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...educational system have all been cited as reasons for Germany’s chemical industry outstripping that of Britain. By 1913, Germany was exporting about 135 000 tonnes of dyes compared to Britain’s 5 000 tonnes. At the outbreak of the First World War, the only khaki dye available for British army uniforms was manufactured in Germany and had to be imported secretly!...

...Education of Freed Slaves and their children, Nashville, Tennessee, their first concert in Swansea was described as ‘strange, weird slave songs for which the slaves in the southern states are so famous’. They sold many copies of their Jubilee Song Book, giving locals the opportunity to learn their songs. A preface to the music reads: ‘Its unique origin, and that the...

...education, eventually leaving with a poor educational record of achievement. The death of his father when Adolf was 13, releases the pressure on him to get a job working for the civil service, Adolf is able to pursue his preferred choice of study, that of art. He attends art school and regards himself as an artist, absorbing diverse cultural influences, the opera,...

...de-lis’. Bu’n gweithio ar y gerdd tan y funud olaf. Yn gynnar ym mis Medi y flwyddyn honno, daeth criw mawr o bobl ynghyd i wylio seremoni’r cadeirio ym Mhenbedw. Roedd y prif weinidog ar y pryd, sef David Lloyd George, yn eu plith, ac yntau’n siaradwr Cymraeg. Heb wybod ei fod wedi marw o’i anafiadau sawl wythnos yn gynharach, roedd y beirniaid yn unfryd unfarn...