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- 8931: James Clerk Maxwell
- ... became a professor of natural philosophy at Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1856. Then in 1860 he moved to London to become a professor of natural philosophy and astronomy at King's College. On the death of his father in 1865, Maxwell returned to his family home in Scotland and devoted himself to research. In 1871 he moved to Cambridge, where he became the first professor of experimental physics and set ...
- 8932: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... had shown a sTheodore Roosevelteak of independence and a skepticism about party dogma” (Gould 12). This did not make for good loyalties. It has been said that Senator Mark Hanna, on hearing of McKinley’s death, exploded, “Now look! That damned cowboy is President of the United States” (qt. in McCullough 247). Theodore Roosevelt’s relationship with Congress in general was sTheodore Rooseveltained. Roosevelt consistently insulted the time-consuming debate with ...
- 8933: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- ... vision of a peaceful and stable postwar world foundered on national ambition. Although he bypassed Churchill and a weakened Great Britain to deal with Stalin at Yalta, it became apparent on the eve of his death that Soviet ambitions included the occupation of eastern and central Europe. His faith in the ability of the UN to keep the peace through the collaboration of the former wartime Allies proved unworkable in the ...
- 8934: Booker T Washington
- ... in June of 1881. He began class with 30 students in July, in a black church. Washington than borrowed money to buy an abandoned plantation where he moved the school. By the time of his death in Tuskegee, the institute was now a university. It had over 1,500 students and 100 equipped building and a big faculty. Booker T Washington always knew blacks could promote their rights by impressing southern ...
- 8935: William Lloyd Garrison
- ... immoral and that, consequently, it was equally immoral to take an oath in support of the Constitution. In 1840 he publicly burned a copy of the federal Constitution and denounced it as "a covenant with Death and an agreement with Hell"; he chose as his motto "No union with slaveholders" and, still true to his pacifist beliefs, advocated peaceful separation of the free states from the slave states. With the outbreak ...
- 8936: Biography of Ernest Rutherford
- ... to 1930 he was the president of the Royal Society and became Baron Rutherford of Nelson in 1931, in recognition of his work. Lord Rutherford maintained a strong and active interest in science until his death in October 1937. He is buried in Westminster Abbey close to Sir Isaac Newton.
- 8937: John Paul Jones: The Undaunted Sailor
- ... had many ideas concerning the reformation of Naval rank and officers. Congress recognized Jones's ideas and thoughts and considered how much of a positive impact they would have on the Navy. Later after his death, Congress implemented changes modeled after Jones's ideas. In accordance with his ideas of reforming the Navy, Jones also wanted to change the way officers were developed. His ideas of officer training were well before ...
- 8938: The Biography of Ernest Hemingway
- ... the young writers. These writers of the twenties were thought to reflect that generation’s belief that their lives and hopes had been shattered by war. They had been led down a glory trail to death not for noble, patriotic ideals, but for the greedy, materialistic gain of power groups. The high-minded sentiments of their elders were not to be trusted. Only reality was truth and that was harsh. Life ...
- 8939: The Influence of Henry David Thoreau on Mohanda K. Gandhi
- ... for his refusal. Thoreau never thought of jail time as punishment, and he wanted other leaders and readers to think the same. Thoreau also wrote Walden, at his personal built cabin at Walden Pond, The death of his brother John, and mentor Emerson inspired him to write Walden. The book was mainly about people living in harmony with nature. The main objective of Thoreau was to blow the whistle on slavery ...
- 8940: The Good Times of Clark Gable
- ... rough, masterful, romantic, hero type. He faced much adversity throughout his life; having dropped out of school, having three wives total and going through much struggle until he made it big. Decades now after his death, we still look back upon him and recognize him as one of the greats to make it in Hollywood. Clark Gable definitely experienced one thing many aspire to, which is “success”. Benjamin Disraeli once said ...
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