The term “Doodle” shows up in the English language in the early 17th century. It is thought to be derived from the German word “dudel,” which means “playing music badly.” Another close ...

But he is best known for the scholarly feat of compiling the first modern English language dictionary, which is celebrated in a Google Doodle marking his 308th birthday. In 1746 a group of London ...

Johnson’s dictionary appeared in 1755 and remains a landmark achievement of English prose, an extraordinary individual undertaking that included over 42,000 entries and took its writer nine long ...

Aug. 19 (UPI) --Monday's Google Doodle honors Dorothy Miles, a deaf Welsh poet known for composing verse in sign language. The animated artwork is a watercolor portrait of Miles moving the letters ...

And on his 308th birthday on Monday, Google celebrated his contributions to the English language and literature with a dictionary doodle. Described as “one of the greatest single achievements of ...

The novel, "Go Tell It on the Mountain," is a semi-autobiographical story which is now considered one of the best English-language novels ... Google credits Baldwin's Doodle to New York City ...

OXFORD, England, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A series of boyhood doodles engraved on copper ... Blake, who became one of the greatest poets in the English language, had worked as an apprentice to engraver ...

Considered the UK's first such institution, it also led the way in using sign language in education - a feat being celebrated by Google's Doodle. Mr Braidwood began his career in education by ...

The animated World Cup Doodle features a pair of multicolored ... The games will conclude on Dec. 18 Fox owns the exclusive English-language rights to broadcast the World Cup in the US.

Part of the Discovery Education family of services, the Doodle apps are designed to be ... Explore DoodleLearning's revolutionary suite of maths and English apps at www.doodlelearning.com.