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- 1781: Bill Clinton
- ... dreams. He raised money and organized charity events, but most of all he learned how to work with people and the concept of being a good citizen. In his spare time, he endulged himself in literature and played a saxophone. He loved music, and each summer he would attend a band camp in the Ozark Mountains. His hard work paid off when he became top saxophone player at his school and ...
- 1782: Andrew Carnegie
- ... and at his death, the last $30 million was likewise given away to foundations, charities, and pensioners. He left a mark on society not only through his enormous monetary provisions, but also with his own literature. Carnegie loved to promote his ideas and opinions in print, and has written many works outlining these philosophies, including Triumphant Democracy (1886), The Gospel of Wealth (1900), The Empire of Business (1902), Problems of Today ...
- 1783: Alfred Nobel
- ... money was to be divided into five equal parts and distributed "in the form or prizes to those who during the preceding year have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind." Physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. His family had many rejections to this but it still went through. It is sure that Alfred Nobel contributed a great deal to chemistry and the world and has a large diversity of ...
- 1784: Alexander The Great
- ... of Epirus. At the age of 13, Aristotle was hired to be Alexanders private tutor. Aristotle inspired interests of politics, other races of people and countries, plants and animals, and a great love for literature in Alexander ("Overview of Alexander the Great." 1). He was an outstanding athlete and excelled in every sport of his time (Durant 538). In 338 B.C., at the age of 18, Alexander led the ...
- 1785: Albert Camus
- Albert Camus is one of the most renowned authors in the twentieth century. With works such as Caligula, The Stranger, Nuptials, and The Plague, he has impacted the world of literature to a great extent. This great success was not just "given" to him "on a silver platter" however. He endured many hardships and was plagued with great illness in his short life. Camus is a ...
- 1786: Albert Camus
- ... find purely human solutions to their plight. He used a simple and clear but elegant form of writing to convey his ideas about morality, justice and love. In 1957, Camus received the Nobel price for literature. He was deeply troubled by the Algerian War of Independence and he immersed himself in the theatre and working on an autobiographical novel. He died in an automobile accident just before being named director of ...
- 1787: Martin Luther
- ... Augustinian monastery at Erfurt in July of 1505. While in this monastery Luther became a well known theologian and Biblical scholar. In 1512 Luther earned his doctorate in theology and became a professor of Biblical literature at Wittenberg University. Luther took his religious vocation very serious. This led him into a severe crisis in dealing with his religion. He wondered, "is it possible to reconcile the demands of God's law ...
- 1788: Margaret Laurence
- ... best first novel by a Canadian. A collection of short stories, "The Tomorrow Tamer," Written a few years later, is also set in West Africa. Out of her African years came an interest in contemporary literature by Africans, which resulted in her study of Nigerian fiction and drama, Long Drums and Cannons. The Laurences son, David, was born in Ghana in 1955. After having Africa, they moved to Vancouver for five ...
- 1789: Walt Whitman 3
- ... Whitman could be traced back to the Enlightenment of the 18th century, where he thought that all evil dwelled in the oppressive social institutions, not in the naive human mind. The function of Whitman s literature was to urge people to break away from the feudal past and progress to the democratic future, for Whitman held no regard for humans with titles of nobility, he only wrote poetry for the common ...
- 1790: William Faulkner
- ... of the seventies (Faulkner Rose 502). Another dead giveaway is that Miss Emily had a black servant. Above all else is the fact that Mr. Faulkner makes the settings of most of his pieces of literature in Jefferson, Mississippi. Faulkner s underlying theme throughout his works are the coming of age type theme. What makes this story so different and unique is the fact that he has Miss Emily not changing ...
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