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- 3931: Biogrophy Of Dostoevsky
- ... to the world. The childhood suffering of having only one parent is also demonstrated by Adelaida Ivanovna, who "left the house and ran away from Fyodor Pavlovich with a destitute divinity student, leaving Mitya, a child of three years old, in her husband's hands." Dostoevsky felt abandoned by his father, much like Mitya was abandoned by her mother. In 1838 Dostoevsky entered an Engineering Academy as an army cadet. While ...
- 3932: Betty Friedan
- ... for many of Betty's later battles in the women's movement. This also led to Betty's discomfort with money matters. Betty had many immediate friends throughout her youth. She was also a mischievous child. She would start clubs like the Baddy Baddy club (foreshadowing her numerous future organizations). Her and her schoolmates would plan certain times to drop their books or break out into coughing fits. Sadly, around junior ...
- 3933: Benito Mussolini 2
- Benito Musolini was born on July 29, 1883, in Predappio, Italy . He was the first child of the local blacksmith. While he was young, Musolini was said to be a poor, unruly, agressive, disobedient(at school he was said to be a bully), but while being all of that he was ...
- 3934: Ben Franklin 2
- ... He was an important inventor and scientist. He helped to define the century. Benjamin did not have an easy start. Ben Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1700. He was the fifteenth child in a family of seventeen children. His parents, Josiah and Abiah Franklin, were hard working, devout Puritan Calvinists. Since the Franklins were so poor, Benjamin could not go to school for more than two years ...
- 3935: Autobiography Of Albert Einstein
- ... was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1874. Before his first birthday, his family had moved to Munich where his father, Hermann Einstein, and uncle set up a small electro-chemical business. As a child, Einstein showed his curiosity toward science and math. A favorite toy of his was his father s compass, and he often listened to his uncle s explanations of algebra. Although young Albert was intrigued by ...
- 3936: August Tubbe
- ... Gardiner McGehee were John's parents. His father was a staunch Baptist and a Democrat who lived a life of integrity. His mother was also a Baptist and of fine character. John was the fourth child born of a family of six children. Until he was twenty-seven years old, John lived in Mississippi except for the years he attended Tulane in pursuit of his medical studies. He gained his early ...
- 3937: Arthur C. Clarke
- ... way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them to the impossible." - Arthur C. Clarke. (www.acclarke.) This truly reflects Clarke's life; he went from being a slightly above-average child to being an acclaimed and respected Science Fiction
- 3938: Ansel Adams
- February 20, 1902, a photographer was born. Born and raised in San Francisco, California, Ansel Easton Adams was the only child of New England parents, Charles Hitchcock and Olive Adams. Adams' father was a businessman, whose company included an insurance agency and chemical plant. Ansel took an interest in music at an early age. He selfly ...
- 3939: An Analysis Of John Berger
- ... stroke of an artist. An example of this could be from W.E.B Dubois s Of the Meaning of Progress . DuBois paints us a picture of his life . On page 225, DuBois describes a child , he says Thenie was on hand early ,-a jolly, ugly ,good-hearted , who slyly dipped snuff and looked after her little bow legged brother. This description is something a picture can not describe. A picture ...
- 3940: Al Capone 2
- ... secluded atmosphere (URL:http://www.nara.gov/nara/events/ calendar/capone.html 5). In 1946, his physician and a Baltimore psychiatrist both concluded that Al Capone had the mental ability of a 12-year-old child. He died due to a stroke and pneumonia on January 25, 1947 because he was suffering from syphilis (Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia © 1996, 1997 Compton's NewMedia).
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