Chamberlain was famously told "You ARE the left of the Union line," and he did what he had to do to hold it. I always confuse him with Sickles, who left Little Round Top undefended as he advanced through a wheat field to attack the Confederates.
My own choice for this list would be Norman Borlaug, who in the 60s and 70s created hybrid strains of wheat. Since he developed them, there have been very few famines not caused by political upheavals.
I knew five of those people--but I don't see how any of them really "changed the world." For the most part, they were people who, by a twist of timing or fate, were denied credit for something someone else did--and it was the someone else who changed the world. As for the guy who created the Nazi Party, how I wish he had changed the world by NEVER creating the Nazis in the first place!
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Chamberlain, famously, was featured in Ken Burns' Civil Was documentary. (I had at least heard of 7 of the 10...or is it 11?)
Chamberlain was famously told "You ARE the left of the Union line," and he did what he had to do to hold it. I always confuse him with Sickles, who left Little Round Top undefended as he advanced through a wheat field to attack the Confederates.
My own choice for this list would be Norman Borlaug, who in the 60s and 70s created hybrid strains of wheat. Since he developed them, there have been very few famines not caused by political upheavals.
Who hasn't heard of Chamberlain or Farnsworth?
Jeff
Let's face it: Readers of this blog are much better informed than members of the general public.
Amen, Bill!
I knew five of those people--but I don't see how any of them really "changed the world." For the most part, they were people who, by a twist of timing or fate, were denied credit for something someone else did--and it was the someone else who changed the world. As for the guy who created the Nazi Party, how I wish he had changed the world by NEVER creating the Nazis in the first place!
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