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  2. Alain LeRoy Locke | Wikipedia

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    1991. Location. 2221 S 5th St., Philadelphia. 39°55′14″N 75°09′20″W  /  39.92065°N 75.15545°W  / 39.92065; -75.15545. Alain LeRoy Locke (September 13, 1885 – June 9, 1954) was an American writer, philosopher, and educator. Distinguished in 1907 as the first African-American Rhodes Scholar, Locke became known as the ...

  3. Edwin Locke | Wikipedia

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    Website. EdwinLocke.com. Edwin A. Locke (born May 15, 1938) is an American psychologist and a pioneer in goal-setting theory. He is a retired Dean's Professor of Motivation and Leadership at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park. He was also affiliated with the Department of Psychology.

  4. Iona | Wikipedia

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    Iona (/ aɪˈoʊnə /; Scottish Gaelic: Ì Chaluim Chille [ˈiː ˈxal̪ˠɪm ˈçiʎə] ⓘ, sometimes simply Ì) is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland. It is mainly known for Iona Abbey, though there are other buildings on the island. Iona Abbey was a centre of Gaelic monasticism for three ...

  5. Andrew Loke | Wikipedia

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    Andrew Loke at Hong Kong Baptist University, January 2023. Andrew Ter Ern Loke is a Singaporean Christian theologian and philosopher. He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Hong Kong Baptist University. [1] He has made contributions to the fields of Systematic Theology, [2][3] Science and Religion ...

  6. Life of Columba | Wikipedia

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    The Life of Columba (Latin: Vita Columbae) is a hagiography recounting the life of Columba, the founder of Iona Abbey, written a century after Columba's death by Adomnán, one of his successors as Abbot of Iona. Adomnán (also known as Eunan), served as the ninth Abbot of Iona until his death in 704. [1] James Earle Fraser asserts that Adomnán ...

  7. John Locke | Wikipedia

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    Early life. Locke was born on 29 August 1632, in a small thatched cottage by the church in Wrington, Somerset, about 12 miles from Bristol. He was baptised the same day, as both of his parents were Puritans. Locke's father, also named John, was an attorney who served as clerk to the Justices of the Peace in Chew Magna [20] and as a captain of ...

  8. 2000 University of Arkansas shooting | Wikipedia

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    Memorial garden for Dr. John Locke on the University of Arkansas campus, near Kimpel Hall where he taught. The murder-suicide occurred on the first day of the Fall 2000 semester shortly after noon when James Easton Kelly, 37, a recently dismissed PhD candidate in the university's Comparative Literature program entered the office of Dr. John R. Locke, 67, the director of the Comparative ...

  9. Ethelene Crockett | Wikipedia

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    After her death in 1978, the college established a yearly award in her honor, the Dr. Ethelene Jones Crockett Distinguished Alumni Award, which goes to alumni who display “positive personal involvement for the betterment of mankind with his/her community, state, nation or world.” [21] Recipients have included Jon Lake, in 2018, and Laura ...