Those groups were big winners in the transition to democracy. In the nine years since the fall of its last autocrat, Suharto, who limited religious expression in the name of nationalism, Indonesia has had three fair and open presidential elections, one of which put a woman in the presidency.
Gerard, aka William Louis-Dreyfus, the French-born billionaire collector and philanthropist, died on September 16 at the age of 84. By artnet News, Mar 4, 2015. Her father made headlines in early 2015 when he announced his decision to donate proceeds from the sale of his 3,500-piece art collection to the charity Harlem Childrenâs Zone.
The History Learning Site, 17 Mar 2015. 20 Feb 2018. Historians view Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier as the father of modern chemistry. Lavoisier was also an eminent physiologist. Lavoisier was born into a wealthy family on 26thAugust 1743. He inherited a large family fortune at the age of five when his mother died. Lavoisier was educated at the respected CollÃ¨ge Mazarin where he specialised in mathematics, botany, astronomy and chemistry.