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Mattiwilda Dobbs
Christopher Dock

Deodat Gratet de Dolomieu

Mattiwilda Dobbs
b. 7-11-1925; Atlanta, GA

Mattiwilda Dobbs, a coloratura soprano, was one of the first African-American singers to have an international opera career. She was also the first African-American member of the faculty at the University of Texas.

Christopher Dock
c. 1698; Holland or Germany
d. 1771; Pennsylvania

Mennonite teacher Christopher Dock wrote (in German) the earliest known teaching methods text in the U.S.: Schul-Ordnung (School Management), a book on general pedagogy.

Dock, preferring to use gentle techniques, sought to build character in his students through persuasion, discussion, and positive peer pressure, and disciplined poor behavior and attitudes with thoughtfulness and understanding, matching the punishment to the student's infraction.

The Christopher Dock Mennonite High School was named in his honor.

Deodat Gratet de Dolomieu
b. 6-23-1750; France
d. 11-28-1801

During one of his field trips to the Alps, geologist, and later teacher, Deodat Gratet de Dolomieu, discovered a calcareous rock that did not effervesce in weak acid like limestone.

In 1792 the Southern Alps in northern Italy, then known as the Pale Mountains, were renamed the Dolomites in Dolomieu's honor.

Stars of the Harlem Renaissance - Aaron Douglas Poster

Aaron Douglas
b. 5-26-1899; Topeka, KS
d. 2-22-1979

Aaron Douglas was born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1899. Inspired by the great black American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner, Douglas became interested in art at an early age. His parents encouraged him by hanging his painting all over the house. Douglas graduated from the Universtiy of Nebraska in Lincoln in 1922 with a degree in fine arts. He was teaching art at Lincoln High School in Topeka when his friends in New York convinced him that New York was the place for a young black artist to be. He moved there in 1926, and he became one of the top artists of the Harlem Renaissance. Aaron Douglas took many different influences, from ancient Egyptian art and African sculpture to European cubism, and mixed them all thogether to create his own style. He is best known today for his murals, or large painting on walls. Douglas painted his murals in hotels, clubs, and libraries from Harlem to Chicago and Nashville. He was also a popular magazine and book ilustrator, He designed the covers for many of the most important books of the Harlem Renaissance and created bold work for magazines such as Vanity Fair; Fire!; and The Crisis ...

In 1941, Aaron Douglas founded the art department at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. At Fisk, he helped countless young artists learn their craft. He retired from active teaching in 1966 and died in 1979.

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