Important early anthroposophists who were Jewish included Karl König, the founder of the Camphill movement, and a majority of the executive board of the original Anthroposophical Society.

An early influence in this vein was Henry David Thoreau and his famous book Walden Important promoters of this were Henri Zisly and Emile Gravelle who collaborated in La Nouvelle Humanité followed by Le Naturien, Le Sauvage, L ' Ordre Naturel, & La Vie Naturelle.

Important work on queueing theory used in modern packet switching networks was performed in the early 1960s by Leonard Kleinrock.

Important texts for the reconstruction of the evolution of Middle English out of Old English are the Ormulum ( 12th century ), the Ancrene Wisse and the Katherine Group ( early 13th century, see AB language ) and Ayenbite of Inwyt ( ca.

Important characteristics of the early yaoi dōjinshi were that they were amateur publications not controlled by media restrictions, the stories were by teens for other teens and they were based on famous characters who were in their teens or early twenties, the same age as the yaoi fans.

Important early recordings of songs by Mussorgsky were made by tenor Vladimir Rosing in the 1920s and 30s.

Important early literature on the poet includes Édouard Bourciez, La Littérature polie et les mœurs de cour sous Henri II ( Paris, 1886 ); Jacques Pernetti, Recherches pour servir de l ' histoire de Lyon ( 2 vols., Lyon, 1757 ), and especially F. Brunetière, " Un Précurseur de la Pléiade, Maurice Scève ," in his Etudes critiques, vol.

Important early roots reggae releases included Winston Holness's " Blood & Fire " ( 1970 ) and Yabby You's " Conquering Lion " ( 1972 ).

Important early machine tools included the slide rest lathe, screw-cutting lathe, turret lathe, milling machine, pattern tracing lathe ( shaper ) and metal planer, which were all in use before 1840.

Important remnants of these early powers remain.

Important works continued to be written in the Chagatai language into the early twentieth century.

Important developments took place at this time, including the mission of Greek monks Cyril and Methodius, the development of the Glagolitic alphabet ( an early form of the Cyrillic script ), and the use of Old Church Slavonic as the official and literary language.

Important early contributors to this literature include, among others, Edward J.

Important early vernacular works include Dante's Divine Comedy, Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron ( both in Italian ), John Barbour's The Brus ( in Scots ), Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales ( in Middle English ) and Jacob van Maerlant's Spieghel Historiael ( in Middle Dutch ).

Important human trace fossils are the Laetoli ( Tanzania ) footprints, imprinted in volcanic ash 3. 7 Ma ( million years ago ) -- probably by an early Australopithecus.

Important contracts included the manufacture of early radios for Marconi and the production of telephones for the GPO.

Important early images like this are key and essential for seeing and understanding the origins and connections between plucked vihuela and bowed vihuela, that is vihuela de arco, otherwise known as viola da gamba ( in Italian ) or viol s.

* Donatello ( Italian, 1386 – 1466 ) Important early Renaissance sculptor

* Masaccio ( Italian, 1401 – 1428 ) Important early Florentine painter

Important luthiers from the early 18th century include Nicolò Gagliano of Naples, Italy, Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi of Milan and Giovanni Battista Guadagnini who roamed throughout Italy during his lifetime.

Important early English and Welsh keeps such as the White Tower, Colchester and Chepstow were all built in a distinctive Romanesque style, often reusing Roman materials and sites, and were almost certainly intended to impress and generate a political effect amongst local people.

Important personal and artistic influences were early meetings with Jean Tinguely, Joseph Beuys, Daniel Spoerri and Eberhard W. Kornfeld in the Basel art scene of the 1980s and with Niki de Saint Phalle in St. Moritz, and the long-time relationship ( going back to 1916 during the first world war and the purchase of a Giovanni Giacometti painting by the grand-grandfather of Hans Bernhard ) with the Giacometti family ( Giovanni Giacometti, Alberto Giacometti ) in the nearby mountain valleys Val Bregaglia and Engadin in the canton Grisons in Switzerland.

Important in the early history of Delta Tau Delta was the initiation of two men, Rhodes Stansbury Sutton ( Stan for short ) and Samuel S. Brown, into the fraternity.

In 1999, Time magazine named Fleming one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, stating:

* In 1999, Time Magazine named Fleming one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th century.

Important museums in Ghent are the Museum voor Schone Kunsten ( Museum of Fine Arts ), with paintings by Hieronymus Bosch, Peter Paul Rubens, and many Flemish masters ; the SMAK or Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst ( City Museum for Contemporary Art ), with works of the 20th century, including Joseph Beuys and Andy Warhol ; and the Design Museum with masterpieces of Victor Horta and Le Corbusier.

* Profiled in Visionaries: The 20th Century's 100 Most Important Inspirational Leaders, published in 2007.

In 1999 Time named Pankhurst as one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, stating: " she shaped an idea of women for our time ; she shook society into a new pattern from which there could be no going back.

Posthumously, Ben-Gurion was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Important People of the 20th century.

Arledge was selected by Life magazine as one of the " 100 Most Important Americans of the 20th Century ".

Important 20th century works have been written for string orchestra by Bartók ( Divertimento for String Orchestra ), Stravinsky ( Apollo ), Witold Lutosławski ( Musique funèbre ), Benjamin Britten ( Simple Symphony and Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge ), Charles Wuorinen ( Grand Bamboula ), and Malcolm Williamson ( Symphony No. 7 ).

Important British poets of the 20th century include Rudyard Kipling, Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin, John Betjeman and Dylan Thomas.

Important publishers of erotic fiction at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th were Leonard Smithers ( 1861 – 1907 ) and Charles Carrington ( 1867 – 1921 ), both of whom were subject to legal injunctions from the British authorities in order to prohibit their trade in such material.

Important players and teachers in the 20th century include Wang Xunzhi ( 王巽之, 1899 – 1972 ) who popularized the Wulin zheng school based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang ; Lou Shuhua, who rearranged a traditional guzheng piece and named it Yu zhou chang wan ; Liang Tsai-Ping ( 1911 – 2000 ), who edited the first guzheng teaching manual, Nizheng pu in 1938 ; Cao Dongfu ( 1898 – 1970 ), from Henan ; Gao Zicheng ( b. 1918 ) and Zhao Yuzhai ( b. 1924 ), both from Shandong ; Su Wenxian ( 1907 – 1971 ); Guo Ying ( b. 1914 ) and Lin Maogen ( b. 1929 ), both from Chaozhou ; the Hakka Luo Jiuxiang ( 1902 – 1978 ); and Cao Guifen and Cao Zheng ( 1920 – 1998 ), both of whom trained in the Henan school.

In 1999, it was designated as one of the " 100 Most Important Spiritual Books of the 20th Century " by a panel of theologians and luminaries convened by HarperCollins publishers.

" The Gospel was voted as one of the " 100 Most Important Spiritual Books of the 20th Century " by the American scholars convened by Philip Zaleski and HarperCollins publishers,

Important figures from the 19th century had already demanded the setting-up of an academy in defence of the language ( Ulibarri, 1832 ; Aizkibel, 1856 ; d ' Abbadie and Duvoisin, 1862 ; Jose Manterola, 1880 and Artiñano, 1886 ), and it was during the first two decades of the 20th century when various entities-some scientific and others more popular ones-also emphasized the need for its immediate creation.

Important early 20th century writers include Italo Svevo, the author of La coscienza di Zeno ( 1923 ), and Luigi Pirandello ( winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature ), who explored the shifting nature of reality in his prose fiction and such plays as Sei personaggi in cerca d ' autore ( Six Characters in Search of an Author, 1921 )

This building is designated as an Important Cultural Property as a representative example of Western-style architecture of the late Meiji period ( early 20th century ).

Mary Eileen Ahern ( 1860 – 1938 ) was a librarian and leader of the modern library movement. She has been selected as one of the " 100 of the Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century " in the American Libraries list published in 1999.

Important conceptual work on the physical basis of stars occurred during the first decades of the twentieth century.

Important Buddhist canons were translated into Chinese during the 2nd century CE, including the Sutra of Forty-two Chapters, Perfection of Wisdom, Shurangama Sutra, and Pratyutpanna Sutra.

Important details of his biography are gleaned from the works of the 1st century CE Roman-Jewish historian Josephus Flavius.

Important coastal dunes are present in the Guardamar area which were planted with thousands of pine trees during the 19th century in order to protect the ville from the dunes advancing, which has created now an area of remarkable ecologic value.

It was also the first in a tradition of Chinese military treatises, such as the Wujing Zongyao ( Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques, 1044 CE ) and the Huolongjing ( Fire Dragon Manual, 14th century CE ).

Important Jewish philosophers of the nineteenth century included:

An equivalent office, called the Exarch was created in the Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire towards the end of the sixth century for governors of Important areas too far from the imperial capital of Constantinople to receive regular instruction or reinforcement.

Important College leaders in the 19th century include John C. Holmes, who kept the Agriculture School from being a part of the University of Michigan and is widely credited with being the prime mover for the school's founding ; Joseph R. Williams, the first president ; and Theophilus C. Abbot, the third president who stabilized the College after the Civil War.

Huou, Kublai Khan's court chef, wrote a collection of recipes called " The Important Things to Know About Eating and Drinking " in the 13th century ; it includes mainly soups as well as household advice.

The temple of Takisanji ( 7th century ) includes several Important Cultural Properties of Japan.

Important among them ; at Virupaksha Temple, there is 8th ( 733 – 745 CE ) century Old Kannada inscription on victory pillar, in the Sangameshvara temple, there exists a large inscription tablet ( 696-733 CE ) describing grants made by King Vijayaditya for the construction of the temple.

Of a similar structure is the Karakuchi gozen otoko ( One-liners: An Important Storyteller, date of publication unknown ) in which are collected the stories of Yonezawa Hikohachi, who lived in Ōsaka towards the end of the 17th century.

Important 15th century German fencing masters include Sigmund Ringeck, Peter von Danzig, Hans Talhoffer and Paulus Kal, all of whom taught the teachings of Liechtenhauer.