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- 7421: Biographical Fact Sheet On James Fenimore Cooper
- ... William and Elizabeth Cooper. When James was one year old the family moved to the frontier, and his father established the settlement of Cooperstown at the head of Susquehanna River. Cooper attended a private preparatory school at Albany, New York, and was then admitted to Yale in 1803. He was expelled from there during his junior year because of a silly prank. His family allowed him to join the navy as ...
- 7422: Bill Clinton
- ... became divided on what actions should be taken against a popular president that had just admitted to lying to his public and possibly lying under oath. Every constitutional scholar had an opinion about what constituted high crimes and misdemeanors. The 146th congress had to determine that for themselves, and in early January of 1999, William Jefferson Clinton was impeached. As the focus then turned to the Senate, many debates arose. Did ...
- 7423: Benjamin Harrison
- ... Little Ben. General Harrison went back to his work at the Supreme Court and his law practice. He also took over again his large Bible class in the Presbyterian church, where his wife taught Sunday school. In 1876 Harrison ran for governor of Indiana. The Democrats called him "cold as an iceberg" and nicknamed him Kid-Glove Harrison. The Democratic candidate, nicknamed Blue Jeans, won the election. Four years later the ...
- 7424: Benjamin Banneker
- ... astronomer, and inventor. He was born near Baltimore, Md., on November 9, 1731. He was the son of a slave and a free black woman. He grew up as a free black, and while attending school he demonstrated early mathematical ability. His childhood curiosity led him to explore a wide variety of other subjects. In about 1771, he began to make calculations in the field of astronomy. In the science of ...
- 7425: Benito Mussolini 2
- Benito Musolini was born on July 29, 1883, in Predappio, Italy . He was the first child of the local blacksmith. While he was young, Musolini was said to be a poor, unruly, agressive, disobedient(at school he was said to be a bully), but while being all of that he was also smart. Then he went and became a schoolmaster. In 1909, Musolini fell in love with a 16 year old ...
- 7426: Beethoven 2
- ... and began teaching him piano and violin. But Beethoven was a hard learner, he was self-involved and impatient. This probably led to why he was a loner and why he only went to academic school for three years. Beethoven s father wasn t the only one who saw Beethoven s talent, Gottlob Neefe (a German Organist) become young Beethoven s mentor. Gottlob thought Beethoven was the next Mozart, so he ...
- 7427: Autobiography Of Albert Einstein
- ... and he often listened to his uncle s explanations of algebra. Although young Albert was intrigued by science, he was considered a slow learner. But despite his curiosity toward math, neither his parents, nor his school teachers thought much of his mental abilities. His uncle often joked that not everyone was born to become a professor. He also was interested in music, so his mother taught him how to play a ...
- 7428: Alexander The Great 3
- ... pursue glory and expand the sphere of influence of Hellenistic and French culture respectively. Both men although Heroes in their day would probably not be regarded son in a more modern setting because of the high price paid in blood for their conquests.
- 7429: Alexander Graham Bell
- ... for the deaf people to learn and there are still some schools to this day that have been founded by Bell just for deaf people. During one of his many visits to one of his school he met a young student by the name of Mabel Hubbard I have discovered that my interest in my dear pupil has ripened into a far deeper feeling (always inventing, 28) this caused some controversy ...
- 7430: Al Capone 2
- ... uk/austria/capone.html 1-3). Al Capone was born somewhere in Brooklyn on January 17,1899 but knowbody really knows for sure. Capone grew up in a tough neighborhood inBrooklyn, N.Y. He attended school through the sixth grade. He recieved his nicknameScarface during these years as a result of a knife attack from the brother of a girl he hadinsulted which left three scares (Kobler 23). Soon after, Capone ...
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