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- 5741: Biography of John Dalton
- ... caused her writings to become generally known to English readers. On the erection of the Diocese of Northampton, in 1854, he was made a member of the chapter, and lived many years at Bishop's House in that city. In order to acquire a first-hand acquaintance with the Spanish literature pertaining to the life of the foundress of the Discalced Carmelites, he spent nine months during the years 1858-59 ...
- 5742: Helen of Troy: The Face that Launched One Thousand Ships
- ... providing a source of entertainment and food for thought for students of all ages. Bibliography Boyce, Charles. Shakespeare A to Z. New York: Roundtable Press, Inc., 1990. Bulfinch, Thomas. Bulfinch’s Mythology. New York: Random House, 1998. Durant, Will. Age of Reason Begins. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. Olesker, Katie. (1998, November). Conflicting Views of Helen. Women of Antiquity. Available: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/Kop.html Shelmerdine, Cynthia ...
- 5743: Harriet Tubman
- ... 1870. They were happily married for 18 years until Davis’ death. In 1896, Harriet purchased property to build a home for poor and needy blacks. She was unable to raise enough money to build the house and gave the land to the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, who completed the home in 1908. Several years later, Harriet moved there and spent the last ten years of her life telling stories of ...
- 5744: Malcolm Little
- ... though. He continued to speak publicly and was aware that the F.B.I. had been watching his every move. He figured the death threats where coming from members of the Nation of Islam. His house was also burnt to the ground in the middle of the night in February of 1965. Malcolm began to carry a loaded automatic rifle in his apartment. During a speech in his hometown of Harlem ...
- 5745: Thomas Jefferson
- ... the age of 16, Jefferson entered the Collage of William and Mary. After graduating, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1767. Soon after, in 1769, he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses. Jefferson married Martha Skelton in 1772 and had one son and five daughters. Being the poor speaker that he was, Jefferson used his literary talents to express his ideas. It is well known ...
- 5746: Isaac Newton's Life
- ... The third period (nearly as long as the other two combined) saw Newton as a highly paid government official in London with little further interest in mathematical research. Isaac Newton was born in the manor house of Woolsthorpe, near Grantham in Lincolnshire. Although by the calendar in use at the time of his birth he was born on Christmas Day 1642, we give the date of 4 January 1643 in this ...
- 5747: Malcolm X
- ... escape the attentions of the police, the Mafia and another hustler who had sworn to kili him. In Boston he teamed up with two white girls and two black guys to commit a string of house robberies, but was eventually caught and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. The normal sentence for a first offence was 2 to 3 years but Malcolm's involvement with the two white women shocked and angered ...
- 5748: Alexander Hamilton
- ... British soldiers called the redoubt number 10. After this on March 1, 1782 Hamilton resigned from active military duty. After the British left New York Hamilton moved there with his wife and kids to a house on 57 Wall Street. Here he began a law office. Hamilton began to represent loyalists who were being sued by patriots who fled the city. The loyalists were being sued for rent an damages to ...
- 5749: The Impact of Frederick Douglass
- ... to lead the struggle for civil rights. The year he died, he urged a black student to "Agitate! Agitate! Agitate!"(AOL: Afro American Quotes 13). As a result of Frederick Douglass’ events in life his house is preserved as a national memorial, when news of his death schools closed to take a look at a framed leader, and a United States postage stamp was made in memory for Frederick Douglass. Frederick ...
- 5750: Madonna
- ... apart as her mother struggled to a long process of breast cancer on December 1, 1963. Gathering strength from the tragedious loss of her mother, Madonna took a role of the head female of the house. She constantly competed with her other siblings for attention and eventually became her father’s loved one. Madonna turned her perfect self into a bitter one when Sylvio married Joan Gustafson, the family’s housekeeper ...
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