He was influenced by Thomas Malthus' work, "An Essay on the Principle of Population" written in seventeen ninety-eight.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

The animals on the islands influenced British nature scientist Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution by natural selection.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

They tell children not to be influenced by other people, but to learn on their own what is right and what is wrong.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

This week on our program: We play music by the jazz-influenced singer Melody Gardot .

VOA: special.2009.10.30

Lara Baladi's work is influenced by the many different sights on the streets of Cairo,Egypt.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

I think it's an incredibly exciting time because we can now draw on so many different sources that we are influenced by, and I sort of feel like anything goes."

VOA: special.2010.07.19

Kyle says,"I met a lot of artists, greats like Dizzy Gillespie and Sarah Vaughan, and looking back on that, I can see how much the musicians I met there influenced my career."

VOA: standard.2010.04.16