, born in Slutsk, Belarus. His first work, At the eve of Yom Kippur (בערב יום הכיפורים), was published in the Warsaw publication, The Scout (הצופה) in 1903.
Isaac E. Avery Isaac Erwin Avery (December 20, 1828 – July 3, 1863) was a colonel in the Confederate States Army who perished at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. He is most remembered for a poignant blood-stained note that he wrote as he lay dying on the slopes of Cemetery Hill.
Isaac Ekpo Isaac Ekpo (born October 22, 1982) is a boxer from Nigeria, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native West African country. There he was stopped in the first round of the light heavyweight (81 kg) division by Uzbekistan's eventual bronze medal winner Utkirbek Haydarov.
Isaac Erb Bowman Isaac Erb Bowman (August 17 1832 – September 3 1897) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Waterloo North in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1878 and from 1887 to 1896.
Isaac Fisher Isaac Alfred Fisher (born 12 April 1851, Adelaide, South Australia, died 19 June 1944) was a Test match umpire. He officiated in one match between Australia and England in Adelaide on 12 December 1884 to 16 December 1884, when the Australian captain Billy Murdoch refused to accept the experienced English player and administrator James Lillywhite as umpire.
Isaac Folkoff Isaac Folkoff was a senior member of the California Communist Party and West Coast liaison between Soviet intelligence and the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA). Folkoff was in charge of West Coast operations.
Isaac GrĂĽnewald Isaac Hirsche GrĂĽnewald (September 2, 1889 - May 22, 1946) was a Jewish Expressionist painter born in Stockholm. Having studied at a Swedish art school, at age nineteen GrĂĽnewald traveled to Paris to study under Henri Matisse.
Isaac Griffiths Isaac Bertie Griffiths (March 29, 1882—July 10, 1970) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1941, and was a cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken.
Isaac Gulliver The name of three generations of Gullivers from Semington in Wiltshire during the 18th and early 19th century; Isaac Gulliver (1745-1822) was so successful as a smuggler on the south coast that he came to control its length from Lymington on The Solent in Hampshire, through Dorset to Torbay on the Devon coast and became known as "King of Smugglers".
Isaac Halberstam Isaac Halberstam was the father of Solomon Joachim Halberstam and author of Siaḥ Yiẓḥaḳ (or Siach Yitzchak) Lemberg, 1882, which contains insights on the Pentateuch and notices on the genealogy of the Halberstam family, published after his death by his son. Isaac was a prominent merchant who devoted his leisure time to study.
Isaac Hawkins Browne (poet) Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705–1760), is remembered as the author of some clever imitations of contemporary poets on the theme of A Pipe of Tobacco, somewhat analogous to the Rejected Addresses of a later day. He also wrote a Latin poem on the immortality of the soul.
Isaac Hayes Isaac Lee Hayes (born August 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee) is an actor, and influential soul singer, Academy Award-winning songwriter, musician and arranger. He also voiced the character "Chef", a singing [man|ladies' man] and elementary school cook, on the animated sitcom South Park.
Isaac Hill Isaac Hill (April 6, 1789–March 22, 1851) was an American publisher, editor, and politician from Concord, New Hampshire. Born in 1789 in West Cambridge, Massachusetts, he represented New Hampshire in the United States Senate and later served as governor.
Isaac Humala Isaac Humala Núñez is a labor lawyer and nationalist from Ayacucho and is the ideological leader of the Movimiento Etnocacerista, a group of ethnic nationalists. He is a former communist leader who served as the model for a colorful character in Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa's novel "Conversation in the Cathedral".
Isaac Husik Isaac Husik (1876–1939) (Hebrew: יצחק הוזיק) was a Jewish historian, translator, and student of philosophy, one of the first three individuals to serve as official faculty at Gratz College in Philadelphia.
Isaac Charles Johnson Isaac Charles Johnson (28 January 1811 — 29 November 1911A J Francis, The Cement Industry 1796-1914: a History,David & Charles, 1977, ISBN 0-7153-7386-2) was a British cement manufacturer, and a pioneer of the Portland cement industry.
Isaac I Komnenos Isaac I Komnenos or Comnenus (Greek: Ισαάκιος Α΄ Κομνηνός, Isaakios I Komnēnos), c. 1005–1061, was Byzantine Emperor from 1057 to 1059, and the first reigning member of the Komnenos dynasty.
Isaac Isaacs Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, GCB, GCMG (6 August 1855 – 12 February, 1948) Australian judge and politician, was the ninth Governor-General of Australia, and the first Australian to occupy that post. Isaacs was born in Melbourne, the son of a Jewish tailor who had arrived in Victoria from Britain the previous year.
Isaac Israeli ben Joseph Isaac Israeli ben Joseph or Yitzhak ben Yosef (often known as Isaac Israeli the Younger) was a Spanish-Jewish astronomer/astrologer who flourished at Toledo in the first half of the fourteenth century. He was a pupil of Asher ben Yehiel, at whose request (in 1310) he wrote the astronomical work Yesod Olam, the best contribution on that subject to Hebrew literature.
Isaac Israeli ben Solomon Isaac Israeli Ben Solomon (in Hebrew Yitzhaq ben Sh'lomo ha-Yisra'eli; in Arabic Abu Ya'qub Ishaq ibn Suleiman al-Isra'ili; also known as Isaac Israeli the Elder was a Egyptian-Jewish physician and philosopher.
Isaac Jogues Saint Isaac Jogues (January 10, 1607 – October 18, 1646) was a Jesuit missionary who travelled and worked among the Native Americans in North America. He gave the original European name to Lake George, calling it Lac du Saint Sacrament, Lake of the Holy Sacrament.
Isaac Karabtchevsky Isaac Karabtchevsky, is a Jewish Brazilian conductor and musician of international fame. He conducted the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra in Rio de Janeiro until 1988 when he moved to Vienna to take over the TonkĂĽnstlerorchester.
Isaac Kleiner Doctor Isaac Kleiner is a fictional character from the video games Half-Life and Half-Life 2. An archetypal 'absent-minded genius scientist', he is a prolific author of several works on teleportation and interdimensional travel, and one of the few survivors of the incident that took place in the Black Mesa Research Facility.
Isaac La Peyrère Isaac La Peyrère, or Pererius, (1596-1676) was a French Millenarian and formulator of Pre-Adamite theory. Born into a Huguenot family in Bordeaux, and possibly of Jewish descent, La Peyrère was a lawyer by training and a Calvinist by upbringing, though he later converted to Catholicism.
Isaac Lattes Isaac ben Jacob Lattes was a Jewish rabbi who lived in Provence. In 1340 he wrote Toledot Yiẓḥaḳ, in which he gives valuable information concerning other Provençal authors and discusses the history of tradition.
Isaac Lea Isaac Lea (1792 - 1886) was an American conchologist, geologist, and business man, born at Wilmington, Delaware. He was a partner of a large publishing house in Philadelphia, who devoted his leisure time to the collection and study of objects of natural history.
Isaac Ledyard Isaac Ledyard (November 5, 1755 or 1754 – August 28, 1803) was a physician and the health officer for the Port of New York and was an elector for the United States presidential election of 1800. He was born in Groton, Connecticut, the son of Youngs Ledyard (1731-1762) and Mary Avery (1730-1787).
Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge The Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge, also known as the Rogue River Bridge and the Isaac Lee Patterson Memorial Bridge, is a concrete arch bridge that spans the Rogue River in Curry County, Oregon. The bridge carries U.
Isaac Leeser Isaac Leeser (December 12, 1806, Neuenkirchen, in the province of Westphalia, Prussia - February 1, 1868, Philadelphia) was an American rabbi, author, translator, editor, and publisher; pioneer of the Jewish pulpit in the United States, and founder of the Jewish press of America. He wrote the first Jewish translation of the Bible into English.
Isaac Levitan Isaac Ilyich Levitan (Russian language: Исаак Ильич Левитан, August 30, 1860 - July 22 (August 4 new style), 1900) was a classical Russian landscape art painter who advanced the genre of the mood landscape.
Isaac Lodge Isaac Lodge (Born 6 May 1866 - Died 18 Jun 1923) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Isaac Low Isaac Low (April 13, 1735 – July 25, 1791) was an American merchant in New York City. He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress in 1774, although he later abandoned the revolution and remained loyal to the United Kingdom.
Isaac Luria Rabbi Isaac Luria (1534–July 25 1572) was a Jewish mystic in Safed. His name today is attached to all of the mystic thought in Safed while his contribution to the kabbalistic school of Safed was extreemly minute (he only wrote a few poems), his fame led to the school and all its works to be named after him.
Isaac Mass Isaac James Mass (born 1976) is a Franklin County, Massachusetts politician. A veteran of local government, Mass is currently serving his fourth term on the Greenfield, Massachusetts Town Council as chair of the Ways and Means committee.
Isaac McCoy Isaac McCoy (June 131784-1845) was a Kentucky-born Baptist missionary to mid-western Native Americans in the United States in the early 19th Century. In this capacity, he founded Westport, Missouri and was the first permanent European settler in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Isaac Morley Isaac Morley (1786 - 1865) was an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement and a contemporary of both Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. He was one of the first converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Isaac Motte Isaac Motte (December 8, 1738 –May 8, 1795) was an American soldier and statesman from Charleston, South Carolina. He served as a Colonel in the Revolutionary War and represented South Carolina in the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1782.
Isaac Murphy Award The Isaac Murphy Award is an American honor presented annually since 1995 by the National Turf Writers Association of the United States to the thoroughbred horse racing jockey with the highest winning percentage who has ridden in a minimum of 500 races during the year. The award is named in honor of Isaac Murphy, a 19th century African American Hall of Fame jockey.
Isaac Nassi Isaac "Ike" Nassi is a Senior Vice President (Americas) for SAP AG. He co-founded the wireless mesh company Firetide and was CTO (chief technology officer) of InfoGear, before it was acquired by Cisco Systems.
Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton, (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727) [ OS: 25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727] was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, and natural philosopher, regarded by many as the greatest figure in the history of science. His treatise Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published in 1687, described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion, laying the groundwork for classical mechanics.
Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes or ING operates the WHT, INT and JKT optical telescopes for PPARC, the NWO and the IAC. The telescopes are located at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma in the Canary Islands.
Isaac Newton Institute Opened in 1992, the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences is the United Kingdom's de facto national research institute for mathematics and theoretical physics. It is part of Cambridge University in Cambridge, England, and is named after the famous English mathematician Isaac Newton, who was a graduate of that university.
Isaac Newton's occult studies Certain (largely unpublished) works of Isaac Newton included much that would now be classified as occult studies. He worked extensively outside the strict bounds of science and mathematics, particularly on chronology, alchemy, and Biblical interpretation (especially of the Apocalypse).
Isaac Nieto Isaac Nieto (1702-1774) (Hebrew: יצחק ניטו) was Haham of the Portuguese congregation Sha'are Shamaim, Bevis Marks, London, and the son of David Nieto. He was officially appointed as "ḥakam ha-shalem" in 1733, but gave up the post in 1741 and went abroad.
Isaac of Antioch Isaac of Antioch, one of the stars of Syriac literature, is the reputed author of a large number of metrical homilies (The fullest list, by Gustav Bickell, contains 191 which are extant in MSS), many of which are distinguished by an originality and acumen rare among Syriac writers. The trustworthy Chronicle of Edessa gives his date as 451–452 (Hallier, No.
Isaac of Armenia Isaac of Armenia, or Sahak (338 – 439) was Catholicos (or Patriarch) of Armenia. He is sometimes known as "Isaac the Great," and as "Սահակ Պարթև/Sahak Parthev" in Armenian, owing to his Parthian origin.
Isaac of Dalmatia Saint Isaac of Dalmatia (died May 30, 383) was a Byzantine monk who was imprisoned for denouncing the Roman emperor Valens for the heresy of Arianism and predicting that Valens would "die in flames" because of his actions. Soon after, Valens went to war with the Goths but was defeated and died in a fire after taking refuge in a barn.
Isaac of Chernigov Isaac of Chernigov was a Russian-Jewish scholar of the twelfth century, frequently consulted by his contemporaries on questions of Biblical exegesis. He is probably identical with Isaac of Russia, found in the English records of 1181.
Isaac of Seleucia Isaac of Seleucia (died in 410) was a Patriarch of the Persian Church, who is celebrated among the Catholicoi for having reorganized the Persian Church after the terrible persecution that overwhelmed it under Sapor II (Shapûr II).
Isaac Payne Isaac Payne (1854 – 1904) was a Black Seminole who served as a United States Army Indian Scout and received America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States.
Isaac Penington (Mayor of London) Isaac PeningtonHis name was spelt Isaac Pennington in the Proclamation for apprehending the late King's Judges (4 June 1660) (1584 - December 7, 1661) was once the Lord Mayor of London and a prominent member of Oliver Cromwell's government.
Isaac Peral Isaac Peral (Cartagena, July 1, 1851 – May 22, 1895, Berlin), was a Spanish scientist, sailor and inventor of the Peral Submarine (built 1884, launched 1888). Intended for military use, this submarine pioneered new designs in the hull, control systems and air systems, proving a success in two years of trials.
Isaac Pitman Sir Isaac Pitman (January 4 1813 – January 22 1897), knighted in 1894, developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman Shorthand. He first proposed this in Stenographic Soundhand in 1837.
Isaac Puente Isaac Puente Amestoy (June 3 1896, Abanto y Ciérvana, in Vizcaya—1936, probably in Burgos province) was a Basque physician and Spanish anarchist, active in the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT). He held Malthusian views, and was an advocate of eugenics - which he best saw carried out through increased hygiene, an end to prostitution, and Feminism.
Isaac R. Sherwood Isaac Ruth Sherwood (August 13, 1835 – October 15, 1925) was an American politician and newspaper editor from Toledo, Ohio, as well as an officer in the Union army during the Civil War. He served nine terms in the United States Congress, and was a noted pacifist during World War I.
Isaac Roberts Isaac Roberts (January 17/27 1829- July 17 1904) was a British astronomer who was a pioneer in photography of nebulae. He was a member of Liverpool Astronomical Society and was a fellow of the Royal Geological Society.
Isaac Roberts Hawkins Isaac Roberts Hawkins was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 7th congressional district. He was born on May 16, 1818 near Columbia, Tennessee in Maury County.
Isaac Rosenberg Isaac Rosenberg (November 25, 1890 - April 1, 1918) was an English poet of the First World War who was considered to be one of the greatest of all British war poets. His "Poems from the Trenches" are recognised as some of the most outstanding written during the First World War.
Isaac Royall House The Isaac Royall House is a historic house located at 15 George Street, Medford, Massachusetts. It is a National Historic Landmark, operated as a non-profit museum, and open for public visits between May 1 and October 1.
Isaac S. Hopkins Isaac Stiles Hopkins (June 20, 1841 - February 3, 1914) was a former professor and the first President of Georgia Tech (1888 - 1896) as well as pastor of the First Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia."Inventory of the Isaac S.
Isaac Samuel Reggio Isaac Samuel Reggio (YaShaR) (August 15, 1784–August 29, 1855) (Hebrew: יצחק שמואל רג'יו, יש"ר) was an Austro-Italian scholar and rabbi born at Göritz, Illyria. Reggio studied Hebrew and rabbinics under his father, Abraham Vita, later rabbi of Göritz, acquiring at the same time in the gymnasium a knowledge of secular science and languages.
Isaac Singer Isaac Merritt Singer (October 26, 1811 – July 23, 1875) was an American inventor, actor, and entrepreneur. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.

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