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- 4691: William Richardson Davie
- ... of the University" and in the next year granted him the degree of Doctor of Laws. Davie became Governor of North Carolina in 1798. His career also turned back briefly to the military when President John Adams appointed him a brigadier general in the U.S. Army that same year. Davie later served as a peace commissioner to France in 1799. Davie stood as a candidate for Congress in 1803 but ...
- 4692: Joan of Arc Was A Saint
- ... doing so, she also brought many people, both English and French, closer to God. That was her calling, that was her life; it was the life of Joan La Pucelle a saint. Works Cited Beevers, John. Saint Joan of Arc. New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1959. Brooks, Pauly S. Beyond the Myth: the Story of Joan of Arc. New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1990. Matterer, James L. The Divine Joan of ...
- 4693: Judith Sargeant Murray
- ... that Murray didn't believe in marriage; quite the contrary she believed strongly in the bond of marriage. It was her belief that an educated woman would make a better wife. Her second husband was John Murray, the minister responsible for transporting the Universalist religion fron England to America. They traveled and worked together to establish the new religion here. Murray's husband advocated education for women and encouraged her to ...
- 4694: Darwin
- ... s College: Cambridge, the Gateway. Darwin hated his time here equally to the love that he shared for Edinburgh. Yet at the time while Darwin was there, Adam Sedgwick, the professor of Geology and Rev. John Stevens Henslow, the professor of Botany, got Charles interested in taking a boat ride that would travel the world and do scientific research. After having seen some parts of the world while traveling with his ...
- 4695: Duke Ellington 2
- ... of the '60s were collaborations that found the maestro fitting in equally well with major musicians who had each incorporated some of Ellington's principles to a great degree in their own music. They were John Coltrane and Frank Sinatra, who would normally never even get into a sentence together, yet had in common their Ellington influence and experience.
- 4696: Bill Gate's Biography
- ... to special projects and annual giving campaigns. Gates was married on Jan. 1, 1994, to Melinda French Gates. The couple has two children: a daughter, Jennifer Katharine Gates, born in 1996; and a son, Rory John Gates, born in 1999. Gates is an avid reader and enjoys playing golf and bridge.
- 4697: Abraham Lincoln
- ... and salvage the American dream. Lee surrendered his forces at Appomatox Courthouse on April 10, 1865. Four days later Lincoln was shot by an assassins bullet, while attending a play at the Fords Theater. John Wilkes Booth, the assassin, enter the presidents theater box, and at a distance of about two feet shot Lincoln in the back of the head. Booth escaped by jumping down on to the stage ...
- 4698: Juliette Low: Founder of the Girl Scouts
- ... s niece, who was also named Daisy Gordon, was the first Girl Scout in the United States. When Daisy started the first Girl Scout Troop in America they met regularly with a naturalist named Walter John Hoxie. Girl Scouts greatest contribution was its advice and encouragement on careers. Girl Scouts all over the world were friendly and helpful. When America entered World War I Juliette Low contacted President Wilson by telegram ...
- 4699: Abraham Lincoln
- ... April 14, less than a week after Lees surrender. President Lincoln was attending a play Our American Cousin at Fords Theatre. Suddenly, during the third act, a shot rang from the presidential box. John Wilkes Booth a slender, dark-haired actor shot the president from behind (Stefoff 113). Booth then leaped from the box onto the stage, but he caught his foot in one of the flags and tripped ...
- 4700: Dwight Eisenhower
- ... his promotion to first lieutenant, Dwight and Mamie were married. The young couple had their first son, Doud Dwight Eisenhower, died of scarlet fever at three years old. Later, the Eisenhowers had a second son, John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower who later became an Army officer and diplomat (147, Richardson). In Eisenhower s commission, he directed tank training programs for officers and recruits at Camp Colt, located at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. After World ...
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