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- 7191: Thomas Jefferson
- ... remained at Randolph's estate for seven years. The estate was called Shadwell. Thomas Jefferson was quite the little intelligent boy. At age nine, Thomas Jefferson Started Latin, Greek, and French Studies at a boarding school. Thomas liked to Horse back ride, Canoe, Hunt, and fish. When Thomas was fourteen years old, his father passed away. Thomas Jefferson was the oldest son, so Thomas had to take care of the family ...
- 7192: Stonewall Jackson
- ... what is now known as Weston, West Virginia. Later on, he was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy. He had to work several times harder than the other cadets to learn the lessons in school because of poor education when he was young. But his grades slowly increased until he graduated. He was said to have been in the upper third of his class. His military career had just begun ...
- 7193: Spike Lee
- ... people on the wall. This angers Buggin Out and leads him to go ask Sal to put some up. This allows us to see another side of Sal. Sal pretty much come from the old school of thinking where he owns this place and things are going to be done his way, right away, or no way. He doesn't even open his mind to new ideas. This shows that he ...
- 7194: Sigmund Freud
- ... and Freud himself an avowed atheist. Freud was a good student, and very ambitious. Medicine and law were the professions then open to Jewish men, and in 1873 he entered the University of Vienna medical school. He was interested in science above all; the idea of practicing medicine was slightly repugnant to him. He hoped to go into neurophysiological research, but pure research was hard to manage in those days unless ...
- 7195: Shoeless Joe Jackson
- ... players today struggle to reach a lifetime average of .300. "Jackson was also a first- class outfielder endowed with speed and a powerful, accurate throwing arm" (Seymour 164). "He hit home runs, caught seemingly impossible high flies, and could throw the ball more than four-hundred feet on the fly" (Black Sox 2). Jackson was such an all around player, that even on a bad day he still managed to amaze ...
- 7196: Shakespeare
- ... eight children born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. John was a well-known merchant and Mary was the daughter of a Roman Catholic member of the gentry. Shakespeare was educated at the local grammar school. According to history, Shakespeare was the eldest son, and he should have been the apprentice to his father's shop so that he could be taught everything his father knew and soon take over the ...
- 7197: Sammy Davis Jr.
- ... one of the greatest entertainers of all time. He is rarely remembered though for several reasons. One is that he had no control over what he acted in, and the show might not have been high quality. The main reason Sammy Davis Jr. is not remembered is that he entertained for the time he was in and that time has passed.
- 7198: Rosalind Franklin
- ... years. After researching Rosalind Franklin¡¯s scientific career, I truly believe that she was a pioneer rather than a follower. Her early coal work is still referred to today; she helped launch the fields of high-strength carbon fibers; and was an integral part of early structural virology. Had it not been for a cruel twist of fate, I believe that Franklin would have published first on DNA structure. She was ...
- 7199: Robert Johnson
- ... the fact that he had learned every Blind Lemon piece directly from the phonograph (Blind Lemon is was one of the first Mississippi Delta bluesmen). Son’s playing largely resembled that of Lemon’s, "The high pitch delivery, the brilliant counter melodies between phrases." (Lomax, 13) And thus, Robert Johnson unknowingly inherited the powerful influence of a long line of famous Delta bluesmen. Son House recalls how, "We’d all play ...
- 7200: Robert Johnson
- ... the fact that he had learned every Blind Lemon piece directly from the phonograph (Blind Lemon is was one of the first Mississippi Delta bluesmen). Son’s playing largely resembled that of Lemon’s, "The high pitch delivery, the brilliant counter melodies between phrases." (Lomax, 13) And thus, Robert Johnson unknowingly inherited the powerful influence of a long line of famous Delta bluesmen. Son House recalls how, "We’d all play ...
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