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- 3871: John Locke 3
- ... peace in Wrington Somerset. His father's discipline to the young philosopher John Locke was very strict. This helped John later in life disciplining him self to his essays and his thoughts. But as a child raised in a bookish home, he had received a good private education before entering school. His family was visited by very wealthy and influential people. These influential visitors would challenge Locke's mind and have ...
- 3872: John Coltrane
- ... Love Supreme" (music and text) was the result of a seven- year development in which Coltrane sought a closer relationship with God. Part of this closer relationship involved Coltrane's understanding of himself as a child of God. Though Coltrane was raised in a household dominated by Christianity, and he professed to be a Christian for the majority of his life, he became dissatisfied with his personal relationship with God and ...
- 3873: John Steinbeck
- ... and downs, successes and failures before he landed on his feet and became a famous author. John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California on February 27, 1902. He was the only son and the third child of John Ernst Steinbeck and Olive Hamilton. Steinbeck s father owned comfortable Victorian house in Salinas. John s father managed the Sperry Flour Mill. Things were pretty good for the Steinbeck, they were settled in ...
- 3874: John Harlan
- ... for New York in 1925. He also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General from 1928 to 1930. Prior to working as Special Assistant Attorney General, Harlan married Ethel Andrews, with whom he had one child. During World War II, Harlan served as a colonel in the United States Army Air Force. Harlan was in charge of the Operations Analysis Section of the Eighth Bomber Command. He was also the recipient ...
- 3875: John Hancock
- ... out and emphasize the history ofour country. This man, John Hancock, is one of those extraordinary men that stand out.John s life began on January 16, 1736 in Braintree, Massachuchetts.John was the middle child of three. He was the son of (Rev.) John Hancock, born on June 1, 1702 in Lexington, Massachuchetts and son of Mary Hawke, born on October 13, 1711 in Hingham, Massachuchetts. Mary was once married ...
- 3876: John F. Kennedy 2
- John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was the second child of nine children. He lived in the suburbs of Boston but as his family grew his father's income increased and they moved back to Brookline. John had a seemingly happy childhood. He attended private ...
- 3877: Johann Sebastian Bach - The Brandenburg Concertos
- ... produced, among other masterpieces, the Brandenburg Concerti. While at Cothen, Bach s wife, Maria Barbara, died. Bach remarried soon after to Anna Magdalena and forged ahead with his work. He also forged ahead in the child rearing department, producing 13 children with his new wife, six of whom survived childhood, to add to the four children he had raised with Maria Barbara. Several of these offspring would become fine composers in ...
- 3878: Johann Bach
- ... produced, among other masterpieces, the Brandenburg Concerti. While at Cothen, Bach's wife, Maria Barbara, died. Bach remarried soon after - to Anna Magdalena - and forged ahead with his work. He also forged ahead in the child-rearing department, producing 13 children with his new wife - six of whom survived childhood - to add to the four children he had raised with Maria Barbara. Several of these children would become fine composers in ...
- 3879: Jane Addams
- ... domestic training and trade teachings. She felt that even people of lesser means were interested in the same topics as the "well-to-do" people of society. She also thought that if you give a child encouragement and a sense of self-worth combined with an opportunity to become something in society that they would try to become productive. Hull-House offered educational opportunities for anyone who wanted to attend with ...
- 3880: Jackie Robinson 3
- ... serration barrier and rise above it all and join the Major League Baseball Association. Rickey said that whoever the person was to be would have to cope with taunts and insult, with name calling and abuse. Rickey heard of the success of Jackie on the Negro League and sent his scouts to see Jackie. (Ritter, S. Lawrence p. 43-51). After a long meeting with Rickey, Jackie agreed to join the ...
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