Quentin Skinner has argued that several critical modern innovations in contract theory are found in the writings from French Calvinists and Huguenots, whose work in turn was invoked by writers in the Low Countries who objected to their subjection to Spain and, later still, by Catholics in England.

According to Stephen Skinner, the study of sacred geometry has its roots in the study of nature, and the mathematical principles at work therein.

In the United Kingdom, the history of political thought has been a particular focus since the late 1960s and is associated especially with the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge, where until recently such scholars as John Dunn and Quentin Skinner studied European political thought in its historical context, emphasizing the emergence and development of such concepts as the state and freedom.

In the first serial, “ The Wrong End of Time ”, Simon, whose mother has died recently, has been taken on holiday by the Skinner family – father Frank ( Derek Benfield ), mother Jean ( Iris Russell ) and daughter Liz – to the village of St Oswald.

He also has been spotted in " The Blunder Years " in a kissing booth with Agnes Skinner and Seymour.

It is also revealed in The Ned-Liest Catch that she has " dated " in addition to Skinner, Moe Szyslak, Lenny, Carl, Comic Book Guy, Joey Kramer, Krusty the Clown, Cletus Spuckler and several others.

Later, Quimby briefly flees the city thinking his corruption has been exposed and is deemed to have " abandoned office " and is replaced by a short-lived " council of learned citizens " headed by Lisa Simpson, Professor Frink, Comic Book Guy, Lindsey Naegle, Dr. Hibbert, and Principal Skinner.

Sheen has performed voice-over work as the narrator for the Eyewitness series and as the " real " Seymour Skinner in the controversial Simpsons episode " The Principal and the Pauper.

In the 55th Parliament, only Peter Tapsell ( serving since 1959 ) has served longer, and Gerald Kaufman, Dennis Skinner and Michael Meacher all entered Parliament on the same day.

The station was founded by Mike Skinner, Paddy Rea, Gary King and Alan French and now has over 80 members who are all voluntary.

Other famous local people nominated to do the same include Frank Skinner, Cat Deeley and Duran Duran a group that at the start of the 1980s based themselves in the Rum Runner nightclub situated in Broad Street but which has subsequently been knocked down to make way for the Hyatt Hotel.

In recent years, Black Rod has ' suffered ' a friendly jibe on this annual occasion from the outspoken Labour MP Dennis Skinner.

Since the dissolution the site has been owned by: Henry Randes ( the Bishop of Lincoln ); Sir Robert Tyrwhitt of Kettleby ; Sir Vincent Skinner of Westminster ; Sir Robert Sutton ; George Appleby ; and in 1816 Charles, 1st Baron Yarborough.

Cambridge University historian and political philosopher Quentin Skinner has pointed out how Otto of Freising, a German bishop who visited central Italy during the 12th century, commented that Italian towns had appeared to have exited from Feudalism, so that their society was based on merchants and commerce.

2008 ; Skinner and Lee 2009 ), reveals limb loss has happened multiple times within this group.

The MP for the Bolsover constituency is the Labour Party's Dennis Skinner, who has represented the seat since 1970.

By unofficial tradition, in recent years this has been greeted with a sarcastic comment by republican Labour MP Dennis Skinner.

Dennis Edward Skinner ( born 11 February 1932 ) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Bolsover since 1970, the Chairman of the Labour Party from 1988 to 1989, and has sat on the National Executive Committee numerous times since 1978.

Skinner has been suspended from Parliament on at least ten occasions, usually for " unparliamentary language " when attacking opponents.

Skinner has traditionally cracked jokes, usually about the Royal Family, during the annual Queen's Speech ceremony.

Mark Skinner of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia has provided forensic anthropology service to the Office of the Chief Coroner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and municipal police in the Fraser Region since 1976.

In later years, though, the Truck series has also become a place for Cup veterans without a ride to make their living which currently includes Ricky Craven, Jimmy Spencer, Dennis Setzer, Brendan Gaughan ( who started his career in a family-owned team, and after his Nextel Cup attempt, returned to the family operation ), Rich Bickle, Andy Houston, Todd Bodine, Bobby Hamilton, Jr. and previous champions Mike Skinner, Ron Hornaday, Ted Musgrave, and Jack Sprague.

Skinner has been involved in the Boy Scouts most of his life, earning the Eagle Scout award as a youth in Troop 35, Wheaton, IL, and being honored with the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award and Silver Buffalo Award as an adult.

Because Key and Skinner had heard details of the plans for the attack on Baltimore, they were held captive until after the battle, first aboard HMS Surprise and later back on HMS Minden.

* 1966 Waldenwoods conference is held in Hartland, Michigan, comprising 83 adults and 4 children, coordinated through the Breiland list ( a list of interested people who wrote to Skinner and were referred to Jim Breiland ).

Instinct as a concept fell out of favor in the 1920s with the rise of behaviorism and such thinkers as B. F. Skinner, which held that most significant behavior is learned.

Skinner held various sales and management positions with the IBM Corporation from 1960 to 1968.

Buck v. Bell while not expressly overturned, was implicitly overturned by Skinner v. Oklahoma ( 1942 ), in which the Court held that a person's choices whether to aid in the propagation of the human species was a cognizable fundamental right guaranteed under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, a liberty retained by the people under the 9th Amendment of the Constitution.

In 2007 Skinner easily held the seat, while the New Democrats overtook the Liberals to come in second place.

Since 1970 it has been held by Dennis Skinner, a former miner whose often abrasive manner in the House of Commons has led to him being dubbed " The Beast of Bolsover ".

Mike Skinner won the only NASCAR Winston Cup exhibition race held at the track in 1998, the Coca-Cola 500.

When the wedding is held at Springfield Elementary's gymnasium, Edna learns that Skinner does not want to marry her, and runs away from the ceremony as Skinner tries to catch up with her while Nelson plays a prank on her.

The next number 1 was also influenced by media events: " Three Lions ", released by comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner and the band The Lightning Seeds, was the official song of the 1996 European Football Championship ( Euro ' 96 ), which was being held in England.

Skinner held this position until 1828, when he retired from public life.

The only others who have occupied all three positions are Clive Anderson and Frank Skinner, who have both stood in for Merton as team captain ( in series 11, episodes 3 & 6 and series 36, episode 5 respectively.

Skinner was also one of the first to try to establish a systematic method for providing fixed dimensions in his organ consoles — a series of set distances between the various keyboards, placement of the pedal board at a specific distance from the Great manual as well as the placement of the various expression shoes and other mechanical devices that have significantly contributed to the " Standard " American Guild of Organists ( AGO ) Console Measurements in use in the United States since 1930. prior to this, each organ builder might use different dimensions on their consoles, causing organists many problems with adapting to different layouts and positions of keyboards and pedalboards.

It was at the Watkinson library that Whorf became friends with the young boy, John B. Carroll, who later went on to study psychology under B. F. Skinner, and who in 1956 edited and published a selection of Whorf's essays as Language, Thought and Reality.

The next week at Indianapolis, he started the race but exited the car on the first pit stop, allowing Mike Skinner to take the wheel.

In October 1943 ( during the Second World War ), he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard and served with the first racially integrated crew on the USCGC Sea Cloud, under Carlton Skinner.

* Machiavelli and the Italian City on the BBC's In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg ; with Quentin Skinner, Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge ; Evelyn Welch, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London ; Lisa Jardine, Director of the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters at Queen Mary, University of London

Skinner put forward a " three term contingency model " which helped promote analysis of behavior based on the " Stimulus-Response-Consequence Model " in which the critical question is: " Under which circumstances or antecedent ' stimuli ' does the organism engage in a particular behavior or ' response ', which in turn produces a particular ' consequence '?

The character Walter Skinner was played by actor Mitch Pileggi, who had unsuccessfully auditioned for the roles of two or three other characters on The X-Files before getting the part.

The reason behind this was that Gillian Anderson wanted to move on, so the production crew moved up Monica Reyes and Walter Skinner to main characters of the show to illustrate that season nine was not like the previous seasons.

On September 3, 1814, following the Burning of Washington and the Raid on Alexandria, Francis Scott Key and John Stuart Skinner set sail from Baltimore aboard the ship HMS Minden, flying a flag of truce on a mission approved by President James Madison.

Key and Skinner boarded the British flagship HMS Tonnant on September 7 and spoke with Major General Robert Ross and Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane over dinner while the two officers discussed war plans.

At twilight on September 16, he and Skinner were released in Baltimore.

" Made of Stone " received more press attention and was picked up for airplay by DJ Richard Skinner on his late night Radio One show, but peaked at number ninety on the UK Singles Chart.

Traynor had ordered Skinner to destroy the apparatus the scientists at the base were working on, and he is eager to learn from Skinner if he succeeded in the task.

As pointed out on The Simpsons Archive episode capsule for Sweets and Sour Marge, " When the people-ball is rolling toward Hans Moleman and Agnes Skinner, you can see another Moleman in the ball if you watch in slo-mo ( upper left corner of the screen, I believe ).

In The Simpsons Movie, she can be seen at the Green Day concert on top of Seymour's shoulders wearing a T-Shirt saying " Not my boyfriend " with an arrow pointing down at Skinner.

In " Regarding Margie ", she and Principal Skinner are seen making love on a golf course.

The film stars Sean Connery, who plays Allan Quatermain, and features Captain Nemo, Mina Harker, Rodney Skinner aka An Invisible Man ( the rights could not be secured to The Invisible Man ), Dr. Jekyll / Edward Hyde, Dorian Gray, and U. S. Secret Service agent Tom Sawyer ( Gray and Sawyer were not in the comics, although a painting of a young man holding a cane with " Dorian Gray " printed under it appears on the cover of Volume I ).

Thomas Skinner had established a trading base in Asia while there were few restrictions on trade there ; later, however, the base was seized by the British East India Company, which had been granted a monopoly.

B. F. Skinner, noted psychologist, commented on medical notation as a form of multiple audience control, which allows the doctor to communicate to the pharmacist things which might be opposed by the patient if they could understand it.

The Prospect House property passed hands again in the early 1900s, to chain hotelier Joseph Allen Skinner, who eventually donated the hotel and property to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for a state park in 1939 on the condition that the park be named after him ( now the J. A.