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- 6251: Harriet Tubman
- ... an argument with a plantation owner. Later, Harriet married Nelson Davis. Nelson had a disease. Harriet helped him to establish a brickyard, sometimes working at his side making bricks. Nelson lived until 1888. After his death, William Henry, a widower, came to stay with Harriet. Harriet outlived most of her friends, but still made trips to Boston and New York to raise money for her schools in the South and in ...
- 6252: Hannibal
- ... Hannibal was professed to be evil and all that a Roman was not; and therefore daunting task of slaying Goliath fell in the good hands of Rome. The name Hannibal conjures up similar images of death and destruction for the Romans that Adolf Hitler would to our Civilization. Hannibal’s name became synonymous with the stereotype that Rome had of the Carthaginian perfidy. And it was this that Rome never wanted ...
- 6253: H.R. Gieger
- ... the "Geiger Museum" that houses all of his art. There is a rumor that Giger has died, however the web sites confirm no such thing, and as Mark Twain once said "The Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated." All this information was obtained off of H.R. Geigers web site, at http://www.hrgiger.com/frame.htm and http://www.giger.com
- 6254: Grace Kelly
- ... and a mother. She knew that life was not simple." Grace handled her struggles to fit into royalty, her children’s rebellion and her loneliness in Monaco with remarkable emotional strength. Only after her sudden death did her subjects realize how much she meant to them. Grace had filled her role as princess with selfless devotion. She was known for her charity work and the country had benefited with her role ...
- 6255: Glorious Sceptre
- ... shall it ever blossom again, since the bronze blade stripped bark and leafage" (I, 233-237). Achilles emphasizes the sceptre’s imperishability and endurance as a symbol. Lacking life and therefore lacking the prospect of death, the sceptre is, in a sense, immortal, giving reason for its divine connotations. In addition, Achilles uses his description of the sceptre to emphasize the gravity of his promise. As the sceptre will never again ...
- 6256: Ghengis Khan The Great
- ... the two empires. On the ride home Genghis fell off his horse. He suffered injuries that he would never recover from. Genghis Khan died on August 21, 1227. His people did not know of this death until September. No one knows where the body is located but it is rumored that it is near the Mongolian Border. Temujin was a very important man. He made the first set of laws in ...
- 6257: George Washington Carver
- ... world may not have been that same, thanks to him. George died on January 5th, 1943 at 7:30 P.M. He was laid to rest near the grave of Booker T. Washington. Before his death, he created the George Washington Carver Foundation in which Henry Ford was the trustee. In Tuskegee, Alabama is where the George Washington Carver Museum is located.
- 6258: Galileo Gallilei
- ... not suitable. In 1592, his three-year contract was not renewed. 1n 1592, he landed a job teaching mathematics at the University of Padua with the help of some aristocratic friends. After his father’s death, Galileo supported many relatives (including his brother Michelangelo and his family) and the sum of money he earned as a professor was not nearly enough. He began to tutor on the side to make extra ...
- 6259: Franz Joseph Haydn
- ... was greatly appreciated by the public and the nobles earning him a honorary degree from Oxford as Doctor of Music. Unlike Mozart or Beethoven, when Haydn died he was not forgotten. Two weeks after his death, "the whole art-loving world of Vienna", went to a great memorial service at the city center in honor of the greatest composer of the Classical period. If substance, restraint, simplicity, and balance of music ...
- 6260: Florence Nightengale
- ... details of the way that the British Army treated its wounded soldiers. Nightingale was given the task of organizing the barracks and by improving the quality of sanitation she was able to dramatically reduce the death rate of her patients. Florence gained respect, and was well known amongst the soldiers. The "lady in Chief", as Nightingale was called, wrote home on behalf of the solders. She acted as a banker, sending ...
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