Singer Biography Essay Examples

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A Biography of Pablo Picasso (349 words, 1 pages)

Pablo Picasso was one of the greatest artists of the 21st century. He was born in Plaza de la Merced, Malaga, Spain on the 25th of October 1881. Picasso had no brothers and used to refuse to go to school unless he had one of his father's pigeons and his ... Read More

A Look Into Life and Career of Pearl Jam Vedder a Pearl Jam’s Lead Singer (2843 words, 3 pages)

Pearl Jam Vedder, Pearl Jam's lead singer, says, "I didn't ask for all this." He has millions of dollars and yet, still drives the same 1990 Toyota truck that he bought when he was working at a service station during his not so prosperous years. Vedder has led a difficult ... Read More

A Biography of William Maurice Ewing (609 words, 1 pages)

EWING, WILLIAM MAURICE (1906-1974). William Maurice Ewing, geophysicist and oceanographer, was born on May 12, 1906, in Lockney, Texas, the son of Floyd Ford and Hope (Hamilton) Ewing. He received three degrees from Rice Institute (now Rice University)-a B.A. in 1926, an M.A. in 1927, and a Ph.D. in 1931. ... Read More

A Biography of Sophocles (372 words, 1 pages)

Born in 495 B.C. about a mile northwest of Athens, Sophocles was to become one of the great playwrights of the golden age. The son of s wealthy merchant, he would enjoy all the comforts of thriving Greek empire. He studied all of the arts. At the age of twenty-eight, ... Read More

A Biography of Jesse Woodson James (728 words, 1 pages)

When we think of the American West, we often envision a cowboy saving the day and riding off into the sunset. Nostalgia often sets in, and we begin to wish for simpler times when the good guys and the bad guys were distinguishable, when everything was so simple. Unfortunately, those ... Read More

A Biography Paper of my Grandfather (895 words, 2 pages)

My Grandfather, although he moved around a lot when he was a kid, grew up fairly well. He has lived in California, Texas, Wisconsin and many others. He traveled to many places because of his first career. Grandpa was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He lived there for the ... Read More

The Role and Influence of Margaret Singer in Laying the Foundation for the Future of Birth Control (587 words, 1 pages)

As a writer for a radical, feminist newspaper, and leading birth control agitator of America, Margaret Sanger held the position as an influential international leader for fifty years. Margaret Sanger was born September 14, 1879 in Corning, New York. The sixth of eleven children, Sanger believed her mothers frequent pregnancies ... Read More

A Biography of Kurt Gdel (460 words, 2 pages)

Kurt Gdel Kurt Gdel was born on 28 April 1906 in Brnn, Austria-Hungary, which is now Brno, Czech Republic. He went to school in Brnn, He completed his studies in 1923. Rudolf Gdel, Kurt's brother, once said "Even in High School my brother was somewhat more one-sided than me and ... Read More

A Biography of John Donne (1334 words, 2 pages)

What does Donne tell the reader about his religion and attitude to the two established Churches in his sonnets? Refer to Sonnet 18 and at least one other poem in your answer. John Donne was born into a prosperous Roman Catholic family during the reign of Elizabeth I, when England ... Read More

A Biography of Dowie (326 words, 1 pages)

Dowie was born May 25, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland to Christian parents who had much hope that their son would grow to be "a great man of God". At the age of seven, Dowie received his call to the ministry and at age 21 he made an absolute decision to ... Read More

A Biography of James Rosenquist (477 words, 1 pages)

James Rosenquist was born in 1933 in Grand Forks county, North Dakota in a hospital that is now known as the Happy Dragon Chinese Restaurant. His family moved from Grand Forks to Minneapolis in 1944. In 1948 he began his studies of art at the Minneapolis Art Institute and in ... Read More

A Biography of Jesus (519 words, 1 pages)

Jesus was born in Ceres a small city, or perhaps you would call it a town, in California. He was born in a time of violence, unemployment, family abuse, and other stupid things that people do. His family is financially secure, but they have some money problems now and then, ... Read More

A Biography Paper of Muhammad (557 words, 1 pages)

About the year 570 a child named Muhammad was born and would become the Prophet of one of the world's biggest religions. He was born into a family belonging to a clan of Quraysh, the ruling tribe of Mecca, a city in the Hijaz region of northwestern Arabia. He was ... Read More

A Biography of Hernan Cortes (572 words, 2 pages)

Hernan Cortes Hernan Cortes In 1519 a Spanish expedition was sent on a mission to conquer Mexico. The Spanish expedition consisting of eleven ships was lead by a conquistador named Hernan Cortes. Hernan Cortes is known throughout the world as the man who defeated the Aztec Empire. By taking over ... Read More

A Biography of Henri Matisse (278 words, 1 pages)

HENRI MATISSE Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.'' -- Henri Matisse Henri Matisse was born in the north of France at Le Cateau-Cambresis in 1869. It was not until he was 21 years old that he became ... Read More

A Biography of Hansberry (545 words, 1 pages)

Her first play, A Raisin In the Sun, is based on her childhood experiences of desegregating a white neighborhood. It won the New York Drama Critic's Circle Award as Best Play of the Year. She was the youngest American, the fifth woman and the first black to win the award. ... Read More

A Biography of William Tecumseh Sherman (842 words, 2 pages)

General Sherman and the Civil War William Tecumseh Sherman was born on May 8, 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio. He was educated at the U.S. Military Academy and later went on to become a Union General in the U.S. civil war. Sherman resigned from the army in 1853 and became a ... Read More

A Biography of Julius Erving (708 words, 2 pages)

Julius Erving "I knew basketball was a way out. And I worked hard to succeed." Julius Erving was born in Hempstead, Long Island. His father left the family when Julius was only three. His mother worked as a domestic to support her three children. The family lived in a public ... Read More

A Biography of Dmitri Mendeleev (463 words, 1 pages)

Dmitri Mendeleev was born in Tobolsk, Siberia (northern Russia), in 1834. His family owned a glass factory, which unfortunately burned to the ground. All the money saved for Dimitri's college education was spent rebuilding. His mother simply told him he must do better and get a full scholarship. This was ... Read More

A Biography of Dizzy Gellespie (687 words, 2 pages)

A man with brown eyes, and black hair, weighing 162 pounds, at five feet nine inches tall, and winner for the best trumpeter of 1956 in the Down Beat poll must be Dizzy Gellespie. Dizzy was born on October 21, 1917 as John Birks Gillespie from Cheraw north Carolina. He ... Read More

A Biography of Dell (517 words, 1 pages)

DELL CORPORATION Dell was born in West Houston and applied for a high school equivalency diploma at age eight. He ran a mail order stamp-trading business at age thirteen and sold subscriptions to the Houston Post by telephone at sixteen. Within a year he was named salesman of the month ... Read More

A Biography of Paul (2339 words, 4 pages)

Philosophy of Religion Paul the Apostle, Saint Augustine, and Martin Luther have been three very important figures in the Christian church. Each went through a unique personal experience that changed the course of their lives. Those experiences were important to them and they should be important to anyone of the ... Read More

A Biography of Lee (1081 words, 2 pages)

The intent of this paper is to compare and contrast the ways in which the identities, aspirations, and achievements of two upper class females were affected by the aspects of family, class, gender, and particularly race. Race will be particularly scrutinized because the individual interviewed, Alesha (or Lee), is a ... Read More

A Biography of Otto von Bismarck (785 words, 2 pages)

Bismarck Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schnhausen was a major player in the unification of Germany. This Prussian junker, or aristocrat, was a Prussian nationalist and later a German nationalist. As Chief Minister to Wilhelm I of Prussia, he devised and executed a "klein-deutsch" (excluding Austria) plan to unify Germany. It ... Read More

A Deeper Look at Isaac Bashevis Singer’s “Gimple the Fool” (877 words, 1 pages)

A deeper look at "Gimple the Fool" At one time or another, everyone, in their life, has looked down upon someone because that someone isn't as rich, attractive, or even as intelligent as most people. People do this without any regard to the people's feeling, and without ever imagining what ... Read More

A Biography of Nelson Mandela (270 words, 1 pages)

Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, Umtata, Transkei. Nelson Mandela was a South African lawyer and he was also a black nationalist who was the African National Congress fropm March 1990. Mr. Mandela was imprisoned from 1962 to February 1990 because of his poltical activities, and ... Read More

A Biography of Muhammad (2697 words, 4 pages)

Those damned Fundamentalists, Really By Michael Van A long time ago, one man, Muhammad, a.k.a. (Abu Qasim Muhammad ibn Abd Allan ibn abd al Muttalub-Hashim), or Al Amin (the trustworthy one) began what would be a very powerful, populated, and much respected religion called Islam. The Prophet was born in ... Read More

A Biography of Pablo Picasso (1062 words, 2 pages)

Pablo Picasso was probably the most influential modern painters of the 20th century. Born in Spain, he lived in France much of his life painting, sculpting, making ceramics, and doing graphic artwork. His style was quite avant-garde and unique, and he changed it many times during his career. Picasso was ... Read More

A Biography of Oscar Wilde (1250 words, 4 pages)

Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde (real name Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde) was born on October 16th, 1854 in Dublin. His father, William Robert Wilde, was an eminent eye doctor, with an interest in myths and folklore. He was the founder of the first eye and ear hospital in Great Britain, ... Read More

My Personal Biography (589 words, 1 pages)

This is my Life Well I guess this is an autobiography about me, written by me, so I will try to make it as boring as I can so you dont get to interested in my overly exiting life. Well, I was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania at approximately 305 in ... Read More