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- 5711: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... in by his wealthy godfather John Allan( hence the middle name). As he went to school his talent for language was discovered. Poe's childhood was a very happy one, he grew up the only child of a rich family, so, in this he literally went from rags to riches. Needless to say, this happiness did not last. At the age of 18, Mr. & Mrs. Allan decided to send young Edgar ...
- 5712: James Baldwin
- ... Baldwin faced opposition and hard times because of his risqué lifestyle, he triumphed and became one of the best African-American authors the 20th century ever saw. In 1924 Harlem, Baldwin was born an illegitimate child to Emma Jones, who 3 years later married David Baldwin. David Baldwin, the stepfather of James, was a very strict preacher from New Orleans who later became the center of conflict in James’ life and ...
- 5713: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... interpreted his executive duties broadly, to say the least. Many conservatives worried about Roosevelt overextending his powers, and, on at least a few occasions, he was guilty thereof. Yet Theodore Roosevelt did not wish to abuse his office, though he might have. The decisive and benevolent—if possibly unconstitutional—actions that Theodore Roosevelt took benefitted America by making it a more equal and progressive place. Theodore Roosevelt had several negative examples ...
- 5714: Andy Warhol
- ... a process is very important when discussing Warhol's artwork because it is what allowed such massive amounts of prints and quantity of work. To achieve the fame and fortune that Warhol lacked as a child, he grew up looking for an avenue that would allow him power and success. It was also within these ideals that Warhol would find his own models and figures for work. The key to getting ...
- 5715: Mary Shelley: Bride of Frankenstein
- ... Lardner’s Cabinet Cyclopedia (Walling 10). Shelley’s marriage persisted for eight years (Spark ix), which ended on July 8, 1822 when Percy Shelley drown (Walling 10), and left her a single mother of a child, and a son on the way (Spark ix). Second, Mary Shelley achieved her highest acknowledgments for her writings and gothic novels. Shelley began her first novel Frankenstein (Thompson 2), at nineteen years of age in ...
- 5716: The Life of a Jamestown Colonist
- ... of food, we had no consistent leaders, and our relationship with the Algonquians was tenuous. First of all, my name is Anne Williams. I was one the first people to come to Jamestown. As a child in the mid-1500’s, I remember my parents talking about how nervous they were that Spain seemed to be gaining such a foothold in the New World. No one in England liked the fact ...
- 5717: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- ... traditionally passive role. Then, in World War II, he led the Allies in their defeat of the Axis powers. Early Life Born at Hyde Park, New York, on January 30, 1882, he was the only child of James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara Delano Roosevelt (1855-1941). His father, a semiretired railway executive, was a cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the U.S. Although they were not wealthy ...
- 5718: Booker T Washington
- ... T Washington was born a slave April 15, 1856. His mother was a plantation cook. Booker’s father was an unknown white man. Booker and his mother lived in Franklin County, VA. As a slave child Booker gave water to the saves that worked in the field. After the American Civil War Booker and the other slaves were freed. Booker and his mother, than moved to Malden, W. VA. Booker’s ...
- 5719: Wallace Stevens
- ... he was disposing of all of them. Some say that this was the end of the period in his life with the "art crowd." In 1924 Elsie Stevens gave birth to their first and only child, Holly Stevens. This was a major step in the life of Wallace Stevens because of his commom behavior of being solitary. The years between 1936-1954, Wallace Stevens published 7 books of poetry and other ...
- 5720: William Shakespeare
- ... 1592 was reprimanded for not coming to church for fear of process of debt ( A Documentary). Mary, the daughter of Robert Arden, had a total of eight children with John Shakespeare. William was the third child and the first son of the family. Education Records for the Stratford grammar school from the time Shakespeare would have attended have been lost, but attend he undoubtedly did since the school was built and ...
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