Thorkell the Tall was a Viking warrior and chieftain who gained renown during his lifetime for his fighting prowess and who played a notable role in English history in the 11th century. Little is known of Thorkell’s early life. He was born into a prominent family and was said to be a member of the

the Monkees: …2021, Carmel Valley, California), and Peter Tork (byname of Peter Thorkelson; b. February 13, 1942, Washington, D.C., U.S.—d. February 21, 2019, Connecticut).

Gudbrandur Thorláksson was a Reformation scholar and Lutheran bishop who was responsible for the success of Lutheranism in Iceland. In 1570 when Thorláksson became bishop of Hólar, a post he was to hold for 56 years, Protestantism, imposed on Iceland by Danish rulers, had only nominal acceptance.

Icelandic literature: The 18th century: Jón Þorláksson, who was a clergyman as well as a poet and a scholar, translated two major English poems—John Milton’s Paradise Lost and Alexander Pope’s Essay on Man—as well as works by the German poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock.

angiosperm: Shoot system modifications: Thorns represent the modification of an axillary shoot system in which the leaves are reduced and die quickly and the stems are heavily sclerified and grow for only a limited time (determinate growth). Thorns appear to protect the plant against herbivores. Examples are found in…

Toruń, city, one of two capitals (with Bydgoszcz) of Kujawsko-Pomorskie województwo (province), north-central Poland, on the Vistula River. A river port, rail and road junction, and cultural centre, it is the birthplace (1473) of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) and the seat of

datura, (genus Datura), genus of about nine species of poisonous flowering plants in the nightshade family (Solanaceae). Several Datura species are collected for use as drugs, and others are cultivated for their showy flowers. Many are considered weeds in warm parts of the world and commonly grow

jimsonweed, (Datura stramonium), annual herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Solanaceae). Possibly native to Central America, the plant is considered an invasive species throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere. It was used by Algonquin Indians in eastern North America, among other

passeriform: Nesting: The thorn birds (Phacellodomus), as well as many other Furnariidae, build huge nests of twigs suspended from the ends of tree branches; these nests, which may be more than 2 metres (nearly 7 feet) long and contain many compartments, are used by only a single nesting…

Television in the United States: The era of the miniseries: …series, including Shogun (NBC, 1980), The Thorn Birds (ABC, 1983), The Winds of War (ABC, 1983), and the 25-hour-long Centennial (NBC, 1978). Escalating production budgets and increasingly lower ratings threatened the miniseries by the end of the 1980s, however. War and Remembrance (ABC, 1988–89), at 30 hours the longest miniseries…

Colleen McCullough: …second novel, the sweeping romance The Thorn Birds (1977; television miniseries 1983), and for her Masters of Rome series (1990–2007), a painstakingly researched fictionalized account of Rome in the age of Julius Caesar.

thorn forest, dense scrublike vegetation characteristic of dry subtropical and warm temperate areas with a seasonal rainfall averaging 250 to 500 mm (about 10 to 20 inches). This vegetation covers a large part of southwestern North America and southwestern Africa and smaller areas in Africa, the

Chicago Heights, city, Cook county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. It is a suburb of Chicago, about 30 miles (50 km) south of downtown. The city’s name derives from its proximity to Chicago and its elevation, which averages 95 feet (29 metres) above the surrounding area. The site was the intersection

thorn forest, dense scrublike vegetation characteristic of dry subtropical and warm temperate areas with a seasonal rainfall averaging 250 to 500 mm (about 10 to 20 inches). This vegetation covers a large part of southwestern North America and southwestern Africa and smaller areas in Africa, the

Thirteen Years’ War: …and was concluded by the Treaty of Toruń (Thorn; Oct. 19, 1466). In 1454 rebel Prussian groups petitioned Casimir IV of Poland for aid against the Knights. Casimir declared war on them, and in 1462 won the decisive Battle of Puck. In the Treaty of Toruń, the Teutonic Order surrendered…

Ulmaceae: Major genera and species: Thorn-elm (Hemiptelea davidii) is the sole member of its genus and is native to Asia. Members of the genus Holoptelea are found in Asia and Africa and are used locally as medicinal plants.

Jan Thorn-Prikker was a Dutch painter, designer, and decorator in the Art Nouveau style. He was an important figure in modern religious art, best known for his use of symbolism in stained-glass windows. Thorn-Prikker’s student work was impressionistic, and he also assimilated the contemporary

Jan Thorn-Prikker was a Dutch painter, designer, and decorator in the Art Nouveau style. He was an important figure in modern religious art, best known for his use of symbolism in stained-glass windows. Thorn-Prikker’s student work was impressionistic, and he also assimilated the contemporary

hawthorn, (genus Crataegus), large genus of thorny shrubs or small trees in the rose family (Rosaceae), native to the north temperate zone. Many species are common to North America, and a number of cultivated varieties are grown as ornamentals for their attractive flowers and fruits. The hawthorn

chondrichthyan: Growth: The males of European thornback rays (Raja clavata) are about 50 cm (20 inches) wide when they reach first maturity, about seven years after birth; females are 60 to 70 cm (24 to 28 inches) at first maturity, nine years after birth.

hummingbird: In the thornbills (Ramphomicron and Chalcostigma) and the velvet-purple coronet (Boissonneaua jardini), it is quite short, but in the sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera), it is unusually long, contributing more than half of the bird’s 21-cm length. The bill is slightly downcurved in many species, strongly so in…

gerrymandering: …Supreme Court has held (in Thornburg v. Gingles, 1986) that such practices are incompatible with Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (as amended in 1982), which generally prohibits voting standards or practices whose practical effect is that members of racial minority groups “have less opportunity than other members…

Betty Hutton was an American actress and singer who electrified audiences with her explosive personality and high-spirited performances in musicals and comedies on the stage and screen. At the age of three Hutton began performing for audiences in her mother’s Detroit speakeasies during the

South Gloucestershire: Thornbury (a market centre in the northwest) and Kingswood are the administrative centres.

Africa: Cape shrub, bush, and thicket: …considerable enclaves of true evergreen bushland, which have reverted to shrubland (fynbos). Sclerophyllous foliage and proteas abound. Although grassy tracts occur on the mountains, they are characteristically unusual lower down. Beyond the Cape Ranges, fynbos grades into karoo.

savanna: Environment: into three categories—wet, dry, and thornbush—depending on the length of the dry season. In wet savannas the dry season typically lasts 3 to 5 months, in dry savannas 5 to 7 months, and in thornbush savannas it is even longer. An alternative subdivision recognizes savanna woodland, with trees and shrubs…

Africa: Cape shrub, bush, and thicket: …considerable enclaves of true evergreen bushland, which have reverted to shrubland (fynbos). Sclerophyllous foliage and proteas abound. Although grassy tracts occur on the mountains, they are characteristically unusual lower down. Beyond the Cape Ranges, fynbos grades into karoo.

animal learning: Classical and instrumental conditioning: …placing a cat inside a “puzzle box,” an apparatus from which the animal could escape and obtain food only by pressing a panel, opening a catch, or pulling on a loop of string. Thorndike measured the speed with which the cat gained its release from the box on successive trials.…

Thorndike’s law of effect, in animal behaviour and conditioning, the postulate developed by American psychologist Edward L. Thorndike in 1905 that argued that the probability that a particular stimulus will repeatedly elicit a particular learned response depends on the perceived consequences of the

Edward L. Thorndike: The law of exercise stated that behaviour is more strongly established through frequent connections of stimulus and response. In 1932 Thorndike determined that the second of his laws was not entirely valid in all cases. He also modified the law of effect to state that rewards…

Dame Sybil Thorndike was an English actress of remarkable versatility. The daughter of a canon of Rochester Cathedral, she performed with Annie Horniman’s company in Manchester (1908–09 and 1911–13), and then joined the Old Vic Company in London (1914–18), where she helped to establish not only the

Dame Sybil Thorndike was an English actress of remarkable versatility. The daughter of a canon of Rochester Cathedral, she performed with Annie Horniman’s company in Manchester (1908–09 and 1911–13), and then joined the Old Vic Company in London (1914–18), where she helped to establish not only the

Edward L. Thorndike was an American psychologist whose work on animal behaviour and the learning process led to the theory of connectionism, which states that behavioral responses to specific stimuli are established through a process of trial and error that affects neural connections between the

Edward L. Thorndike was an American psychologist whose work on animal behaviour and the learning process led to the theory of connectionism, which states that behavioral responses to specific stimuli are established through a process of trial and error that affects neural connections between the

Thorndike–Barnhart dictionaries, notable series of school dictionaries that were widely used in the United States during the 20th century. Their content was based on the theories of Edward L. Thorndike, an educational psychologist, and Clarence Lewis Barnhart, lexicographer and editor, both

Kip Thorne is an American physicist who was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the first direct detection of gravity waves. He shared the prize with American physicists Rainer Weiss and Barry C. Barish. Thorne

Kip Thorne is an American physicist who was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the first direct detection of gravity waves. He shared the prize with American physicists Rainer Weiss and Barry C. Barish. Thorne

Harriet Mann Miller was an American children’s author whose writing tended to either heartrending fiction about desolate children or lively, factual nature pieces. Harriet Mann grew up in various towns as her itinerant father drifted from place to place, and her schooling was consequently

Gil Evans: …worked as an arranger with Claude Thornhill’s band, devising the unique instrumentation that was to become a trademark of his early years: a standard big-band lineup, plus French horns and tuba. Evans used similar instrumentation for his two arrangements on Miles Davis’s seminal album Birth of the Cool (recorded 1949–50),…

Sir James Thornhill was an English painter, the first to excel in historical painting, whose style was in the Italian Baroque tradition. Thornhill became the history painter and sergeant painter to George I and George II, master of the Painters’ Company in 1720, fellow of the Royal Society in 1723,

giraffe: giraffa), the Masai giraffe (G. tippelskirchi), and the reticulated giraffe (G. reticulata).

Helle Thorning-Schmidt is a Danish politician who became Denmark’s first female prime minister when she took office in 2011; she held the post until 2015. Thorning-Schmidt was the youngest of three children in a family split by divorce. She grew up with her businesswoman mother in Ishøj, a town

Crown of Thorns, wreath of thorns that was placed on the head of Jesus Christ at his crucifixion, whereby the Roman soldiers mocked his title “King of the Jews.” The relic purported to be the Crown of Thorns was transferred from Jerusalem to Constantinople by 1063. The French king Louis IX (St.

crown of thorns, (Euphorbia milii), thorny plant of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), native to Madagascar. Crown of thorns is popular as a houseplant and is grown in warm climates as a garden shrub. Flowering is year-round but most plentiful in wintertime in the Northern Hemisphere. The common

climate classification: Empirical classifications: …made by the American geographer-climatologist C. Warren Thornthwaite in 1931 and 1948. He first used a vegetation-based approach that made use of the derived concepts of temperature efficiency and precipitation effectiveness as a means of specifying atmospheric effects on vegetation. His second classification retained these concepts in the form of…

Denver: Littleton, Northglenn, Thornton, Westminster, and Wheat Ridge; Golden, about 12 miles (19 km) west of Denver, and Boulder, about 25 miles (40 km) northwest, are also part of the metropolitan region. Greater Denver is at the centre of a string of urban areas that stretches along the…

Caroline Atoll, coral formation in the Central and Southern Line Islands, part of Kiribati, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, about 450 miles (720 km) northwest of Tahiti. With a total area of 1.45 square miles (3.76 square km), it is made up of 20 islets that rise to 20 feet (6 metres) above mean

Silurian Period: Reef mounds and coral biostromes: The Thornton Reef Complex outside Chicago is an example of a well-zoned Wenlock complex more than 1 km (0.6 mile) in diameter. Others are well known from the Silurian of Manitoulin Island (Ontario, Can.), northern Greenland, Shropshire (Eng.), Gotland (Swed.), Estonia, the central and southern Urals…

Big Mama Thornton was an influential American singer and songwriter whose gritty vocals and instrumental style had tremendous influence on blues, R&B, and rock and roll. Overlooked by white audiences during her lifetime, Thornton’s work inspired imitation by Elvis Presley and Janis Joplin, who

Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, writer, director, and musician known for his versatility and eccentric personality. Thornton won an Academy Award for his screenplay of Sling Blade (1996), which he also starred in and directed. Other notable films include A Simple Plan (1998), Monster’s

Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, writer, director, and musician known for his versatility and eccentric personality. Thornton won an Academy Award for his screenplay of Sling Blade (1996), which he also starred in and directed. Other notable films include A Simple Plan (1998), Monster’s

Litton Industries, Inc.: …1953 by Charles Bates “Tex” Thornton (1913–81). Its more than 80 divisions provide products and services ranging from electronic and electrical components and equipment to aerospace and marine systems and equipment. It is headquartered in Beverly Hills, Calif. Among Litton’s popularly known brand-name products are Litton microwave ovens and Royal…

Henry Thornton was an English economist, banker, and philanthropist who made significant contributions to monetary theory. Thornton was the son of a noted merchant and philanthropist. He became a leading member of the Clapham Sect, an austere, evangelical branch of the Church of England, and was a

San Jose Sharks: …the standout play of centre Joe Thornton, had the best record in the NHL, earning the top seed in the Western Conference playoffs. However, in a twist on the franchise’s early playoff history, the Sharks were upset in the first round of the postseason by the Anaheim Ducks. The team…

Litton Industries, Inc.: …1953 by Charles Bates “Tex” Thornton (1913–81). Its more than 80 divisions provide products and services ranging from electronic and electrical components and equipment to aerospace and marine systems and equipment. It is headquartered in Beverly Hills, Calif. Among Litton’s popularly known brand-name products are Litton microwave ovens and Royal…

History of film: Australia, New Zealand, and Canada: Warwick Thornton directed Samson & Delilah (2009) and Sweet Country (2017), both dramas about Aboriginal Australians living in modern Australia. The actress Jennifer Kent’s directorial debut was the popular horror film The Babadook (2014). New Zealand films of note included Niki Caro’s Whale Rider (2002),…

William Thornton was a British-born American architect, inventor, and public official, best known as the creator of the original design for the Capitol at Washington, D.C. Thornton studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh (1781–84) and received his M.D. from the University of Aberdeen

Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, writer, director, and musician known for his versatility and eccentric personality. Thornton won an Academy Award for his screenplay of Sling Blade (1996), which he also starred in and directed. Other notable films include A Simple Plan (1998), Monster’s

Big Mama Thornton was an influential American singer and songwriter whose gritty vocals and instrumental style had tremendous influence on blues, R&B, and rock and roll. Overlooked by white audiences during her lifetime, Thornton’s work inspired imitation by Elvis Presley and Janis Joplin, who

Africa: Cape shrub, bush, and thicket: …considerable enclaves of true evergreen bushland, which have reverted to shrubland (fynbos). Sclerophyllous foliage and proteas abound. Although grassy tracts occur on the mountains, they are characteristically unusual lower down. Beyond the Cape Ranges, fynbos grades into karoo.

ostariophysan: Annotated classification: Family Doradidae (thorny catfishes) Overlapping plates cover sides of body. Intestinal modifications for aerial respiration. Aquarium fishes. Generally small, to more than 1 metre (3 feet). South America. About 30 genera, about 72 species. Family Auchenipteridae (driftwood catfishes) Internal insemination. Fresh and brackish water, Panama and South…

coral: …1,000 species; black corals and thorny corals (Antipatharia), about 100 species; horny corals, or gorgonians (Gorgonacea), about 1,200 species; and blue corals (Coenothecalia), one living species.

moloch, small (20-centimetre- [8-inch-] long), squat, orange and brown Australian lizard of the Old World family Agamidae. Moloch is entirely covered with thornlike spines, the largest projecting from the snout and over each eye. The shape of its body and many of its habits are similar to those of

locust: The honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos), also of the pea family, is a North American tree commonly used as an ornamental and often found in hedges.

Sir Hamo Thornycroft was an English sculptor who executed many public monuments. The son of the sculptor Thomas Thornycroft, Hamo studied under his father, at the schools of the Royal Academy, and in Italy, where he was particularly interested in Michelangelo. He established his own reputation as a

Sir John Isaac Thornycroft was an English naval architect and engineer who made fundamental improvements in the design and machinery of torpedo boats and built the first torpedo boat for the Royal Navy. Soon after he established his launch-building and engineering works at Chiswick, London, in

Sir Hamo Thornycroft was an English sculptor who executed many public monuments. The son of the sculptor Thomas Thornycroft, Hamo studied under his father, at the schools of the Royal Academy, and in Italy, where he was particularly interested in Michelangelo. He established his own reputation as a

Jón Thoroddsen was a writer commonly known as the father of the Icelandic novel. Thoroddsen studied law in Copenhagen, but an unhappy love affair—which is reflected in his novels—led him to seek solace in literature. He did so in lively fashion, composing drinking songs as well as poetry. The

Jón Thoroddsen was a writer commonly known as the father of the Icelandic novel. Thoroddsen studied law in Copenhagen, but an unhappy love affair—which is reflected in his novels—led him to seek solace in literature. He did so in lively fashion, composing drinking songs as well as poetry. The

Thorold, city, regional municipality of Niagara, southeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies along the Welland Canal, 4 miles (6.5 km) south of St. Catharines. Founded in 1788 and named after a British member of Parliament, Sir John Thorold, the town grew with the development of the canal, beginning in

radon: Radon-220 (thoron; 51.5-second half-life) was first observed in 1899 by American scientist Robert B. Owens and British scientist Ernest Rutherford, who noticed that some of the radioactivity of thorium compounds could be blown away by breezes in the laboratory. Radon-219 (actinon; 3.92-second half-life), which is

basso continuo, in music, a system of partially improvised accompaniment played on a bass line, usually on a keyboard instrument. The use of basso continuo was customary during the 17th and 18th centuries, when only the bass line was written out, or “thorough” (archaic spelling of “through”),

Thoroughbred, breed of horse developed in England for racing and jumping (see photograph). The origin of the Thoroughbred may be traced back to records indicating that a stock of Arab and Barb horses was introduced into England as early as the 3rd century. Natural conditions favoured development of

D. Wayne Lukas: …Louisville, Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse trainer whose horses won 15 Triple Crown races and 20 Breeders’ Cup events. In 1999 Lukas became the first trainer whose horses exceeded $200 million in winnings.

Anya Taylor-Joy: Becoming a scream queen: …nail-biters include the dark comedy Thoroughbreds (2017), the supernatural horror Marrowbone (2017), and the period thriller The Miniaturest (2017). At the end of the decade, Taylor-Joy moved away from such roles, portraying the daughter of Marie Curie (played by Rosamund Pike) in Radioactive and joining the cast of the hit…

Carol Channing: …in the Julie Andrews vehicle Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) as a loopy society widow represented the apex of her own film career. In later years Channing starred in a number of touring cabaret shows and television specials and did voice-over work for numerous children’s films and cartoons.

Eupatorium, genus of about 60 species of plants belonging to the aster family (Asteraceae). Members of the genus are found chiefly in temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere, though some species are also found in tropical South America, the West Indies, and Mexico. Several are grown as

John Thorp was an American inventor of the ring spinning machine (1828), which by the 1860s had largely replaced Samuel Crompton’s spinning mule in the world’s textile mills because of its greater productivity and simplicity. Little is known of Thorp’s early life. His first patent, received at the

Thomas B. Thorpe was an American humorist and one of the most effective portrayers of American frontier life and character before Mark Twain. Thorpe studied painting and at age 18 exhibited his “Ichabod Crane” at the American Academy of Fine Arts, New York City. In 1836 he moved to Louisiana, where

English literature: Fiction: Adam Thorpe’s striking first novel, Ulverton (1992), records the 300-year history of a fictional village in the styles of different epochs. Golding’s veteran fiction career came to a bravura conclusion with a trilogy whose story is told by an early 19th-century narrator (To the Ends…

logistics: Fundamentals: marine officer, Lieutenant Colonel Cyrus Thorpe, published his Pure Logistics in 1917, arguing that the logical function of logistics, as the third member of the strategy–tactics–logistics trinity, was to provide all the means, human and material, for the conduct of war, including not merely the traditional functions of supply…

Ian Thorpe is an Australian athlete, who was the most successful swimmer in that country’s history, accumulating five Olympic gold medals and 11 world championship titles between 1998 and 2004. Thorpe began swimming competitively at age eight, and, although he had been uncoordinated in other

Jim Thorpe was one of the most accomplished all-around athletes in history who in 1950 was selected by American sportswriters and broadcasters as the greatest American athlete and the greatest gridiron football player of the first half of the 20th century. At the 1912 Games in Stockholm, Thorpe

Liberal Party: History.: Under Jeremy Thorpe the party made substantial progress in the 1974 general election, returning almost 20 percent of the popular vote. The charismatic Thorpe himself fell victim to a scandal in which money was alleged to have been paid to secure the silence of his former…

Jim Thorpe was one of the most accomplished all-around athletes in history who in 1950 was selected by American sportswriters and broadcasters as the greatest American athlete and the greatest gridiron football player of the first half of the 20th century. At the 1912 Games in Stockholm, Thorpe

Anne Salmond is a New Zealand anthropologist and historian best known for her writings on New Zealand history, her study of Maori culture, and her efforts to improve intercultural understanding between Maori and Pakeha (people of European ancestry) New Zealanders. Salmond grew up in Gisborne, a

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Rose Alnora Hartwick Thorpe was an American poet and writer, remembered largely for a single narrative poem that gained national popularity. Rose Hartwick grew up in her birthplace of Mishawaka, Indiana, in Kansas, and in Litchfield, Michigan, where she graduated from public high school in 1868.

Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe was a chemist and director of British government laboratories (1894–1909) who, with a number of specialists, published A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry (1890–93). After obtaining his doctorate from the University of Heidelberg (1869), he held teaching posts in Glasgow and

history of publishing: England: Just such a man was Thomas Thorpe, the publisher of Shakespeare’s sonnets (1609); the mysterious “Mr. W.H.” in the dedication is thought by some to be the person who procured him his copy. The first Shakespeare play to be published (Titus Andronicus, 1594) was printed by a notorious pirate, John…

Thomas B. Thorpe was an American humorist and one of the most effective portrayers of American frontier life and character before Mark Twain. Thorpe studied painting and at age 18 exhibited his “Ichabod Crane” at the American Academy of Fine Arts, New York City. In 1836 he moved to Louisiana, where

Thomas B. Thorpe was an American humorist and one of the most effective portrayers of American frontier life and character before Mark Twain. Thorpe studied painting and at age 18 exhibited his “Ichabod Crane” at the American Academy of Fine Arts, New York City. In 1836 he moved to Louisiana, where

Thor, deity common to all the early Germanic peoples, a great warrior represented as a red-bearded, middle-aged man of enormous strength, an implacable foe to the harmful race of giants but benevolent toward mankind. His figure was generally secondary to that of the god Odin, who in some traditions

Ólafur Thors was a five-time Icelandic prime minister (1942, 1944–46, 1949–50, 1953–56, 1959–63). Educated at the University of Copenhagen, Thors ran a fishing trawler company with his brother after returning to Iceland in 1916. In 1925 he was elected to the Althingi (parliament) as a member of the

Tórshavn, port and capital of the Faroe Islands, Denmark. It is situated at the southern tip of Streymoy (Streym), the largest of the Faroe Islands. Tórshavn was founded in the 13th century, but it remained only a small village for several centuries thereafter. The ancient Lagting, or Faeroese

Steingrímur Thorsteinsson was an Icelandic patriotic poet and lyricist, best remembered as a translator of many important works into Icelandic. Thorsteinsson studied classical philology at the University of Copenhagen but, more important, read widely in the continental literature of his day. After

scandium: Thortveitite (a scandium silicate) is the only mineral containing large amounts of scandium, about 34 percent, but unfortunately this mineral is quite rare and is not an important source of scandium. The cosmic abundance of scandium is relatively high. Although it is only about the…

Vinland: …of years later Leif’s brother Thorvald led an expedition to Vinland and spent two years there before he died in a skirmish with Native inhabitants. The following year a third brother, Thorstein, tried to reach Vinland to take Thorvald’s body back to Greenland, but storms kept him away. Encouraged by…

5 Landmark Buildings in Copenhagen: Thorvaldsen’s Museum: destinations, tourism Bertel Thorvaldsen was one of Europe’s finest Neoclassical sculptors. Born in Copenhagen, he studied in Rome from 1796 and spent most of the rest of his life there, accepting commissions from all over Europe. In 1838 he decided to return home for good,…

Bertel Thorvaldsen was a sculptor, prominent in the Neoclassical period, who was the first internationally acclaimed Danish artist. Prominent in Roman intellectual and artistic circles, he influenced many emerging artists from Europe and the United States. Thorvaldsen was the son of an Icelandic