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Stephen Henry Schneider ( February 11, 1945 – July 19, 2010 ) was Professor of Environmental Biology and Global Change at Stanford University, a Co-Director at the Center for Environment Science and Policy of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Senior Fellow in the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.
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It was discovered in 1874 by Henry John Stephen Smith and introduced by German mathematician Georg Cantor in 1883.
In the struggle between Stephen of England and Matilda, the daughter of Henry I of England, the English Church slipped away from the close control the Normans had exercised.
* Stephen Henry Schneider ( 2004 ), Scientists debate gaia: the next century
Géza arranged the marriage of his son Stephen I of Hungary to Giselle of Bavaria, the daughter of Henry II.
Upon Henry ’ s death, the Norman and English barons ignored Matilda ’ s claim to the throne, and thus through a series of decisions, Stephen, Henry ’ s favourite nephew, was welcomed by many in England and Normandy as their new ruler.
When Stephen's son and heir apparent Eustace died in 1153, the king reached an accommodation with Henry of Anjou ( who became Henry II ) to succeed Stephen and in which peace between them was guaranteed.
Henry secured his position among the nobles by an act of political appeasement: he issued a coronation charter guaranteeing the rights of free English folk, which was subsequently evoked by King Stephen and by Henry II before Archbishop Stephen Langton called it up in 1215 as a precedent for Magna Carta.
To emphasise this shift, he refused to renew the legatine authority that Innocent II had granted to King Stephen ’ s brother, Henry of Blois.
The death of King Henry I of England and the ensuing rivalry between Stephen and Matilda gave the Welsh the opportunity to rise against the Normans.
Placed into the court of his uncle, Henry I, Stephen rose in prominence and was granted extensive lands.
Stephen narrowly escaped drowning with Henry I's son, William Adelin, in the sinking of the White Ship in 1120 ; William's death left the succession of the English throne open to challenge.
When Henry I died in 1135, Stephen quickly crossed the English Channel and with the help of his brother Henry of Blois, a powerful ecclesiastic, took the throne, arguing that the preservation of order across the kingdom took priority over his earlier oaths to support the claim of Henry I's daughter, the Empress Matilda.
Stephen and Henry agreed the Treaty of Winchester later in the year, in which Stephen recognised Henry as his heir in exchange for peace, passing over William, Stephen's second son.
Stephen's younger brother, Henry of Blois, was probably born four years after Stephen.
The brothers formed a close-knit family group, and Adela encouraged Stephen to take up the role of a feudal knight, whilst steering Henry towards a career in the church, possibly so that their personal career interests would not overlap.
Stephen and Schneider
* Stephen Schneider, John P. Holdren, John Bongaarts, Thomas Lovejoy: " Misleading Math about the Earth ".
Understanding that Simon wanted to bet again, Ehrlich and climatologist Stephen Schneider counter-offered, challenging Simon to bet on 15 current trends, betting $ 1000 that each will get worse ( as in the previous wager ) over a ten-year future period.
Kearny, who was not a climate scientist himself, based his conclusions almost entirely on the 1986 paper " Nuclear Winter Reappraised " by Starley Thompson and Stephen Schneider.
* Stephen H. Schneider, Tim Flannery introduction ( 2009 ) Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save the Earth's Climate.
* Stephen H. Schneider, Janica Lane ( 2005 ) The Patient from Hell: How I Worked with My Doctors to Get the Best of Modern Medicine and How You Can Too.
* Stephen H. Schneider, Armin Rosencranz, John O. Niles ( eds., 2002 ), Climate Change Policy: A Survey, Island Press, 368 pp ; June 2002.
* Stephen H. Schneider and Terry L. Root ( Editors, 2001 ), Wildlife Responses to Climate Change: North American Case Studies, Island Press ; December 2001.
* Stephen H. Schneider ( 1997 ), Laboratory Earth: the Planetary Gamble We Can't Afford to Lose, HarperCollins ; January 1997
* Stephen H. Schneider ( Editor, 1996 ), Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather, Oxford University Press ; May 1996.
* Stephen H. Schneider, Penelope J. Boston ( Eds, 1992 ), Scientists on Gaia, MIT Press ; February 1992
* Stephen H. Schneider ( 1989 ), Global Warming: Are We Entering the Greenhouse Century ?, Sierra Club Books ; October 1989
* Stephen H. Schneider, Randi Londer ( 1984 ), Coevolution of Climate and Life, Sierra Club Books ; May 1984
* Stephen H. Schneider, Lynne E. Mesirow ( 1976 ), The Genesis Strategy: Climate and Global Survival, Plenum Pub Corp ; April 1976.
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Todhunter, Stephen D. Cone, Joseph J. Pater, and Frederick Schneider, eds.
Todhunter, Stephen D. Cone, Joseph J. Pater, and Frederick Schneider, eds.
Todhunter, Stephen D. Cone, Joseph J. Pater, and Frederick Schneider, eds.
Todhunter, Stephen D. Cone, Joseph J. Pater, and Frederick Schneider, eds.
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper ( right ) and President of the United States | U. S. President Barack Obama ( left ) meet in Ottawa in February 2009
Ashcroft composed a paean called " Let the Eagle Soar " which he sang at the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in February 2002, which was satirically featured in Michael Moore's 2004 movie Fahrenheit 9 / 11 and has been frequently mocked by comedians such as David Letterman, Stephen Colbert and David Cross, to name a few.
Louis Stephen St. Laurent, PC, CC, QC ( Saint-Laurent or St-Laurent in French, baptized Louis-Étienne St-Laurent ), ( 1 February 188225 July 1973 ) was the 12th Prime Minister of Canada from 15 November 1948, to 21 June 1957.
The current, and 22nd, Prime Minister of Canada is the Conservative Party's Stephen Harper, who was appointed on February 6, 2006, by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, following the general election that took place that year.
Pope Stephen III ( c. 720 – 1 February 772 ) was pope from 1 August 768 to 1 February 772.
Stephen died on February 1, 772.
Various calendars, martyrologies, etc., such as the ancient calendar of the saints of Sicily, number Stephen among the saints, and assign his feast to February 1.
Pope Stephen VII (?– c. 15 March 931 ) was pope from February 929 through to March 931.
When the news reached Stephen, he held a council to decide whether to give battle or to withdraw and gather additional soldiers: Stephen decided to fight, resulting in the battle of Lincoln on 2 February 1141.
* February 13 – Stephen Gosson, English satirist ( b. 1554 )
* February 12 – Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive ( d. 1968 )
* February 22 – Leslie Stephen, English writer and critic ( b. 1832 )
* February 11 – Stephen Gregory, American actor
* February 26 – A fleeing Provisional Irish Republican Army member shoots and kills off-duty London police officer Stephen Tibble, 22, as he gives chase.
* February 28 – Stephen Tennant, British aristocrat and playboy ( b. 1906 )
* February 1 – Louis Stephen St. Laurent, twelfth Prime Minister of Canada ( d. 1973 )
* February 2 – Battle of Lincoln: Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Empress Matilda wrest control of the English throne from King Stephen.
* February 16 – First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate Philadelphia.
* February 9 – Pope Adrian I ( also referred to as Hadrian ) succeeds Pope Stephen III as the 95th pope.
* February 7 – Stephen Gray, English dyer, astronomer, and scientist ( b. 1666 )
Leo died in February 929, and was succeeded by Pope Stephen VII.
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