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York W W Norton Mary Todd
953 wordsBaker, Jean H. , Mary Todd Lincoln, A biography; New York: W. W. Norton Jean H. Baker graduated with a B. A. from Goucher College in 1961, received a masters from John Hopkins University in 1965 and a Ph. D. in 1971. She was the assistant professor of history at Goucher College from 1972 - 1976, associate professor of history at Goucher College from 1976 - 1981 and is presently the professor of history at the same college. Ms. Baker has written several books including The Stevenson's of Illinois...
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Benito Juarez Santa Anna
415 wordsBenito Juarez The person that is being typed about here is Benito Juarez. A man that is known as an immense hero to Mexico. Not only through war but political reasons to. Benito was born in 1806 in the Zapotec village (Encarta). By the time of his third birthday both his mother and father had died so he went to go live with his grandparent. Shortly after he had moved in with them hey had past away to. By this time Benito's life was not going to good and it was about to get worse (Discovering Bio...
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Henri Becquerel Marie Curie
1,212 wordsHenri Becquerel, a French physicist, was born in Paris on December 15, 1852. His grandfather, Antoine-Cesar Becquerel, had fought at the battle of Waterloo in 1815 and later earned a considerable reputation as a physicist. He made important contributions to the study of electrochemistry, meteorology, and agriculture. Henri father, Alexander-Edmond Becquerel, also made a name for himself in science. His research-included studies on photography, heat, and the conductivity of hot gases, and lumines...
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Sir Winston Lenard Spencer Churchill
1,114 wordsSir Winston Lenord Spencer Churchill Never give in -- never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy (Bra censored internet). This speech was made October 29, 1941 to the boys at Churchill's old public school to hopefully direct the students in the direction that would help them later on ion their lives. Sir Winston Lenord Spenc...
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Emily Dickinson Love Themes
655 wordsLove Theme's in Emily Dickinson's Poetry In evaluating Emily Dickinson's biography and poems, I surmised that excluding the love of father, brother, and her deceased nephew, Emily's knowledge of romantic love, by first-hand experience, is questionable. The pure-of-mind reader may believe that what familiarity she had about love matters might have been based mainly on her extensive reading of literature. Emily was an avid reader and was particularly fond of, among others, Ralph Waldo Emerson and ...
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Stalin Man Or Monster
1,923 words... y leading figures were purged by confessing to being traitors and were executed. The purges were aimed at Party members to begin with, 500, 000 were arrested and executed or sent to labour camps. After the trails the purges were extended. By 1937 estimations show that 18 million people from all backgrounds, had been sent to labour camps. Source I shows the courtroom at Stalin's show trails. It shows Stalin as the judge and the defendants appear to be Yagoda, Zinoviev, Kamenev and Bukharin. T...
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Boswell Biographer Diarist Boswell Biographer Diarist Amp James
1,532 wordsJames Boswell is a unique figure in English literature: a classic by virtue of the three masterpieces he published, he is also, in one sense, a contemporary (Collins 7). Much of his best work has been published only in the last thirty years, and some still awaits publication, so that our ideas of the man and his art are still being continuously modified (Collins 7). James Boswell was born in Edinburgh on October 29, 1740 (Collins 6). He is the son of Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck, who was a...
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Sports History Of Boxing Great Muhammad Ali
1,908 wordsFloat like a butterfly, sting like a bee! These were the famous words said by Muhammad Ali after his first title fight against Sonny Liston (Rummel 57). Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest boxers known today. Although Ali was a great boxer, he had to overcome many obstacles to get to where he wanted to be, like segregation, racism, the selective service, and being a Muslim. Cassius clay was born on January 17, 1942 in a working class family in Louisville, Kentucky. His father, Cassius Clay Sr w...
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Biography Of Marilyn Monroe A Hollywood Beauty
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Institute For Social Research Horkheimer And Adorno
2,178 wordsJonathan Swifts satire of the use of reason during the Enlightenment For most people Jonathan Swift is nothing more than the man who wrote Gulliver's Travels - or, to be more precise, the author of the first part of that strange satire. For Brobdinbnag, Laura and the land of the Houyhnhnms are distant countries of which we know little or nothing at all. And even Lemuel Gulliver's enforced stay on the island of Lilliput is often regarded as best suited to children with a taste for fairy tales. Mi...
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David Copperfield Davids Mother
1,004 wordsDavid Copperfield The novel David Copperfield, written by Charles Dickens, deals with the life and times of David Copperfield. About a century ago in a small town in England, David was born on a Friday at the stroke of midnight, which is considered a sign of bad luck. Davids father has already died and his aunt comes to stay with him and his mother as this novel gets off to a very slow start. Soon David becomes aware that his mother has relations with another man and asks one of his servants, if...
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Kings Death First Three
1,519 wordsThe following Nostradamus Biography The following is a biography of Michel de Nostredame, it is a excerpt from Erika Cheetham, The Prophecies of Nostradamus. Childhood Michel de Nostradamus, more commonly known as Nostradamus, was born on 14 th December 1503, in St. Remy de Provence. His parents were of simple lineage from around Avignon. Nostradamus was the oldest son, and had four brothers; of the first three we know little; the youngest, Jean, became Procureur of the Parliament of the Provenc...
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861 wordsEconomic Values of Americans America is the most powerful country in the world. The American economy has been a symbol of the wealth of a nation. The efforts of our forefathers and present geniuses have created economic values, which have caused American? s to thrive. Two of these influences are Bill Gates and Ben Franklin who through genius and hard work, have made huge advances in economic values. Although their efforts spaced by hundreds of years, they believe similarly in the success of work...
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Edgar Allan Poe C S Lewis
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Theory Of Relativity Speed Of Light
2,021 wordsAlbert Einstein, His Life and Times. This biographical essay is centered around one of the greatest and most influential thinkers of our timeCAlbert Einstein. Normally people who write biographies have met their subject. Evidently I have not. I have researched many resources, however, in order to clarify the following: Albert Einstein, his life and times. In this essay I will cover the following: Einstein = s youth, his marriage, and his career. His career will include information about his Theo...
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Collection Of Short Stories Evidence To Support
2,393 wordsErnest Hemingway is easily one of the most important and influential authors of the twentieth century. He produced some of the most widely praised novels and short stories of our time. In short, Hemingway was a literary genius. He was a legend in his own time. As is often the case, however, legends usually have secrets lurking underneath the glamour. Ernest Hemingway had his secrets. Behind the large, bold man lived an insecure boy. This boy suffered great traumas both emotionally and physically...
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Pain And Suffering Leon Trotsky
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1,512 wordsHerman Beavers Johnson, James Weldon (17 June 1871 - 26 June 1938), civil-rights leader, poet, and novelist, was born in Jacksonville, Florida, the son of James Johnson, a resort hotel headwaiter, and Helen Diet, a schoolteacher. He grew up in a secure, middle-class home in an era, Johnson recalled in Along This Way (1933), when " Jacksonville was known far and wide as a good town for Negroes" because of the jobs provided by its winter resorts. After completing the eighth grade at Stan...
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Eighth Grade Bad Habits
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2,191 wordsHoaxter, liar, impostor, and plagiarizer (45) are words Kaplan used to describe Edgar Allan Poe. Poe as he claimed to be, was the best when it came to deception and perversion. In living his life and even in his manner of negotiating death, Poe was a captive of the imp of perversity. But with art as his shield, the realms of perversity became a haven for his troubled soul... Perversion is a complex strategy of mind, with its unique principles for regulating the negotiations between desire and au...
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