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- 3491: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... enlisted in West Point on July 1, l830 (Asselineau 410). While at West Point, Mr. Allan, who had remarried, continued in not providing Poe with enough money. Poe decided to have himself kicked out of school. Cutting classes and disregarding orders were his solutions. He was court-martialed for neglect of duties in January, 1831, and left West Point the following month (Asselineau 411). "Poe was great in three different fields , and in each one he made a reputation that would give any man a high place in literary history. Poe wrote great short stories, famous not only in his own country, but all over the world (Robinson V)." "Hawthorne, Irving, Balzac, Bierce, Crane, Hemingway and other writers have given us ...
- 3492: Winston Churchill: A Biography
- ... democracy in a time when Europe was in shambles, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill is the person of the century. Churchill's childhood was filled with disappointment and tediousness. He spent most of his time at school, something he didn't take seriously. His teachers characterized him as bright, but stubborn and obstinate. He avidly loved to read history and poetry, however, and was fascinated by the glories of battle. From childhood ... Sir Winston Churchill died on Jan. 24, 1965, 70 years to the day after his father, at the age of 90. Winston Churchill was a man who fought for what was right, and held democracy high. His inspirational life shows that embodying the spirit of the twentieth century, independence, industry, and strength, lead to success, and Winston Churchill is person of the century.
- 3493: John Dalton
- ... small thatched cottage in Eaglesfield, Cumberland on September 5,1766. He had a seven year old brother and a 2 year old sister. John was a Quaker and recieved utilitarian education at the nearest Quaker school. This was quite a feat since, at that time, only one of every 215 English people could read. He was quick at studies and tireless at mathematical problems. At the age of 12, he had already opened his own school enrolled with 60 pupils. In 1787 he began to give public lectures. He had hope to go to medical school, but was discouraged by his family. At the age of 26, he discovered he was color-blind. He experimented and wrote about this in his first scientific paper. The condition of color-blindness came ...
- 3494: Johann Bach
- ... of 18 as a "lackey and violinist" in a court orchestra in Weimar; soon after, he took the job of organist at a church in Arnstadt. Here, as in later posts, his perfectionist tendencies and high expectations of other musicians - for example, the church choir - rubbed his colleagues the wrong way, and he was embroiled in a number of hot disputes during his short tenure. In 1707, at the age of ... a demanding one; he had to compose cantatas for the St. Thomas and St. Nicholas churches, conduct the choirs, oversee the musical activities of numerous municipal churches, and teach Latin in the St. Thomas choir school. Accordingly, he had to get along with the Leipzig church authorities, which proved rocky going. But he persisted, polishing the musical component of church services in Leipzig and continuing to write music of various kinds ...
- 3495: Mother Teresa: The Living Saint
- ... took her name of Teresa from Therese Martin, a French nun. Six years later she took her vows. Mother Teresa then decided to begin her teaching. She taught for twenty years in Saint Mary's High School in Calcutta, India. On September 10, 1946, Mother Teresa said she received another call from God to serve the poor who live in the streets. Pope Pious XII soon granted Mother Teresa permission to leave ...
- 3496: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- ... create so much disorder that local white officials would be forced to end segregation in order to restore normal business relations. King and his SCLC staff escalated antisegregation marches in Birmingham by encouraging teenagers and school children to join. Hundreds of singing children filled the downtown streets, angering police commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor, who sent police officers with attack dogs and firefighters with high-pressure water hoses against the marchers. King was arrested and jailed. The demonstrations- which forced white leaders to negotiate an end to some forms of segregation in Birmingham- encouraged many Americans to support national legislation ...
- 3497: Marie Curie
- ... both famous for their work in radioactivity. Marie Curie, originally named Marja Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw, Poland on Nov.7, 1867. Her first learning of physics came from her father who taught it in high school. Marie's father must have taught his daughter well because in 1891, she went to Paris(where she changed her original name) and enrolled in the Sorbonne. Then two years later she passed the Examination ...
- 3498: A Case Study In Diversity Indi
- ... Virtual Romania does a better job of promoting and helping its country for both visitors and for Romanians far and wide. It includes an enormous variety of links for all sorts of topics, from High School year book archives (for old st ήudents) to Academia Catavencu (http://www.vsat.ro/Catavencu/), a Romanian political satire publication, to Interactive maps of major cities. I also really like the inclusion of the Romanian ...
- 3499: Biography of Elizabeth Blackwell
- ... and disappeared with the money. Suddenly, Elizabeth's father died leaving the family with debts, bills, and only twenty-five dollars in cash. The family had to make money quick, so the girls opened a school and the boys got jobs. The boys made so much money the girls were able to close their school. Elizabeth walked around the house for days wondering what to do with her life. One day, she was visiting her mother's sick friend when the lady said that she could be the first woman ... amazed by her medical knowledge. Many people prejudged Elizabeth, which made things very hard. Elizabeth then went to Dr. Elders private study and he was also amazed by her knowledge. The search for a medical school that would admit her continued. Dr. Allen, another doctor that Elizabeth studied under, taught her how to disect. Soon, good news came. Elizabeth was accepted to a medical college. In 1847, Elizabeth entered Geneva ...
- 3500: The Life of Sally Ride
- ... May 26, 1051. Science has always been present in Sally's life. Her father, Dale, was a Political Science professor at the nearby University. Her mother, Joyce, stayed home to raise Sally. She attended Westlake High school and was a very aggressive athlete. Her original intentions were to become a professional tennis player. She even ranked on the junior tennis circuit. However, her plans changed. Her mom said, She could not make ...
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