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- 721: Francois Viete
- ... moving to study law at the University of Poitiers. He earned his degree in 1560. He practiced it for four years, then abandoned it for a legal profession in 1564. He wanted to enter the employment of Antionette d'Aubeterre, as private tutor to her daughter, Catherine of Parthenay. He became a friend and was confidant of Catherine during the years he spent as her tutor. He remained her loyal and ...
- 722: Fidal Castro
- ... The new American policy, not announced as such, but implicit in the the actions of the United States government was one of overthrowing Castro by all means available to the U.S. short of open employment of American armed forces in Cuba. It was at this time that the controversial decision was taken to allow the CIA to begin recruiting and training of ex-Cuban exiles for anti-Castro military service ...
- 723: Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... and positions. While the President struggled to regain the use of his legs, Eleanor Roosevelt and Louis Howe joined forces to keep his political and business contacts alive. She became a powerful voice for youth employment and civil rights for blacks and women. No first lady has been more visible and outspoken than Eleanor Roosevelt. Perseverance was another great quality of Eleanor Roosevelt. From the time she was a little girl ...
- 724: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... entitled, Poems. Poe was now in great difficulty. He went to New York, but could find no job there. Eventually he took refuge with his aunt, Mrs. Clemm, in Baltimore. There he decided to seek employment and make his living by writing. Failing to get attention with his poems, he decided to start writing short stories. Poe competed in a contest for the best short story in 1831. The prize was ...
- 725: Bill Clinton
- ... son was four year old. Later that same year, she married an automobile salesman named Roger Clinton. When Bill was seven years old, the family moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas for it offered a better employment opportunities. Roger received a higher paying job as a service manager for his brother's car dealer-ship and Virginia discovered a job as a nurse anesthetist. In 1956, Bill Clinton's half-brother, Roger ...
- 726: Albert Einstein
- ... or unsalaried instructor, but the paper and application were rejected. His work was too important to be ignored, a second application three years later was accepted. Einstein spent only a year before he took up employment as a professor of physics at the University of Zurich in 1909. (Discovering World History) When Einstein, in his youth moved from Germany to Italy, he also gave up his German citizenship. He was unhappy ...
- 727: Maria Mitchell
- ... celebrity many people came to see her, famous artists came from New York to paint her portrait, and people recognized her achievements. Maria s status as a respected astronomer also gave her new opportunities for employment. In 1865 Mitchell was appointed professor of astronomy at the newly opened Vassar College (one of the first colleges for women) in Poughkeepsie, New York, and director of the observatory there. In 1873 she helped ...
- 728: Margaret Thatcher
- ... professional politics mainly to successful businessmen, lawyers, and the rich. At the same time, science seemed to be the coming thing; research was booming, and a science degree appeared to provide a passport to assured employment. Margaret chose science — specifically, chemistry. At the age of seventeen, a year younger than most candidates, she took the examinations one had to pass to gain admittance to Oxford's Sommerville College. She did well ...
- 729: Vincent Van Gogh
- ... any job he tried, such as a an art dealer, a teacher, or doing missionary work. He felt he had no other way to go in life. He turned to the most helpless form of employment, being an artist. Theo supported hi decision and influenced him. Their relationship became close and they began a frequent correspondence. At the end of the winter and during the beginning of the spring, Vincent was ...
- 730: Nathaniel Hawthorne 2
- ... led Hawthorne to try to tell Sophia that he must form other plans for them. He resigned from the community in November, 1841. Hawthorne was given the opportunity to write for the Democratic Review. This employment gave him renewed hope that he could provide a living for Sophia. Hawthorne and Sophia were married in 1942 and moved to Concord, Massachusetts, where they took up residence in the now famous "Old Manse ...
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