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A Biography and Life Work of Tillie Olsen, an American Writer (817 words, 1 pages)

Biography of Tillie Olsen (1912-)Tillie OlsenTillie Lerner was born in either 1912 or 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Her exact birthdate and year remain unknown, as her birth certificate was lost.) Her parents were political refugees from Russia. They fled from Czarist oppression after the 1905 revolution, and were forced to ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven (891 words, 1 pages)

Ludwig Van Beethoven is certainly on any short list of the greatest composers. Like all supreme artists, this is not for his prodigious technical gifts alone, but for the depth of human experience and emotion that his music explores and the universality of its message. Beethoven's struggles with his own ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life and History of Emile Durkheim (466 words, 1 pages)

Emile Durkheim, a French sociologist, established the concept of anomie in his book The Division of Labor in Society, published in 1893. He used anomie to describe a condition of deregulation that was occurring in society. This meant that rules on how people ought to behave with each other were ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Sidney Poitier (433 words, 1 pages)

Sidney Poitier was born in the United States on February 20, 1924 in Miami, Florida. He weighed only three pounds when he was born. Sidney grew up on his parents' farm in the Bahamas. He was the youngest of eight siblings. Sidney only had two years of formal schooling. He ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life and Literature by Tennessee Williams (3215 words, 4 pages)

Tennessee Williams and the South, by Kenneth Holditch and Richard Freeman Leavitt. Jackson University Press of Mississippi, 2002. vu, 184 pp. 30.00 Magical Muse Millennial Essay s on Tennessee Williams, edited by Ralph F. Voss. Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press, 2002. xii, 251 pp. 39.95 The Undiscovered Country The Later ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Niccolo Fontana (2075 words, 3 pages)

Niccolo Fontana, known as Tartaglia, was born in Brescia in 1499 or 1500, the son of an honest mail rider Michele Fontana who was known as 'Micheletto the Rider'. Micheletto would ride his horse between Brescia and other towns in the district making deliveries. Although he was poor, Micheletto did ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life and History of Sarojini Naidu (471 words, 1 pages)

Sarojini Naidu was one of the most prominent leaders of India's freedom struggle. Born on February 13, 1879 in Hyderabad, Sarojini was the eldest daughter of Varasundari and Dr. Aghornath Chattopadhyaya, who was a scientist and founder-principal of Nizam College of Hyderabad. Her mother Varasundari was a Bengali poetess. Sarojini's ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Carlos Santana (1026 words, 2 pages)

All the world knows the special magic of Carlos Santana as expressed through his music and his guitar playing, which is among the most distinctive and recognizable in all music. His is a tone of vibrant energy that bathes the human soul and awakens the unconscious spirit. The spirit of ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life and History of Rosa Parks (784 words, 1 pages)

On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, a lone black lady sitting on a city bus made a decision that drew nation wide attention. This was Rosa Parks. The south was heavily segregated, leaving few opportunities open to black people. One of the opportunities denied to them was the ability ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Lou Cannon and Ronald Reagan (1168 words, 2 pages)

Cannon, Lou. Reagan. New York Putnam, 1982.Lou Cannon has covered Ronald Reagan for thirty-six years, first as a reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, later as the White House correspondent for the Washington Post. He began with covering Reagan's first campaign for governor of California in 1966 and continued ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Roberto Calderoli (477 words, 1 pages)

Roberto Calderoli, the Italian minister who has quit in the latest row over cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad, is known for his outspoken and often inflammatory comments. A senior member of the anti-immigration Northern League party, he recently called Muslim immigrants in Italy "Ali Babas" who were stealing houses and ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Robert Fulton (437 words, 1 pages)

Robert FultonOften credited with inventing the steamboat, Robert Fulton was actually the man who put the design into practice. As a young man, Fulton dreamed of becoming a painter and went to Paris to study. His commissions were few, and he turned to engineering and inventions.In Paris, Fulton designed an ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan (369 words, 1 pages)

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan,popularly known as RK Narayan,was born in 1906 in Madras(India).As is the custom in south India,'R' in his name stands for Rasipuram,the name of the village to which his family belonged.though his family originally belonged to Rasipuram,long before Narayan's birth it had moved to Madrasand it was here ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Richard Feynman (1064 words, 1 pages)

Richard Feynman1602 bliss hillSavory heaven, 00000 I first heard of you in April of 1999. I was doing some research on time travel and asked a colleague if he happened to have some broad-ranged books on physics. He handed me a book entitled "The Feynman Lectures on Physics." I was ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Alexandra Grochowska (884 words, 1 pages)

At the age of about nine, in the year 1939, Alexandra Grochowska (my grandmother) experienced the terrors of World War 2. She lived in a town called Lodz with her parents and two sisters, one, two years older and one, two years younger. On the 1st of September (the day ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Ramon Magsaysay (452 words, 1 pages)

RAMON MAGSAYSAY (1907-1957)Magsaysay, Ramn (1907-1957), Philippine statesman, born in Iba, and educated at the University of the Philippines and Jos Rizal College. From 1942 to 1945, during World War II, he organized and led the guerrilla force that fought the Japanese. He was elected (1946) and re-elected (1949) on the ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Pythagoras of Samos (2988 words, 4 pages)

Pythagoras of Samos is often described as the first pure mathematician. He is an extremely important figure in the development of mathematics yet we know relatively little about his mathematical achievements. Unlike many later Greek mathematicians, where at least we have some of the books which they wrote, we have ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Pearl Michelle Cleage (426 words, 1 pages)

Pearl Michelle Cleage was born on December 7, 1948 in Springfield, Massachusetts. She is the youngest daughter of Doris Graham and Albert B. Cleage Jr. The family moved to Detroit, Michigan because her father founded the Pan African Orthodox Christian Church where he later became the pastor. While attending Detroit ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Paul Strand (1667 words, 2 pages)

Paul Strand (1890-1976) was born in New York and attended the Ethical Culture School, based on the principles of John Dewey , a popular choice for those middle class Jewish families wishing to assimilate into secular US society.(Encarta) In 1907 he joined the photography classes and club taught by Lewis ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel (939 words, 1 pages)

The most successful folk-rock duo of the 1960s, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel crafted a series of memorable hit albums and singles featuring their choirboy harmonies, ringing acoustic, and electric guitars and Simon's acute, finely wrought songwriting. The pair always inhabited the more polished end of the folk-rock spectrum, and ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Patrick Henry (502 words, 1 pages)

Patrick Henry Patrick Henry was a great patriot. He never used his fists or guns to fightfor his country, but he used a much more powerful weapon at which he held great skillhis words. Possibly the greatest orator of his time, his speeches such as "Give Me Libertyor Give Me ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life and Art by Pablo Picasso (1793 words, 2 pages)

To say that Pablo Picasso dominated Western art in the 20th century is, by now, the merest commonplace. Before his 50th birthday, the little Spaniard from Malaga had become the very prototype of the modern artist as public figure. No painter before him had had a mass audience in his ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Cornell Nelly Haynes (2074 words, 3 pages)

In the summer of 2000, Cornell "Nelly" Haynes Jr. did the unbelievable. Nelly, an unknown rapper from St. Louis, Missouri, sold over a quarter of a million copies of his debut album, Country Grammar during its first week of release. On the strength of his first single "Country Grammar (Hot ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life with a Siberian Husky (996 words, 1 pages)

Life with a Siberian Husky I really had no idea what I was getting intowhen I decided to get a Siberian Husky for a pet. Don't get me wrong Iwouldn't trade him for anything and I love him dearly, but this animal has hisown plan - his own agenda. The ... Read More

An Introduction to the Creative Essay on the Topic of One’s Life (323 words, 1 pages)

I learned to be thankful for what I have, because are others have nothing to compare to what I have. I have a loving mother, the opportunity to meet others, and an education.On January 12,1982, I was born at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Is the youngest daughter of Elinsa Abraham and ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Miranda Faye Jackson (1018 words, 1 pages)

Ms. JacksonGrowing up there was many things I wanted to be when I got older. A fashion designer, teacher, nurse, lawyer, and even a make-up artist. Only one thing really stuck with me as I got older, and that was becoming a nurse. Ms. Morris is someone who I look ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Milton Friedman (405 words, 1 pages)

Milton Friedman. Milton Friedman (born July 31, 1912) won The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1976. His book Free to Choose, written with his wife Rose, became a ten-part television series on PBS in early 1980. His son David Friedman has carried ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Mike Bob (358 words, 1 pages)

how well do you know mike bob? most of us know that he is a 16 year old on our schools new football team, but what else is there?well there just happens to be much more to him then we all know. i was able to get the inside scoop.mike ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Michael Blake (441 words, 1 pages)

Michael Blake Biographical InformationMichael Blake was born on July 5, 1945 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. His family traveled to Texas before settling in Southern California where they moved constantly from town to town and Michael Blake moved from school to school. His writing career began while stationed at Walker ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life and Literature by Maya Angelou (418 words, 1 pages)

Maya Angelou Name originally Marguerite some sources say Marguerita Johnson surname is pronounced "An-ge-lo" born April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States daughter of Bailey a doorkeeper and naval dietician and Vivian a nurse and realtor maiden name, Baxter Johnson married Tosh Angelou divorced c. 1952 married Paul ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013