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- 1821: J.p. Morgan
- ... of many companies including General Electric and AT&T. However, Pierpont is looked upon as a saint and demon the same. He received a honorary degree from Harvard university that read: "Public citizen, patron of literature and art, prince among merchants, who by his skill, wisdom and courage, has twice in times of stress repelled a national danger of financial panic." But Robert LaFollette, the Wisconsin progressive, saw him as "a ...
- 1822: Isadora Duncan
- ... school. She said later in her autobiography that her real education came on the nights when Isadora and her siblings would dance to her mother's music and learn about what they were interested in -- literature and music. Isadora was told as a child that she would have to learn to depend on herself to get what she needed in life. So as Isadora grew older, she began to understand her ...
- 1823: Helen Keller
- ... at the Wright Humason School for the deaf. Anne raised money so that her student could attend the Cambridge School for Young Ladies. In 1896, Helen began her studies at Cambridge which included French, Greek, literature, mathematics, geography, and history. She then went on to attend Radcliffe College in 1980. In 1904, she graduated cum laude and received her AB Degree (Notable 390). Not only did Helen help the organizations for ...
- 1824: Harriet Stowe
- ... of one generation continues to afflict us today. If you consider reading this novel aloud around the dining room table, be mindful of the gravity of the novel's theme. (Families who are looking for literature for younger children about abolitionists might consider reading Thee, Hannah! by Marguerite de Angeli around the table.) Read and appraise the success of the work. This woman wrote passionately to prick her countrymen's consciences ...
- 1825: George Frideric Handel
- ... of their colonies and working together to fight against the Indians, the French, and later their mother country, England. This same time period is usually known as the baroque or rococo period in art, music, literature and architecture. Baroque has no specific style, more so it is a name for the style of art in the 17th and 18th century. Many discoveries in science influenced art. Religion also determined many aspects ...
- 1826: George Brenard Shaw
- ... achievements. In 1892 Shaw s first play, Widower s Houses, performed in London. Shaw continued to right plays such as Overruled, Man of Destiny , and Great Catherine. In 1926 he received the Nobel Prize for Literature. Even though he was awarded a large sum of money for winning the Nobel Prize he turned it down. After winning the Nobel Prize Shaw went on to write even more plays. In 1929 the ...
- 1827: Geoffery Chaucer
- ... has attributed it ot Chaucer. (Grose 97) No incontrovertible evidence has appeared either to prove or disporve this, so the quesitno is still open. (Grose 97) These works belong to science more than too English Literature. These being his earliest known works shows how his life of schooling in science more than likely was the fuel for his writing. During this period you could see a lot of the influences that ...
- 1828: General George S. Patton
- ... didn't want to be just any soldier; he had his sights fixed on becoming a combat general. He had one major obstacle to overcome, however. Though he was obviously intelligent (his knowledge of classical literature was encyclopaedic and he had learned to read military topographic maps by the age of 7), George didn't learn to read until he was 12 years old. It was only at age 12 when ...
- 1829: Freud 2
- ... in many publications and lectures. After the onset of World War I Freud devoted little time to clinical observation and concentrated on the application of his theories to the interpretation of religion, mythology, art, and literature. In 1923 he was stricken with cancer of the jaw, which necessitated constant, painful treatment in addition to many surgical operations. Despite his physical suffering he continued his literary activity for the next 16 years ...
- 1830: Franz Joseph Haydn
- ... unconventional keys especially in the minor. They were tragically intense in color, full of passionate chromatic harmonies designed to portray sadness or despair. This type of music was influenced by a new cult in German literature about suicide, madness, and despair. Probably the greatest composer that portrayed this style in his music was Haydn. Of his many symphonies, about 12 are dedicated to this style. One of them, Trauersinfonie, he requested ...
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