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- 2461: A Critique of C. S. Lewis
- ... to Oxford where his studies were interrupted by World War I (1917). Two years later he was back in Oxford resuming his studies. In 1924, Lewis was "elected" to teach Literature and Language at Magdalen College, Oxford and remained there till 1954. During this time period in his life, Lewis wrote the majority of his work. Lewis moved to Cambridge for the remainder of his life teaching Medieval and Renaissance Literature ...
- 2462: Abraham Lincoln
- ... good because he was big for his age and could use the ax really well. He was so good that people started calling him, “the rail splinter.” Then he grew up and graduated from a college in Illinois, and got his degree in law. On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was sworn in to be the 16th president. Right after he was elected, he went straight to the Civil War. The ...
- 2463: Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Eleanor Holmes Norton Eleanor Holmes Norton, lawyer, educator, and civil rights activist was born in Washington, DC on June 13, 1937. After graduating from Dunbar Senior High School, she received a BA from Antioch College. Norton then went on to attend Yale’s Graduate School and School of Law to receive a MA and a LLB simultaneously in 1964. From 1965 to 1970, she served as Assistant Legal Director of ...
- 2464: Martin Luther King Junior
- ... did just that King was born in Atlanta, Ga., on Jan. 15, 1929, the eldest son of Martin Luther King, Sr. (1899-1984), a Baptist minister, and Alberta Williams King (1904-74). He entered Morehouse College at the age of 15 and was ordained a Baptist minister at the age of 17. Graduating from Crozer Theological Seminary as class president in 1951, he then did postgraduate work at Boston University. King ...
- 2465: Burr, Aaron
- ... important political figure, serving a term (1801-05) as vice-president of the United States, he is best remembered today for having killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. The son of a president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and the grandson of another (Jonathan Edwards), Burr could trace his ancestry back to the earliest Puritans. He entered Princeton at the age of 13, graduated at 16, and ...
- 2466: Catherine The Great: Empress Of All Russia
- ... Nikita Panin in foreign affairs, Alexandre Suvorov in the military, and Grigori Potemkin in administration. Among Catherine’s more benevolent achievements were the foundation of the first Russian school for girls and of a medical college to provide health care for her subjects. In the early years of her reign, Catherine sought to win the approval of the gentry, which was a small part of Russia’s population. She succeeded to ...
- 2467: Jessica Savitch: The Dark Side of a Golden Girl
- ... he hangs himself with Chewy's leash in the basement. Jessica is hurt, but is taking it well. "I called her two days after Don died," says James Whalen, a friend of Jessica's from college,"and we talked for about an hour. She was hurting, but she was still lucid, and she talked about the future. She said, 'I'm going to put one foot right in front of the ...
- 2468: Mark Twain’s Greatest Downfall
- ... which later became the industry standard. The Paige worked efficiently, but the Linotype had a better marketing campaign. “The machine worked, and worked efficiently,” says Ken Ljunquist, a professor of American literature at the Worcester college, and one of the advisers of the Paige project. ‘The reasons for its failure were not mechanical. The Linotype just took over the market” (Condon INTERNET). Twain, however, would not grasp that the other typesetter ...
- 2469: Hillary Clinton
- ... She was a member of the local Methodist youth group, and was also a Girl Scout. As First Lady, she currently serves as honorary President of the Girls Scouts of America. After graduating from Wellesley College in 1969, Hillary enrolled in Yale Law School, where she developed her strong concern for protecting the interests of children and families, and served on the Board of Editors of the Yale Review of Law ...
- 2470: J. Edgar Hoover
- ... October 30, 1954. At the time of his wedding, she was a full time librarian. Today, she is his full time research assistant. He attended the University of Colorado and graduated from San Francisco State College in 1957. He is associated with the Democratic party. He had a couple of jobs before he became a writer. He served in the United States Air Force for a few years. He spent one ...
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