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- 9991: Sigmund Freud
- ... the fields of psychiatry and psychology. Freud was born on May 6, 1856, In Freiberg, Moravia. He was the oldest of eight children, and his father was a wool merchant. He graduated from the medical school of the University of Vienna in 1881. Freud later decided to specialize in neurology, the study and treatment of disorders of the nervous system. Freud began to work extensively with hysterical patients. He gradually formed ...
- 9992: Catherine The Great: Empress Of All Russia
- ... how to select capable assistants--for example, Nikita Panin in foreign affairs, Alexandre Suvorov in the military, and Grigori Potemkin in administration. Among Catherines more benevolent achievements were the foundation of the first Russian school for girls and of a medical college to provide health care for her subjects. In the early years of her reign, Catherine sought to win the approval of the gentry, which was a small part ...
- 9993: Twain
- ... a constant smile. A smile that sometime conceled his readiness to bash institutions that he disagreed with. That was Mark Twain. A man, not a legend. ³The first half of my life I went to school, the second half of my life I got an education,² Mark Twain, 1885. 4
- 9994: Andrew Jackson: Indian Fighter
- ... it. Shortly after, the Adams-Onis Treaty was signed, which made Florida a United States territory. In 1821 he was appointed governor of Florida (ceded by Spain to the United States in 1819), and his high-handed actions in that office created new diplomatic storms. Nothing, however, could detract from his glowing reputation. Influential Tennessee friends made plans early in the 1820s to have Jackson run for the presidency in 1824 ...
- 9995: My Secret Confessions From The Grave: Al Capone
- ... in Brooklyn on January 17, 1899 but nobody really knows for sure and that is how I am going to keep it. I grew up in a tough neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y. I attended school through the sixth grade and got too sick of it. I received my nickname Scarface during these years as a result of a knife attack from the brother of an ugly girl I had insulted ...
- 9996: Martin Luther: A Biography of Martin Luther (1483-1546)
- Martin Luther: A Biography of Martin Luther (1483-1546) Luther was born in Eisleben, Germany, the son of Hans Luther, who worked in the copper mines, and his wife Margarethe. He went to school at Magdeburg and Eisenach, and entered the University of Erfurt in 1501, graduating with a BA in 1502 and an MA in 1505. His father wished him to be a lawyer, but Luther was drawn ...
- 9997: Aristotle and Kant
- ... youre full of happiness within, that happiness shines outward and therefore bettering society. Immanuel Kant, a Western philosopher had many interesting ideas on ethics. Kant believed that by acting rationally, we could achieve a high standard for universal morality. Kants reasoning was that reason is the basis for morality, and it can only be found by starting from reason. Kants main point was the categorical imperative. This was ...
- 9998: Amiri Baraka
- ... Baraka then grew in notority when he won the Obie, awarded by the Village Voice newspaper, an off-Broadway award, for his play, Dutchman. With his new found reputation, Baraka opened the Black Arts Repertory School in 1964. The institution became one of the most influential theatre/schools within the BAM and brought music, art, poetry and drama to the street corners of Harlem. It was during this time that Baraka ...
- 9999: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe
- ... for her may have stemmed from her kindness toward him at a time when he felt more "tolerated than desired, suffered rather than sought." (James A. Harrison, p.xiii vol.7) He was at a school in Richmond, Va. where, compared to the other boys, he was genetically lower class. It did not matter that he had more mental or physical prowess than them, he simply did not have the genealogy ...
- 10000: The John Scopes Trial
- ... Liberties Union agreed to help teachers. Once the ACLU heard of Scopes' trouble, they decided to pursue this as a test case. A local engineer recommended that the ACLU help Scopes. Scopes was arrested in school and sent to a appear before a grand jury. Three-time Democratic Presidential candidate and religious fundamentalist, William Jennings Bryan, was sent to work for the prosecution with A.T. Stewart. Clarence Seward Darrow, a ...
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