because they invented the invented the first flying machine (the airplane) that worked.
Nearby Kitty Hawk, NC is frequently cited as the location of the Wright brothers' first controlled, powered airplane flights on December 17, 1903. The flights actually occurred in what is now called Kill Devil Hills.
According to The Online Library of Liberty's website, the following 10 were cited the most, from most cited to least. St. Paul, Montesquieu, Sir William Blackstone, John Locke, David Home, Plutarch, Cesare Beccaria, John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, Delolme, and Samuel Pufendorf. The full list of 36 can be found at their article "Founder Fathers' Library".
Montesquieu, he was cited more times by the Founding Fathers than any other source except the Bible. His model was based on the Roman Republic and the British constitutional system.
The English political philosopher most cited by American rebels was John Locke. His ideas on natural rights, social contract theory, and limited government greatly influenced American revolutionary thought and the founding fathers when drafting the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
You didn't say which meaning you wanted to use. If you mean cited as in quoted a source for a report, you could say "I cited the magazine article." If you mean cited as in to summon before a court, you might say "He was cited for drunk driving. If you mean cited as in recognized for superior military service, you could say "The soldier was cited for bravery."
As cited in means as stated in the referenced source.
The definition of the word cited is quote as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement. Another definition for the word cited is mention as an example.
APA style uses references, not a works cited page, to acknowledge sources cited in a paper.
Parenthetical citations tell the readers where the information was found. They give the readers an entry into the works cited page. The works cited page includes all the referenced sources that were cited.
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Common knowledge information does not need to be cited.
The past tense of cite is cited.