English author Mary Shelley was just 18 years old when she wrote Frankenstein, which many credit as the origin of science fiction.
As for sheep, it may come as no surprise that Dumas also gives a recipe for hachis de mouton à la mousquetaire.RICHARD GUELFFLondonSIR You credit the origins of the restaurant to France in the late 18th century.
When asked about her hopes for the couple, the bride's mother, Jan Pantera of Visalia, Calif., said, "I wish for them a good credit score," revealing the origin of the bride's practicality.
Waverley Root, one of the great food writers of the modern era, credits Greece as the origin of such fish soup-stews, although, given the likelihood that fishermen gathering random unsold fish would quickly cook them all together in a seasoned broth, it's hard to believe that any one culture can be credited with the invention.
Varian grew up in the community of Halcyon with a strong interest in horses, combined with a fondness for horse books such as the works of Marguerite Henry and The Black Stallion series written by Walter Farley, She credits Farley's books as the origin of her interest in Arabian horses.
On the other hand, I hesitate to promote this explanation as modern Greeks are a bit too quick to take credit for the origins of much in the western world.Jason BielagusCambridge, MassachusettsA good betSIR – Your article on the National Lottery draws a flawed comparison between Britain's National Lottery and El Gordo, the Spanish Lottery's specific Christmas draw ("Slim chance," October 26th).
The word "philanthropy" originated in ancient Greece, and the origin of the word is credited to the playwright, Aeschylus, who wrote Prometheus Bound.
Although the idea of changing species had been around for many years, there's a good reason that biologists give so much credit to Darwin and On the Origin of Species for laying down the foundations of natural selection and ideas about changes over time.
However, the origin of the word "cancer" is credited to the Hippocratic physicians, who used the terms karkinos and karkinoma in order to describe tumors.
Turning to the origin of chips, historians credit Belgian housewives in the 1680s with this culinary invention.
