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- 5911: Charles Darwin
- Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin was the fifth child of Robert Waring Darwin and Susannah Wedgewood. He was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England where his father practiced medicine. He attended Shrewsbury Grammar School which was a well-kn own secondary school ...
- 5912: Geoffrey Chaucer
- ... ransomed in March of 1360, for a rather large sum. In this time Chaucer also married Philippa Roet, lady in waiting to the Queen. She bore at least two children, Thomas and ¦ Lyte Lowys,_ a child who was delighted in arithmetic. Between 1368 and 1387, Chaucer undertook nearly a dozen diplomatic missions to Flanders, France, and Italy. Most were important, many were so secret that they were not mentioned in the ...
- 5913: Quarter Paper: Antonio Vivaldi and the music of his time
- ... libero, Antonio was presumably born prematurely, and declared to be free from any impediment from matrimony, also because he was not baptized in church until two months after his birth. Antonio Vivaldi, being a sickly child from the very start was ill, and in fear of his death before being baptized, Madama Margarita had had him baptized. The people, who studied and researched Antonio Vivaldi, in trying to trace back his ...
- 5914: Albert Einstein
- ... he found much joy and relaxation. Also, he was very close with his younger sister, Maja, and they could often be found in the lakes that were scattered about the countryside near Munich. As a child, Einstein's sense of curiosity had already begun to stir. A favorite toy of his was his father's compass, and he often marveled at his uncle's explanations of algebra. Although young Albert was ...
- 5915: Alexander Graham Bell
- Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847. As a child He took after his grandfather who was an actor who entertained people with his voice. Alexanders mother, who was deaf, would have people talk to her through her ear tube, which amplifies speech by talking ...
- 5916: Albert Einstein
- ... he found much joy and relaxation. Also, he was very close with his younger sister, Maja, and they could often be found in the lakes that were scattered about the countryside near Munich. As a child, Einstein's sense of curiosity had already begun to stir. A favorite toy of his was his father's compass, and he often marvelled at his uncle's explanations of algebra. Although young Albert was ...
- 5917: Biography on Guy de Maupassant
- ... most famous and well paid French authors of his time. In the years 1984 through 1985 he produced a great number of high caliber fiction. Most of these stories dealt with his experiences as a child in Normandy. During 1886-1887 Maupassant began to show signs of mental illness, probably the results of venereal disease. A sea voyage to improve his health enabled him to make some gains toward recovery. He ...
- 5918: The Life and Work of Anthony Burgess
- ... in England, and found in America, a place to perform (Stinson 98). A Clockwork Orange is a novel that deals with the violence of youth in the future. The Narrator is a fifteen-year-old child of the streets that enjoys beating the helpless, raping the defenseless, and robbing the penniless. About half-way through the novel, Alex is caught by the authorities. They attempt to reform him from his life ...
- 5919: Wilson, Woodrow
- ... the working conditions of sailors. The following year he signed the Federal Farm Loan Act, providing low-interest credit to farmers; the Adamson Act, granting an 8-hour day to interstate railroad workers; and the Child Labor Act, which limited children's working hours. In foreign policy, Wilson was faced with greater problems than any president since Abraham Lincoln. He attempted to end U.S. dollar diplomacy and promote the mediation ...
- 5920: Woman of the Year: 1953-Queen Elizabeth II
- ... their grandparents on both sides. When she spent it with the Strathmore it would sometimes be at the Glamis Castle. It was a rugged, rambling old Scottish fortress. It looked like something out of a child's adventure stories-paradise of echoing rooms, long passage and mysterious stairways. (Trease 1953, 231) Elizabeth enjoyed exploring the castle when she was young. She was 13 when World War II occurred. A year later ...
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