According to Old East Slavic chronicles the Chudes were one of the founders of the Rus ' state.

The brothers Lech and Czech, founders of West Slavs | West Slavic lands of Lechia ( Poland ) and Bohemia in " Chronica Polonorum ( Miechowita ) | Chronica Polonorum " ( 1506 )

The Greek government presented to the monastery a bronze statue of the Greek Lichud brothers, the founders of the Slavic Greek Latin Academy

Certain early Zionists, and particularly the founders of Kibbutz movement in Israel, had been influenced by Spartan ideals, particularly as a model for education.

She settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where she again became involved in women's education, and was a suffragette and one of the founders of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

It served as a model for labour colleges around the world, and Gandhi made a point of visiting during a brief stay in Oxford in 1931 because he had been so inspired by the writings of John Ruskin on workers ’ education, just as the college founders had been.

Edinburgh's Royal High School provided a classical education, but the founders felt that greater provision was needed for the teaching of Greek, to compete with some of England's public schools.

He was one of the founders and first president of the Society for Psychical Research, a member of the Metaphysical Society, and promoted the higher education of women.

In fact, in an early catalog, the founders expressed their views about providing a liberal education with spiritual exploration.

He did leave Labour to become one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party ( UK ) and was the SDP spokesman on education in the Lords for a time.

However, with the advent of state-based progressive education, the death of its founders, and the appointment of a new headmaster who was at odds with the school's philosophies and subsequently generated a significant amount of negative publicity, the school suffered a dramatic drop in recruitment.

He was also one of the founders of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, an organisation dedicated to the promotion of education and Indian culture.

Augsburg continues to reflect the commitment and dedication of the founders who believed an Augsburg education should be preparation for service in community and church.

The college was named in honour of Lucy Caroline Cavendish, a pioneer of women's education and the great aunt of one of its founders, Margaret Braithwaite.

ETS was formed in 1947 to take over the testing activities of its founders ( whose organizations were not well suited to running operational assessment programs ), and to pursue research intended to advance educational measurement and education.

The objectives of the founders included adult suffrage, free education, and better housing and health care.

In the 19th century, the Swiss humanitarian Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi ; the American transcendentalists Amos Bronson Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau ; the founders of progressive education, John Dewey and Francis Parker ; and educational pioneers, such as Friedrich Fröbel, Maria Montessori and Rudolf Steiner ( founder of the Waldorf schools ); among others, all insisted that education should be understood as the art of cultivating the moral, emotional, physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of the developing child.

Not surprisingly, the founders believed that the key to achieving this ideal state is education.

The founders of Union College were unabashedly optimistic that education, learning, and science could build a better world.

The founders had given the provinces responsibility for health care, education, and welfare when these were only minor concerns ; by 1937, however, these had all become massive expenditure areas.

" Unlike many university-preparatory schools, College Prep does not have a proper name, as the founders thought the name's directness reflected a straightforward, " unambiguous " approach to education.

Dr. Gallaudet has been for thirty years chairman of the executive committee of the convention of American institutes of the deaf ; was one of the founders and has been president of the Cosmos Club ; was Garfield's successor as president of the Literary Society of Washington ; is an active member of the American Social Science Association, and has been chairman of the department of education: is a member of the Philosophical and Anthropological societies of Washington, and of the American Historical Society and the Huguenot Society, and is president of the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.

", the first safer sex pamphlet to use plain language, practical advice and humor, and considered by one of the founders to be " one of the Order's greatest achievement in community education and support ".

The UNGC National Advisory Council has been formulated and held its founders ’ meeting on October 15, 2008, with the participation of leaders from the Syrian private sector, international corporate representatives, local and international civil society organizations, UNDP, the Syrian Government, media and education sectors.

Sergey Petrovich Botkin (; 1832 – 1889 ) was a famous Russian clinician, therapist, and activist, one of the founders of modern Russian medical science and education.

The founders of NYIT, and in particular, Alexander Schure, Ph. D., started NYIT with the mission of offering career-oriented professional education, providing all qualified students access to opportunity, and supporting applications-oriented research that benefits the larger world.

The Cheng brothers, Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao, are considered the founders of the two main schools of thought of Neo-Confucianism: the School of Principle the first, the School of Mind the latter.

The brothers Vytenis and Gediminas, the founders of the Gediminid dynasty, united various groups into one Lithuania.

Legend says Rome's founders, the twin brothers Romulus and Remus, were abandoned on its waters, where they were rescued by a she-wolf.

With the loss of both founders, the Dodge Brothers Company passed into the hands of the brothers ' widows, who promoted long-time employee Frederick Haynes to the company presidency.

In 1978, Harley-Davidson sold its Italian operations to the Castiglioni brothers, founders of the Cagiva motorcycle company, which continued to produce bikes branded " HD Cagiva " until 1980.

The four founders of Rangers – brothers Moses and Peter McNeil, Peter Campbell and William McBeath – met in 1872.

Two developers in particular, brothers Jay and Elmer Dwiggins, are often referred to as “ the town founders .” The Dwigginses were land developers and speculators.

In any case, the Macomb brothers are considered to be the founders, and first legal owners, of Grosse Ile, because the Potawatomis, and later the United States government, respected the Macombs ' perceived rights to take possession of the island.

John Henry Roberson, Jr., a direct descendent of the founders of Robersonville, owned his own farm south of Robersonville, and was involved in many civic affairs with his brothers David Roberson and Grover H. Roberson.

On March 24, 1910, a post office charter was issued for Bismark, a name chosen by the Dierks brothers, company founders, for a Nebraska town where they formerly operated a lumber outlet.

While he was there, the other founders decided to name the township Kranzburg, after the Kranz brothers.

After visiting the McDonald brothers ' original store location in San Bernardino, California, the founders and owners ( Keith J. Kramer and his wife's uncle Matthew Burns ) purchased the rights to two pieces of equipment called " Insta " machines and opened their first restaurants, based around a cooking device called an Insta-Broiler.

As of 2007, the USGPA plans to induct some of the most outstanding players into the Guts Hall of Fame, joining Fred Morrison ( inventor of the original Pluto Platter flying disc ), the Healy brothers ( inventors of guts and founders of the IFT ), and “ Steady Ed ” Headrick ( IFT champion and inventor of the standard “ pole hole ” basket used on modern disc golf courses ).

The five Studebaker brothers — founders of the Studebaker Corporation.

It is named for the brothers Philander and Francis Marion Roots, founders of the Roots Blower Company, Connersville, Indiana, who first patented the basic design in 1860 as an air pump for use in blast furnaces and other industrial applications.

In 2002, the brothers purchased the Liverpool based retail company Littlewoods from its founders the Moores family for £ 750m.

* The German brothers Veit and Kjell Kühne ( born 1978 and 1979 ), founders of the Hospitality Club and their brother Kay Kühne founder of the site Panfu.

He was a friend of the Plunkett brothers ( founders in 1889 of the Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company ), and of the textile industry generally.

Sharp is considered to be one of the founders of Sierra Leone alongside Thomas Peters and the Clarkson brothers ( Thomas Clarkson and John Clarkson ).

Even though Minerva was a pagan goddess, and the Union College founders devout Protestants, there was still plenty of room for a belief that men could come together as brothers in a community ruled by reason, virtue, and natural law ( or, as the case may be, the Law of God ).

The school was established in Ontario in 1883, when city founders and brothers George and William Chaffey donated land and established an endowment for a private college.

The founders of the Būyid confederation were ‘ Alī ibn Būyah and his two younger brothers, al-Hassan and Aḥmad.

Many cite the Lawrence brothers as the founders of New England's influential textile industry.

The founders of the village are thought to be two brothers, named Moheb and Saleh, who began the families of Mohebian and Salehian.