Henry Kissenger

(noun)

Heinz Alfred "Henry" Kissinger is a German-born American writer, political scientist, diplomat, and businessman. A recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, he served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

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  • Emerson and Thoreau

    • Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were important leaders of the Transcendentalist movement.
    • Ralph Waldo Emerson(May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) and Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) were two important American writers and leaders of the Transcendentalist movement.
    • Henry David Thoreau was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist.

  • The Anglican Church

    • Henry VIII ascended the English throne in 1509 at the age of 17.
    • By the late 1520s, Henry wanted his marriage to Catherine annulled.
    • Henry argued that this had been wrong and that his marriage had never been valid.
    • In 1527 Henry asked Pope Clement VII to annul the marriage, but the Pope refused.
    • When Henry died in 1547, his nine-year-old son, Edward VI, inherited the throne.

  • The French Wars of Religion

    • King Henry III of France, supported by the royalists and the politiques;
    • The war began when the Catholic League convinced King Henry III to issue an edict outlawing Protestantism and annulling Henry of Navarre's right to the throne.
    • Henry III successfully prevented the junction of the German and Swiss armies.
    • On his deathbed, Henri III called for Henry of Navarre, and begged him, in the name of Statecraft, to become a Catholic, citing the brutal warfare that would ensue if he refused.
    • He named Henry Navarre as his heir, who became Henry IV.

  • Shuttle Diplomacy

    • The term was first applied to describe the efforts of United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, beginning November 5, 1973, which facilitated the cessation of hostilities following the Yom Kippur War.
    • [Henry Cabot Lodge], an old friend serving as Ambassador to Saigon, had asked me to visit Vietnam as his consultant.

  • The Investiture Controversy

    • The conflict ended in 1122, when Emperor Henry V and Pope Calixtus II agreed on the Concordat of Worms.
    • By this time, Henry IV was no longer a child, and he continued to appoint his own bishops.
    • Henry IV was succeeded upon his death in 1106 by his son Henry V, who had rebelled against his father in favor of the papacy, and who had made his father renounce the legality of his antipopes before he died.
    • Nevertheless, Henry V chose one more antipope, Gregory VIII.
    • This illustration shows Henry IV requesting mediation from Matilda of Tuscany and abbot Hugh of Cluny.

  • Addendum

    • I have read that there were five stages of creativity from Herman Helmholtz, Henry Poincare and Jacob Getzels.

  • The Role of the Government

    • Congressman Henry Clay was the primary advocate of this system, which had an explicitly federalist agenda; Clay was supported by the Whig party, and opposed by Jeffersonian Republicans.
    • Henry Clay says "Walk in and see the new improved grand original American System!
    • Henry Clay was a lawyer, politician, and skilled orator who represented Kentucky separately in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives.

  • Fauvism

    • The leaders of the movement were Henri Matisse and André Derain .
    • Apart from Matisse and Derain, other artists included Albert Marquet, Charles Camoin, Louis Valtat, the Belgian painter Henri Evenepoel, Maurice Marinot, Jean Puy, Maurice de Vlaminck, Henri Manguin, Raoul Dufy, Othon Friesz, Georges Rouault, the Dutch painter Kees van Dongen, the Swiss painter Alice Bailly, and Georges Braque (subsequently Picasso's partner in Cubism).

  • Portugal and West Africa

    • Young prince Henry the Navigator was there and became aware of profit possibilities in the Trans-Saharan trade routes .
    • Henry wished to know how far Muslim territories in Africa extended, hoping to bypass them and trade directly with West Africa by sea.
    • In the next decade several captains at the service of Prince Henry - including the Genoese Antonio da Noli and Venetian Alvise Cadamosto - discovered the remaining islands which were occupied still during the 15th century.
    • Henry the Navigator in 15th century triptych of St.
    • Portuguese explorer Prince Henry, known as the Navigator, was the first European to methodically explore Africa and the oceanic route to the Indies.

  • Expressive and Symbolic Uses of Color

    • A select few examples of this practice include les Fauves and abstract expressionists, along with artists Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.
    • The leaders of the movement were Henri Matisse and Andre Derain.
    • Henri Matisse is widely regarded as the greatest colorist of the 20th century, and as a rival to Picasso in the importance of his innovations.
    • A Fauvist painting by Henri Matisse.