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Amos Eaton, a Common card
Amos Eaton was an American botanist, geologist, and educator who is considered the founder of the modern scientific prospectus in education, which was a radical departure from the American liberal arts tradition of classics, theology, lecture, and recitation.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 52
- Power
- 117
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,000
Power 117 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Amos Eaton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Amos Eaton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His ______ laboratory for botany in the 1820s was the first of its kind in the country.
Answer
teaching. His teaching laboratory for botany in the 1820s was the first of its kind in the country. From the Amos Eaton article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Eaton co-founded the Rensselaer School in ____ with Stephen van Rensselaer III "in the application of science to the common purposes of life".
Answer
1820s. Eaton co-founded the Rensselaer School in 1824 with Stephen van Rensselaer III "in the application of science to the common purposes of life". From the Amos Eaton article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ingeborg Hochmair. Ingeborg Hochmair 71 · Amos Eaton 65 · Grote Reber 61 · Parke, Bovey Tracey 58 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Eaton co-founded the Rensselaer School in 1824 with Stephen van Rensselaer III "in the application of science to the common purposes of life".
- His books in the eighteenth century were among the first published for which a systematic treatment of the United States was attempted, and in a language that all could read.
- His teaching laboratory for botany in the 1820s was the first of its kind in the country.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Amos Eaton article was read about 5,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 52: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Amos Eaton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : From original engraving by A. H. Richie., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
