Singer Biography Essay Examples

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A Biography of Sojourner Truth (691 words, 1 pages)

Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth was a very famous black woman. She was the first black woman to speak out . against slavery! Back then her name was not Sojourner Truth. Her name was Isabella Baumfree. She was born in Ulster County, New York in 1797. The first family she was ... Read More

A Biography of Shel Silverstein, an American Poet, Singer and Cartoonist (660 words, 1 pages)

Shelly Silverstein, most commonly known as Shel Silverstein. He is best known in children's literature for his poetry however, he was also a cartoonist, composer, lyricist and folk singer. Silverstein's work, which he illustrated himself, is characterized by a deft mixing of the sly and the serious, the macabre and ... Read More

A Biography of Robert Capa, a Photojournalist (788 words, 2 pages)

Robert Capa was the son of middle class Jewish parents, he was born Endre Friedmann in Budapest in what was then Austro-Hungary. He grew up under the dictatorship of Regent Nicholas Horthy but accepted the ideas of his role models, artist Lajos Kass. Kass's anti-authoritarian, anti-fascist, pro-labor, and pacifist beliefs ... Read More

The Biography of Michelangelo (1198 words, 4 pages)

Michelangelo Buonarroti was born in 1475. He was born in a small town called Caprese, in Tuscany, Italy. Michelangelo was one of the most famous artists of the Italian Renaissance. According to Charles de Tolnay Michelangelo's three greatest works of his later life, were the Tomb of Pope Julius II, ... Read More

A Biography of Jason, the Leader of the Argonauts (273 words, 1 pages)

Jason was the leader of the Argonauts and the husband of Medea. He was the son of Aeson. King Pelias of Iolcos sent Jason on a seemingly impossible quest to bring the Golden Fleece back from distant Colchis. Jason assembled a crew of heroes from all over Greece. Argos, the ... Read More

Characteristics of Reb Gimpel in Singers Gimpel the Fool by Isaac Bashevis (841 words, 2 pages)

Reb Gimpel is the main character in Isaac Bashevis Singers Gimpel the Fool. The reader obtains information about Gimpels character and personality by not only what he says or does, but by what others say about him as well. The majority of the townspeople like to tease Gimpel and tell ... Read More

A Biography and Travels of Ferdinand Magellan (285 words, 1 pages)

Ferdinand Magellan Ferdinand Magellan was the first man to ever travel around the world. His journey started on September 20, 1519. Five ships and 277 men set sail on what was to become the biggest voyage of all time. Ferdinand was a Portuguese seaman. He was born around 1480. When ... Read More

A Biography of Agrippina (1677 words, 3 pages)

Agrippina the Younger was one of nine children born to Germanicus, adopted son end nephew of Tiberius . Suetonius tells us that two of these children died in infancy and one died in early childhood . Of the six remaining children, three were girls and three were boys. These were ... Read More

A Biography of Ani Difranco Fuel a Singer-Song Writer and Guitarist (703 words, 1 pages)

Music Font size 11 Times New Roman Critique on Fuel by Ani Difranco Fuel by the singer-song writer, and guitarist Ani Difranco, was born in Buffalo, New York on September 23, 1970, she began her career at the age of nine, when her guitar teacher helped her land her first ... Read More

A Biography of Chief Joseph (525 words, 2 pages)

The person that I did my first quarter project on was Chief Joseph. Chief Joseph was born in 1840 in the Wallowa Valley (the Wallowa Valley is now northeastern Oregon). He was born into the tribe of the Nez Perce. The name that the tribe gave him was Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, the ... Read More

A Biography of Charles Dickens a Writer (394 words, 1 pages)

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was a nineteenth century English writer who wrote such classics as A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, A Tale Of Two Cities, Great Expectations, and many others. He was born into a middle class family, but when he came home from boarding school at the age ... Read More

A Biography of Caligula The Emperor of Rome (1153 words, 2 pages)

As most of the emperors of ancient Rome were given different names then the names they had at birth Caligula was no different. Caligula's real name was Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus and he was born at Antium, 25 miles from Rome, in 12 AD Gaius was a turning point in ... Read More

The Biography of Robert E. Lee (2081 words, 7 pages)

Biography of Robert E. Lee- Robert E. Lee was born in Stratford Hall, near Montross, Virginia, on January 19, 1807. He grew up with a great love of all country life and his state. This stayed with him for the rest of his life. He was a very serious boy ... Read More

A Biography of James Langston Hughes (874 words, 2 pages)

(February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967) Born in Joplin, Missouri, James Langston Hughes was a member of an abolitionist family. He was the great-great-grandson of Charles Henry Langston, brother of John Mercer Langston, who was the first Black American to be elected to public office, in 1855. Hughes attended ... Read More

A Biography of James Madison (1031 words, 2 pages)

James Madison was born on March 16, 1751, at the home of his maternal grandparents in Port Conway, Virginia. Soon after, he returned with his mother to their home in Orange County. He received basic education from home, and then went to preparatory school before entering the College of New ... Read More

A Biography of Politician Barbara Jordan (722 words, 1 pages)

Barbara Jordan was born on February 21, 1936 in Houston, Texas. She had 2 sisters, and her parents were Reverend Benjamin, a Baptist minister, and Arlyn Jordan. Her mother was a great orator, or speaker, but did not pursue a career, and instead devoted herself to being a wife and ... Read More

A Biography of Bessie Smith a Blues Singer (358 words, 1 pages)

Its a Hard Knock Life Bessie Smith, the greatest and most significant blues singer of the 1920's, paid her dues and persevered the suffering of desertion, infidelity, discrimination, and hard-drinking street life. Bessie began the words of her "song," early in her life. Bessie's early childhood was plagued by desertion, ... Read More

Vegetarian Singer’s Opinion as to Why We Should Not Take Meat (1773 words, 3 pages)

Animal production as a means for food and clothing has long been a practice that humans have performed for thousands of years. Today, more than ever, the issue on whether or not conduct of mistreatment is actively occurring in agriculture is passionately being debated. Those that oppose animal cruelty protest ... Read More

A Biography of Ernest Hemingway a Writer (973 words, 2 pages)

Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21st, 1899. He was the son of Dr. Clarence Edmonds and Grace Hall Hemingway. He grew up in a small town called Oak Park, Illinois. Hemingway was brought up in a somewhat conservative household by his parents who pushed the value of politeness and ... Read More

A Biography of Euclid (349 words, 1 pages)

Born in Athens, Greece around 325 B.C., Euclid grew up to be one of the greatest Greek mathematicians of all time. Very little is known about his life. Even the dates and places of his birth and death are unsure of, yet historians have come up with a vague outline ... Read More

A Biography of Edgar Allan Poe (1344 words, 2 pages)

EDGAR ALLEN POE Edgar Allen Poe is mainly known for his personal life rather than his great ability to write short stories. Rumors include his problem with alcoholism and drug addiction. In reality, though, Edgar Allen Poe had a talent for writing stories of horror and suspense, and also for ... Read More

The Biography of Michelangelo (692 words, 1 pages)

Michelangelo, born in 1475 in a small town near Florence, is considered to be one of the most inspired men who ever lived. He was born to Ludovico Buonarroti, who had major connections with the ruling Medici family of the time. By the time Michelangelo was a young man, he ... Read More

A Biography of B.B. King the Singer (435 words, 1 pages)

B.B. King was a blues singer and guitarist. His full name is Riley B. King. He was born September 16, 1925, near Indianola, Mississippi. An important aspect in King's life was, of course, when he was first exposed to the blues. 'I guess the earliest sound of the blues that ... Read More

The Biography of Julius Caesar (1580 words, 2 pages)

When the name Julius Caesar is heard, it can only trigger the image of a great leader that led Rome into prosperity. Caesars military excellence brought more power and more land that lead to the increase of size and strength in Rome. His dictatorship helped the stability and prosperity in ... Read More

The Biography of Agatha Miller (796 words, 2 pages)

On September 15, 1890, in Torquay, England, the worlds most successful mystery writer, Agatha Miller, was born. Her father was an independently wealthy American from New York, while her mother was an English housewife. She had two older siblings her sister Margaret was the oldest child and her brother Louis ... Read More

A Biography of Bob Marley the Musician (1842 words, 3 pages)

Bob Marley the Legend Bob Marley the man, the musician, the legend united countries, political adversaries, and brought new connotation to the world of reggae music. Through his music Bob Marley has touched many people he was an inspiration to the masses of poverty stricken people of Jamaica and the ... Read More

A Biography of Emily Dickinson (1135 words, 5 pages)

Emily Dickinson was raised in a traditional New England home in the mid 1800's. Her father along with the rest of the family had become Christians and she alone decided to rebel against that and reject the Church. She like many of her contemporaries had rejected the traditional views in ... Read More

A Biography of Sigmund Freud the Psychology (1263 words, 2 pages)

Sigmund Freud's revolutionary ideas have set the standard for modern psychoanalysis that students of psychology can learn from, and his ideas spread from the field of medicine to daily living. His studies in areas such as unconsciousness, dreams, sexuality, the Oedipus complex, and sexual maladjustments laid the foundation for future ... Read More

A Biography of Mother Teresa (1053 words, 2 pages)

Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, Macedonia she was the youngest of three children. Mother Teresa is Albanian by birth her original name is Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. In 1948, Mother Teresa became a citizen of India. At the age of 18, Mother Teresa attended the religious ... Read More

A Biography of George Gershwin (1277 words, 3 pages)

SIMULTANEOUS EAST AND WEST-COAST funerals took place on a muggy July afternoon in 1937. Politicians, artists, entertainers, and musicians gathered to mourn what was perhaps the greatest blow to American music in history the unexpected and untimely death of George Gershwin at 38. Whether or not Gershwin was the greatest ... Read More