Even his old literary home, Punch, where the When We Were Very Young verses had first appeared, was ultimately to reject him, as Christopher Milne details in his autobiography The Enchanted Places, although Methuen continued to publish whatever Milne wrote, including the long poem ' The Norman Church ' and an assembly of articles entitled Year In, Year Out ( which Milne likened to a benefit night for the author ).

It has two main features on which its distinction as a major contribution to Avicennan studies may be said to rest: the first is its clarity and readability ; the second is the comparative approach adopted by the author [...].

* Umāsvāti or Umasvami ( 2nd Century CE ), author of first Jain work in Sanskrit, Tattvārthasūtra, expounding the Jain philosophy in a most systematized form acceptable to all sects of Jainism.

The author Victor Hugo was one of the first to research argot extensively.

* 1939 – The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.

The work, in the opinion of enthusiastic dilettanti, stamped the author as the first artist of modern times.

Evidence for this is found in the prologue to the Gospel of Luke, wherein the author alludes to his sources by writing, " Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.

An early theory, suggested by Swiss theologian Jean LeClerc in the 17th century, posits that the longer Western version was a first draft, while the Alexandrian version represents a more polished revision by the same author.

After the war, he played piano and guitar ( his first guitar was built by friend and author Sydney Hopkins, who wrote Mister God, This Is Anna ), and in 1949 joined Chris Barber's Jazz Band where he met blues harmonica player Cyril Davies.

John Dube, its first president, and poet and author Sol Plaatje are among its founding members.

* William McCune Argonne National Laboratory, author of Otter, the first high-performance theorem prover.

Anaïs Nin (; born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, February 21, 1903 – January 14, 1977 ) was a French-Cuban author, based at first in France and later in the United States, who published her journals, which span more than 60 years, beginning when she was 11 years old and ending shortly before her death, her erotic literature, and short stories.

The first written reference is found in a book by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes, who is most famous for writing Don Quixote.

Franklin earned the title of " The First American " for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity ; as an author and spokesman in London for several colonies, then as the first United States Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging American nation.

The first, termed Proto-Isaiah ( chapters 1 – 39 ), contains the words of the 8th-century BCE prophet with 7th-century BCE expansions ; the second, Deutero-Isaiah ( chapters 40 – 55 ), is the work of a 6th-century BCE author writing near the end of the Babylonian captivity ; and the third, the poetic Trito-Isaiah ( chapters 56 – 66 ), was composed in Jerusalem shortly after the return from exile, probably by multiple authors.

" The author also states that he was on Patmos when he received his first vision:

Alexander Bunyip, created by children's author and illustrator Michael Salmon, first appeared in print in The Monster That Ate Canberra in 1972, Alexander Bunyip went on to appear in many other books and a live-action television series, Alexander Bunyip's Billabong.

" 65: 17 The author of Revelation has a corresponding vision: " I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away.

The first scholar to give Peirce his considered professional attention was Royce's student Morris Raphael Cohen, the editor of an anthology of Peirce's writings titled Chance, Love, and Logic ( 1923 ) and the author of the first bibliography of Peirce's scattered writings.

King Alfonso X — named as Affonso in the Cantigas — is also believed to be an author of some of them as he refers himself in first person.

Once registered, the new PAUSE account has a directory in the CPAN under authors / id /( first letter )/( first two letters )/( author ID ).

The Gnome edition also issued the first Conan story written by an author other than Howard — the final volume published, which is by Björn Nyberg and revised by de Camp.

`` Speed in painting a picture is valid only when it imparts spontaneity and crispness, but unless the artist has lots of experience so that he can control rapid execution, he would do well to take these first sketches and soberly reorder their design to achieve a unified composition.

" His memo concluded that a manned Moon landing was far enough in the future that it was likely the United States would achieve it first.

Agesilaus was the son of Archidamus II and his second wife, Eupoleia, brother to Cynisca ( the first woman in ancient history to achieve an Olympic victory ), and younger half-brother of Agis II.

She proposes that Kant's first two premises only entail that we must try to achieve the perfect good, not that it is actually attainable.

AA's data shows that 64 % drop out of AA in the first year, but its program is credited with helping many alcoholics achieve and maintain sobriety.

The atom probe is closely related to the method of Field Ion Microscopy, which is the first microscopic method to achieve atomic resolution, occurring in 1951.

To achieve a hit, the batter must reach first base before any fielder can either tag him with the ball, throw to another player protecting the base before the batter reaches it, or tag first base while carrying the ball.

They then went on to beat Crystal Palace 1 – 0 at the Valley on 27 January to achieve their first league win under Phil Parkinson, whose contract was made permanent despite the lack of progress in the league.

It was first deployed during World War II when the Allied forces needed a system which could be used to achieve accurate landings.

They next went on to achieve their second best result in the 1990 World Cup by finishing fourth – losing again to West Germany in a semi-final finishing 1 – 1 after extra time, then 3 – 4 in England's first penalty shoot-out.

A change of possession can occur " on downs ", if the offensive team fails to achieve a first down or a touchdown in four attempts.

It also won the Palme d ' Or at the Cannes Film Festival, the first Japanese film to achieve that honour.

* 1959 – Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched.

With this work under his belt, Bessel was able to achieve the feat for which he is best remembered today: he is credited with being the first to use parallax in calculating the distance to a star.

He experimented with lighting, camera techniques and special effects in order to achieve true integration of dance with film, and was one of the first to use split screens, double images, live action with animation and is credited as the person who made the ballet form commercially acceptable to film audiences.

The narrative is interwoven with a love story and an examination of women's struggles to enlarge their roles and achieve some independence within the social climate of 1930s England, and the novel has been described as " the first feminist mystery novel.

William assumed it was but the first step towards a total re-Catholisation of England and was unable to explain how James could hope to achieve this goal unless he had concluded a secret alliance with France.

Geelong finally won its first VFL premiership in 1925, being the first club outside of Melbourne to achieve this.

Æthelstan continued the expansion of his father and aunt and was the first king to achieve direct rulership of what we would now consider England.

When Libya declared its independence on 24 December 1951 it was the first country to achieve independence through the United Nations and the third former European colony in Africa to gain independence after Egypt ( 1922 ) and Abyssinia ( 1941 ).

* 2004 – SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.

Lemmon was awarded the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1956 for Mister Roberts ( 1955 ) and the Best Actor Oscar for Save the Tiger ( 1973 ), becoming the first actor to achieve this double.

Susan Polgár, the eldest of the sisters, 5½ years older than Sophia and 7 years older than Judit, was the first of the sisters to achieve prominence in chess by winning tournaments and by 1986 she was the world's top-rated female chess player.