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- 1801: Lena Horne
- ... she is most proud of is an honorary doctorate she received from Howard University in 1980. I had been offered doctorates earlier, she said, and had turned them down because I hadnt been to college. But by the time Howard presented the doctorate to me, I knew I had graduated from the school of life, and I was ready to accept it. (Amazon) In 1994 she released an Album entitled ...
- 1802: Frost, Robert
- ... and style in his writing. Born in San Francisco, but raised in New England, many of Robert Frost's poems are representations of his experiences in the northeastern parts of America. He was unsuccessful in college never earning his degree, and for several years he supported his family by tending to a farm his grandfather bought for him. In his spare time, Frost would read and write anything and everything. Discouraged ...
- 1803: Emily Dickinson
- ... against tradition. From all the jails the boys and girls Ecstatically leap,- Beloved, only afternoon That prison doesn't keep. In this poem Emily shows her feelings towards formalized schooling. Being a product of reputable college one would think that she would be in favor of this. But as her beliefs in transcendentalism grew so did her belief in individuality. Emily also went against the Church which was an extreme rarity ...
- 1804: Emily Dickenson
- ... an older brother named Austin. Her mother Emily Norcross Dickinson, was largely dependent on her family and was seen by Emily as a poor mother. Her father was lawyer, Congressman, and the Treasurer for Amherst College. Unlike her mother, Emily loved and admired her father. Since the family was not emotional, they lived a quiet secure life. They rarely shared their problems with one another so Emily had plenty of privacy ...
- 1805: Dwight D Eisenhower
- ... to have not nations for peaceful purposes. In March 1961, President Eisenhower returned to active list of regular army with rank of General of the Army from December 1944. He maintained his office at Gettysburg College and residence at his farm near Gettysburg, PA, January 1961 - March 1969. General Dwight D Eisenhower died on March 28, 1969 at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington DC. He was buried in the Place ...
- 1806: Chiang Kai-shek
- ... saw adventure in a military career and felt comfortable with the demand for authority, order, and strength. Though his family objected and hoped for him to study law, he went off to Tokyo Military Staff College in 1907. There he became a follower of the revolutionary leader Dr. Sun Yat-sen. This encouraged him in 1911 to take part in the revolt that established the Chinese Republic. In 1917 when Sun ...
- 1807: Charles Darwin
- ... South America and then onward around the world. During the trip the Beagle would carry along a naturalist to observe and collect Geological and Biological specimens. Thanks to a recomendation from one of Darwins old college professors, he was offered the position aboard the Beagle. The Beagle sailed to South America, making many stops along the coast. Here Darwin observed the plants and animals of the tropics and was stunned by ...
- 1808: Ben Franklin
- ... reports of the discovery did not come out for several years later. (Cousins 112) As soon as his experiment was made known, Ben was given honorary degrees by Harvard, Yale and by William and Mary College (Cousins 112). This same dangerous experiment was tried by many people. Some were successful and one person was not successful resulting in a death. After Franklin was able to get electricity, he just tried to ...
- 1809: Authur Miller
- ... Miller worked as a stock clerk in an automobile parts warehouse for two and a half years until he had enough money to pay for his first year at the University of Michigan. He finished college with the financial aid of the National Youth Administration supplemented by his salary as night editor on the Michigan Daily newspaper. Before his graduation with a BA degree in 1938, he had written a number ...
- 1810: Alexander Ghram Bell
- ... Scotland, the inventor spent one year at a private school, two years at Edinburgh's Royal High School (from which he graduated at 14), and attended a few lectures at Edinburgh University and at University College in London, but he was largely family-trained and self-taught. He moved to the United States, settling in Boston, before beginning his career as an inventor. With each passing year, Alexander Graham Bell's ...
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