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- 2471: Karl Marx
- ... Heinrich transferred him to Berlin. Also, he did not go to most lectures, and showed little interest in what was to be learned. Karl's reckless ways were not tolerated at Berlin, a more conservative college without the mischievous ways of the other universities. While at Berlin, Marx became part of the group known as the Yong Hegelians. The group was organized in part due to the philosophy teacher, Hegel that ...
- 2472: Caesar
- ... and debates and watch the statesmen at work. Caesar was also often found at the Regia which is the offices of the High Priest because his uncle, Cuius Cotta held an important position in the College of Priests. Caesar learned a lot from his uncle, Gaius Marius (Grant, pg 34). Marius was involved in politics at a very young age, just as Caesar was. It was very difficult being a young ...
- 2473: The Life of My Grandfather
- ... he was twenty, and worked there up until the age of fifty-two when he finally retired. He was offered a job as a mortician, since he was going as a "pre-med." student in college, but he refused the offer because there were no benefits offered to him. "I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for the job at the factory", my grandfather expressed. Robert ...
- 2474: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
- ... quite poor indeed. On the third of October a friend of mine came into a tavern and discovered me in a drunken stupor, wearing dirty clothing and a torn hat. I was admitted into Washington College Hospital and on that Sunday, October seventh, 1849 died at five o’clock in the morning. I had a simple funeral with very few attending. My family and loved ones were not even notified until ...
- 2475: Charles Darwin
- ... in Shrewsbury,England on February 12, 1809.He was the grandson of Erasmus Darwin. His mother died when he was 8- years-old.His sister raised him from then on. Darwin went to Christ’s College in Cambridge to study theology further.That was around 1827.He couldn’t find anything he liked until theology. Darwin is considered the father of evolution. He set sail on the “ BEAGLE” to Patagonia from ...
- 2476: JFK: His Life and Legacy
- ... was during this time period in which Kennedy met and fell in love with Jacqueline Bouvier. "Jackie",as she was known, came from a wealthy Catholic background as prestigious as the Kennedys. She attended Vassar College and the Sorbonne in Paris, France. She spoke French, Italian, and Spanish fluently. They were wed on September 12,1953, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Newport, Rhode Island. All seemed well, yet after ...
- 2477: Richard Nixon
- ... 1913. His father, Frank Nixon, had many failing businesses that took the family different places. After high school, Nixon attended Duke University. He tried twice to become class president. Finally he succeeded. Soon after his college schooling, Nixon enrolled in the Navy. War broke out and he was sent to fight. He was stationed at Green Island however, he never saw any combat action. He was a ration-distributor. When discharged ...
- 2478: The Works and Influence of Christopher Marlowe
- ... his great plays and poems. “Marlowe was born in 1564, the same year as William Shakespeare” (Biographical par. 1). “Marlowe was the son of a shoemaker and attended King’s School, Canterbury and Corpus Christi College”(“Christopher Marlowe” par. 2).” In 1584, he received his Bachelor of Arts. He then left his studies to work for the government as some sort of secret agent or spy. When he returned to receive ...
- 2479: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- ... always placed in the best scholastic environment available to him, which is ironic because later Emerson says education comes from personal experience rather than what a text book says. After several independent private schools and college prepatory schools, Emerson entered Harvard. Emerson later says of Harvard, “ It has done little for me on the whole.” If this is true at least Harvard is where he says his, “...mind commenced its characteristic ...
- 2480: Rachel Carson
- ... on May 27, 1907 in Springdale, PA. Her childhood was characterized by a love of nature and literature. Her family said she was born with a “seashell in her ear”. She graduated from the Pennsylvania College for Women in 1929 with a degree in Marine Biology and from John Hopkins University in 1932 with a masters degree. The death of her father and family was responsible for preventing her from pursuing ...
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