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Website. whigclio.princeton.edu. The American Whig–Cliosophic Society, sometimes abbreviated as Whig-Clio, is a political, literary, and debating society at Princeton University and the oldest debate union in the United States. [1] Its precursors, the American Whig Society and the Cliosophic Society, were founded at Princeton in 1769 and 1765.
Founded the American Whig Society. Luther Martin. Founding Father, delegate to the Constitutional Convention, prominent Anti-Federalist. Clio (founder), Class of 1766. Founded the Cliosophic Society. [17] James Monroe. Founding Father, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, Fifth President of the United States.
Clio's name is etymologically derived from the Greek root κλέω/κλείω (meaning "to recount", "to make famous" or "to celebrate"). [6] [7] [8] The name's traditional Latinisation is Clio, [9] but some modern systems such as the American Library Association-Library of Congress system use K to represent the original Greek kappa, and ei to represent the diphthong ει (epsilon iota), thus ...
Cliometrics (/ ˌklaɪ.oʊəˈmɛt.rɪks /, also / ˌkliːoʊˈmɛt.rɪks /), sometimes called ' new economic history'[1] or ' econometric history', [2] is the systematic application of economic theory, econometric techniques, and other formal or mathematical methods to the study of history (especially social and economic history). [3] It is a ...
Clio Society: 1853 Capital University: Bexley, Ohio: Inactive [3] Clio Society: 1885 Southwestern University: Georgetown, Texas: Inactive [24] Clionian Literary Society: 1869 McKendree College: Lebanon, Illinois: Active [76] Clionian Society: 1851 Free Academy of the City of New York: New York City, New York: Inactive [26] [77] Clionian Society ...
Print of Clio, made in the 16th–17th century. Preserved in the Ghent University Library. [2]The word Muses (Ancient Greek: Μοῦσαι, romanized: Moûsai) perhaps came from the o-grade of the Proto-Indo-European root *men-(the basic meaning of which is 'put in mind' in verb formations with transitive function and 'have in mind' in those with intransitive function), [3] or from root *men ...
Cliodynamics (/ ˌkliːoʊdaɪˈnæmɪks /) is a transdisciplinary area of research that integrates cultural evolution, economic history / cliometrics, macrosociology, the mathematical modeling of historical processes during the longue durée, and the construction and analysis of historical databases. [1]
The Cleo of Alpha Chi literary society at Trinity College is named after Clio. Clio features in the 1997 Walt Disney Pictures film Hercules, appearing alongside the muses Calliope, Melpomene, Terpsichore and Thalia, who collectively serve as a Greek chorus. She was voiced by Vanéese Y. Thomas, who reprised the role in the subsequent TV series.